China’s decision to bring serious firepower to bear for military drills in the waters off Taiwan this week has deep roots both in the past several weeks and the past several decades

The U.S. Commerce Department issues a new rule to drastically extend export restrictions not only on blacklisted foreign companies but their affiliates, defined as those that are at least 50% owned by blacklisted entities. Jeffrey Kessler, Under Secretary ...

China on Friday announced sanctions against U.S. companies in the arms industry after the United States revealed arms sales to Taiwan.

From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but heavily polluting industry.

America’s story begins with people fleeing religious persecution. Its founders understood that without freedom of belief all other freedoms are hollow. That’s why, 250 years ago, they enshrined freedom of religion, and the separation of church and state, in the Constitution. It remains a foundation on which all our liberties rest.

Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? China is no longer waiting to see whether Washington will decouple. It is moving first ‒ and fast. While U.S. strategists still debate whether China is being isolated, Beijing has already been ...

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