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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2022
The 2022 NDAA authorizes $768 billion in funding for the Defense Department. -
Anticipating Future Directions of Tech-Enabled Terror
Counterterrorism experts need to get ahead of the curve of terrorist innovation with new, commercially-available products. -
China Again Uses Force to Bully Its Neighbors
Continued Chinese interference with the resupply of the Sierra Madre contingent could have unintended consequences that destabilize the region and potentially result in an international armed conflict. -
China Wants to Join Southeast Asia’s Nuclear-Free Zone. Why Now?
In November, China’s President Xi Jinping announced that China is prepared to sign the 1995 Bangkok Treaty, joining the ASEAN nuclear-free zone. Why now? -
ChinaTalk: CSET: How to Break the Think Tank Mold
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Why the FCC Expelled a Chinese Telecom for National Security Risks
The FCC issued an order barring China Telecom from providing telecommunications services in the United States. -
Federal Intervention, Conflict and Drought in the American West
Land management has long been fuel for unrest west of the Mississippi. Will extreme drought and climate change amplify the risk? -
The Historian’s Approach to Understanding Terrorism
Historians' knowledge of primary sources, contextual nuances and contingent events show that they have much to offer scholars and policymakers working on terrorism. -
ChinaTalk: Son Eating and Prince-Slaying: Stratagems of the Warring States
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Understanding the Pro-China Propaganda and Disinformation Tool Set in Xinjiang
Inauthentic social media accounts attributed to China have been identified as part of a disinformation campaign to defend the country’s treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang. -
Water Wars: Japan Makes Major Defense Spending Pledges While China Increases Incursions in the South China Sea
Chinese incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone continue to escalate; Japan makes unprecedented defense pledges, to China’s chagrin; U.S. submarine collision gives China an opportunity t... -
ChinaTalk: 6th Plenum: Open Source CCP


