How increasing financial contributions to the United Nations have enabled Beijing to assert significant influence over global norms and standards while maintaining China’s identity as a “developing country.”
The Chinese military is built for politics
Not fighting wars, argues defense analyst and China monitor Timothy R. Heath.
U.S. strategic moves against China
Analyzing the implications for Canada.
Did the U.S. just capture a Russian or Iranian spy ship?
Why did Moscow extend so much effort to protect a ship described in media reports as an “empty, rusting oil tanker”?
China’s hidden grip on America’s power grid
A new report reveals that nearly half of all solar inverters and battery energy storage systems imported into the U.S. from 2015–2024 came from high-risk Chinese manufacturers.
Climate lawsuits against U.S. energy giants: a strategic boon for China
Activist-driven litigation threatens to undermine American energy independence while bolstering China’s dominance in green technologies.
U.S. targets India’s pharma sector in Fentanyl fight, citing rising precursor chemical exports
Canada isn’t the only focus of U.S. efforts to combat the fentanyl trade.
Trump-Xi summit revives damning evidence
As presidents Trump and Xi convene for the first time in six years, fresh scrutiny falls on a 2024 congressional probe branding China the “ultimate source” of fentanyl precursors—subsidized by the CCP.
China tightens grip on rare earth exports, raising concerns for global supply chains
As the U.S. grapples with its own production challenges, new restrictions could disrupt international supply chains and threaten U.S. national security and economic competitiveness.
State Department guidance distinguishes CCP from Chinese people
A language shift signals a departure in tone between the Trump and Biden administrations towards China.
How the RCMP, CBSA, and Trudeau government lost U.S. trust in the fentanyl fight
Surveillance operations have raised alarms after placing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a former cabinet minister in proximity to Asian organized crime suspects.
The global majority does not condemn Russia
Countries representing the majority of the world’s citizens defy the West’s attempt to sanction Russia.
The US is losing Germany over its obsession with Russia
U.S. foreign policy is toxic to most Germans, who point to the Iraq War, the overthrow of Libya’s Ghaddafi, and Afghanistan as examples of misguided American militarism that cost blood and treasure […]


