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Countering China’s Great Game
The United States is in the midst of a new cold war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and America is losing.
Latest Policy Paper
Identifying the Next TikTok: Which Apps Could Washington Target Next?
Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (the Act). The Act specifically mentions ByteDance and TikTok, which means that they and their subsidiaries are required to divest. However, the law's scope is not limited to just TikTok and ByteDance. The Act broadly applies foreign ownership restrictions to apps operating within the United States. Specific attention is given in this paper to WeChat and Temu.
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Africa Political Monitor No. 40
UK sanctions Russian mercenaries in Africa;
Mozambique election sparks protests, crackdown;
Russia expands military footprint in Equatorial Guinea;
Alliance of change wins big in Mauritius;
UN again calls for a ceasefire in Sudan;
Opposition leader clinches victory in Somaliland's presidential election
China Policy Monitor No. 1613
China invests $50 billion in Hainan's military infrastructure;
Huawei obtains advanced AI chips despite U.S. export controls;
China's military uses Meta's Llama to build an AI model;
China tightens its grip on rare minerals needed to make chips;
Indonesia wants more high-speed rail financing from China
Defense Technology Monitor No. 106
Up next: satellites for real-time target tracking;
China's hypersonic edge;
How to optimize quantum communications;
Toward military-grade 3D printings;
Vortex cannon capabilities
Global Islamism Monitor No. 120
New sanctions target Hamas fundraising;
Israel eyes a Somaliland base to counter the Houthis;
Russia ponders how to deal with extremists...;
...amid fear and loathing in the Caucasus;
The ISIS marriage trade
Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 38
PMG balances China and Australia;
Market risk boosts southeast Asia as semiconductor hub;
Washington seeks improved relations with Bangladesh;
U.S. turns to Asian allies for ship-building capacity;
China exports surveillance tech to Myanmar
Information Warfare Watch No. 40
Russian malign actors exploit Ukrainian war anxiety...;
...As London targets Russian disinfo actors;
The Hamas-Al-Jazeera connection;
An enduring ISIS propaganda threat
Iran Democracy Monitor No. 238
Energy jitters in Tehran;
A political wave of pardons;
Iran's new president faces student discontent;
Iran's bloody eastern border
Resource Security Watch No. 58
How Hamas profits from humanitarian aid;
The Ukraine war and global food security;
Zambian drought deepens energy crisis
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2654
Moscow, Minsk make strategic plans;
A Russian terror plot?;
Moscow makes strides in Latin America;
Target: Seoul;
A mounting human cost...;
...Drains regional coffers
South Asia Strategy Monitor No. 20
Violence surges anew in India's Manipur;
The Tapi gets a new lease on life;
Another win for the Taliban;
Decision time in J&K
Ukraine Reform Monitor No. 14
What Ukrainians think matters most;
New World Bank, EU funds headed for Kyiv;
Tokyo backs Kyiv's judiciary reform bid;
A fire sale in Kyiv