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A Shifting Global Order: Why Greenland Is at the Center, Where We Are Heading
Season 1 Episode 46
Greenland stands at the center of a global power struggle between the United States and an aggressive China. Both countries have been jockeying to as…
9 months, 1 week ago
Encircling the US: What Would a China-Occupied Greenland Look Like?
Season 1 Episode 45
China has been pursuing a long-term strategy to position itself along key geographic and economic chokepoints surrounding the United States. It’s a l…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
What’s China’s Stake in Iran? It’s Not Oil.
Season 1 Episode 44
U.S. President Donald Trump has called for “new leadership in Iran.”
The country’s economy is on the brink of collapse. What began as an economic prot…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Maduro’s Capture and the Unmasking of China’s ‘Anti-Stealth’ Promise
Season 1 Episode 43
In the aftermath of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s capture by the U.S. military, a wide range of questions have gone unanswered.
One of tho…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Inside China’s Mixed Military and Political Messaging
Season 1 Episode 42
For one of the rare times in recent history, the Chinese Communist Party has not been in lockstep across its branches in external activities.
While r…
10 months ago
How China Spies in America: The Whole-of-Society Model Operation
Season 1 Episode 41
When you think of a spy, do you think of a military officer who is a master of languages and disguise? If you do, then you may not understand how Chi…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Deciphering Shifts in National Security Strategy, Toward the Americas and China Alike
Season 1 Episode 40
The second Trump Administration published its first National Security Strategy document this month, and it’s a far departure from what the world has …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
A Setting Sun on Local Government Infiltration—The Case of Linda Sun
Season 1 Episode 39
How would one infiltrate a foreign government? It seems like the idea would be to go straight to the top, but a recent trial in New York suggests oth…
11 months ago
Behind the Sino-Japanese Clash: How an Assertive Japan Upends China’s Strategy
Season 1 Episode 38
Japan has a new prime minister, and she’s upending the political tradition that has guided geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region.
China is already de…
11 months, 1 week ago
Delisting Chinese Companies to Stop ‘Funding Our Demise’
Season 1 Episode 37
The financial information of Chinese companies is a black box. Yet these companies enjoy preferential access to U.S. capital markets.
How did it happe…
11 months, 2 weeks ago