The Coca-Cola Company, the quintessential American multinational that is the world’s largest non-alcoholic beverages enterprise, is in the process of addressing the most consequential force majeure political risk it faces for the remainder of this century: China—U.S. geostrategic tension that…
Writing in the Diplomat, R. Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College professor of Latin America research, warns about “China’s Growing Strategic Position in Nicaragua.” The Nicaraguan regime headed by Daniel Ortega is expanding trade with China and inviting more Chinese…
The United States Naval Institute’s (USNI) web page reports that China has for the first time appointed an admiral as its defense minister. Adm. Dong Jun, who previously served as commander and deputy commander of the PLA Navy (PLAN), replaces…
Niall Ferguson is one of the Western world’s most prolific historians, and his recent opinion piece in Bloomberg marries history with current geopolitical insight. He describes the recent meeting in California between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping as a…
In recent months, President Joe Biden sent his Cabinet members — including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and climate envoy John Kerry — to Beijing one after another, as…
Last week’s Republican presidential debate means that however much one might wish otherwise, the 2024 presidential election campaign has officially arrived. We’re told that the 2024 election may be the most consequential since, well, whenever — pundits, after all, always…
China’s economy is struggling post–COVID-19. Growth is slower than expected, demographic trends are negative, youth unemployment is high, overbuilding has created a housing crisis, and government indebtedness is ballooning. These are only a few of the symptoms ailing the country,…
In 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1276, popularly known as “Skip the Stuff,” restricting plastic straws, utensils, and condiment packs in restaurants. This year, Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta are skipping “stuff” much more dangerous than…
China’s purchases of United States farmland have increased 456 percent since 2011, with 384,000 acres purchased in 2021, said Rep. Mike Gallagher at a roundtable on Agriculture Technology Theft in Iowa, led by the House Select Committee on the Chinese…