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Michael Ellis | Fox News | July 29, 2022 Bottom Line: From industrial espionage to influence operations targeting state and local politicians, the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party is as much a problem of domestic security as it is foreign policy. Nevertheless, the Biden administration has seen fit to cancel programs designed to thwart CCP activities inside the country.
Michael Rubin | National Interest | July 29, 2022 Bottom Line: Despite belligerent rhetoric from Beijing this week in response to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, the PRC’s claim to the island is baseless. PRC leaders as far back as Mao recognized Taiwan as politically distinct from the mainland.
Eryk Bagshaw | Sydney Morning Herald | July 26, 2022 Bottom Line: America’s allies in the Pacific reiterate the importance of maintaining solidarity among the free peoples of the world as Beijing rattles its saber over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned trip to Taiwan next month.
TVC Advisory Board Members Keith Krach & Kelley E. Currie | Triple Pundit | July 26, 2022 Bottom Line: While Western governments and companies continue to double down on solar and other renewable energy sources, the inconvenient truth remains that China has cornered the market on solar technology, much of which is manufactured using Uyghur slave labor in coal-powered factories in the Xinjiang region.
Garrett Exner | Washington Examiner | July 22, 2022 Bottom Line: As a new cohort of youth reach the prime age to enter the military, the Pentagon is facing a recruiting crisis. Schools have created a generation of Americans who fear the intellectual, physical, and emotional adversity required by military service.
TVC Advisory Board Member Mackenzie Eaglen | Defense News | July 26, 2022 Bottom Line: The vast majority of Pentagon spending is on autopilot, with only 10 to 15 percent shifting to address changing strategic priorities year over year. Many of America’s defense woes can be attributed to the tangle of bureaucratic barnacles that have built up on the Pentagon budgeting process over the decades.
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