The Intelligence Community Must Work to Gain the Public’s TrustAs threats mount across the globe, the public’s faith in government institutions has been shaken.
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Biden-Xi Summit Only Highlights Fundamental Differences Between U.S. and China Xi’s buzzwords that mimic progressive rhetoric can’t hide the country’s totalitarian intolerance of any speech the CCP deems unacceptable.
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Warfare Is More Than Just BulletsUnderstanding the “Three Warfares” concept China is already using against Taiwan—and the U.S.
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The Taliban’s Man in WashingtonZalmay Khalilzad is blaming Afghans for the failures that resulted from his deal with the Taliban.
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Biden Creates His Own ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ on TaiwanThe White House had to walk back his remarks that ‘we have a commitment’ to defend Taiwan against China.
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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen Stands Up to Xi JinpingA tale of two speeches.
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China and Russia Blame America for a ‘New Cold War’The two countries continue to bolster each other’s hand against the U.S. and its allies.
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The Taliban Is Using the Doha Accord to Protect Al-QaedaThat's one of many problems with ‘over the horizon’ counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan.
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Reading Between the Lines of Biden’s and Xi’s U.N. SpeechesXi paid lip service to democracy while gaslighting the U.S., while Biden called out authoritarianism without mentioning China’s treatment of Hong Kong …
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A New Partnership to Counter China in the PacificAustralia is on the frontlines in the great power rivalry between the CCP and the U.S.
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How Taliban Revisionism Helped Doom Our Mission in AfghanistanAmerica’s policy has been divorced from reality for some years now.
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What We Know—and Don’t Know—About ISIS-KThe group has claimed responsibility for the bombing outside the Kabul airport.
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