Articles & OpEds
Chinas Appetit auf Teile Russlands, Der Pragmaticus, 19 August 2024 (German)
We need to meet the threats from China — but we need to be smart, The Hill, 28 February 2024
Chinas großer Plan für die Arktis, Der Pragmaticus, 26 February 2024 (German)
Security alarm, The Monocle Minute | Monocle, 19 December 2023
Chinas geheimer Plan, Der Pragmaticus, 4 November 2023 (German)
World War III: Is a U.S.-China Conflict Truly Mankind's Fate?, The National Interest, 27 October 2023. With Amy K. Mitchell
Sense of Security, The Monocle Minute | Monocle, 22 September 2023
Playing to Europe, Biden’s “Thaw” is Emboldening the CCP, The National Interest, 24 July 2023. With Amy K. Mitchell
Passing of the Queen: A Legacy of Grace and Genius, Independent Women’s Forum, 9 September 2022
Ukraine and the Global Realignment, The American Spectator, 6 February 2022
EU Energy Politics: Between Russian Aggression and Chinese Ambition, 9DashLine, 19 January 2022
China’s tech clampdown signals push for ideological security, 9DashLine, August 2021
Global reach: Information is a weapon, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, April 2019
First ladies, Monocle Magazine, March 2019
Do men and women really have different leadership styles? World Economic Forum Agenda, December 2018
Despite rise in mobile technology, most of Africa is not ready for AI, Axios, December 2018
A new geopolitics: when corporations take sides, Bold Global Media, March 2017
Ethiopia opens a Pandora’s box of ethnic tensions, The National Interest, October 2016
The silliness of ‘China in Africa,’ The National Interest, November 2013
Washington Examiner
America must confront China’s information warfare, 7 January 2025
The West is suffering an identity crisis, 19 October 2024
The national security threats America faces aren’t just external, 12 September 2024
US must get serious about China and Africa, 8 September 2024
Harris’s DEI agenda would undermine our national security, 31 August 2024
Western values are on the ballot this November, 21 August 2024
Europe can’t keep depending on US to defend it, 21 July 2024
France’s far-left takeover should serve as a warning, 10 July 2024
Donald Trump should be the least of Europe’s concerns, 2 July 2024
A new European Right: What the media missed in Europe’s recent elections, 13 June 2024
Leftist ideology has hijacked US foreign policy, too, 11 December 2023
John Kerry's attempt to partner with China on climate change is a fool's errand, 20 July 2023
The Left’s ‘Woke’ Agenda has no Place in U.S. Foreign Policy, 27 June 2023
The New York Sun
Europe Stumbles Toward Escalation With Russia Over Ukraine — Without a Strategy for Victory, 30 May 2024
Now at a Theater Near You, a Multi-Front War Is Underway Against the West, 28 May 2024
Season for Foreign Policy Realism Comes Into Focus in Asia, as Communist China Appears To Be Readying for War, 17 May 2024
Unless Ukraine and Its Allies Agree on a Strategy, Peace in Europe Could Be Brokered by the Chinese, 8 May 2024
France’s Macron, Having Realized Europe Is Mortal, Turns to a Rendezvous With Communist China’s Xi Jinping, 4 May 2024
With TikTok Ban Now in Place, What About Communist China’s Other Apps Aimed at America’s Youth?, 24 April 2024
Iran’s Direct Attack on Israel Underscores the Need for America To Restore the Concept of Deterrence, 18 April 2024
China’s Cartographic Antics Signal the Logic of an Expanded Alliance With India, 12 April 2024
Seas Emerge as Ultimate Arbiters of Global Power, as Communist China Expands Its Fleet and America Retreats, 27 March 2024
America’s Forfeiture of Niger Emerges as Part of a Pattern Stretching All the Way to Australia, 20 March 2024
France’s Macron Turns Hawkish on Ukraine After What Amounts to a Brush With Reality, 14 March 2024
Gravitas Seems Missing From Much of Western Diplomacy — and Policy — as Foes Pursue an Ambitious Agenda, 6 March 2024
Europe Readies for War, Though Armor and Resolve — and a Sense of Urgency — Are Wanting, 20 February 2024
‘Corridor of Freedom’ in Peril in the Pacific as Foreign Aid Hangs in the Balance, 14 February 2024
It’s Time for America To Step Up Its Game in Information Warfare — Most Importantly With Communist China, 7 February 2024
Woodrow Wilson’s Centenary Emerges as a Moment To Reflect on Global Government of Which He Dreamed, 31 January 2024
As Europe Grows ‘Weary of History,’ Its Leaders Try To Blame America, 24 January 2024
Poland’s Old-New Government Offers a Cautionary Tale, 17 January 2024
Communist China, for the First Time, Names an Admiral as Defense Minister, 10 January 2024
Donald Tusk’s Rise at Warsaw Could Bolster Europe’s Superstate, Crimping the Independence of Its Members — Including Poland, 30 October 2023
War in Gaza Has Made It Clear the World Is in a New State, 17 October 2023
America’s New Atlantic Partnership Looks Piddling Next To Communist China’s Ambitions in the Global South, 21 September 2023
France’s Macron Cozies Up to India’s Modi, as Bastille Day Is Marked in Wake of the Biggest Riots in Decades, 14 July 2023
Questions of Sovereignty on the Line as Chicom Regime Tests Europe’s Red Lines, 27 April 2023
Who Lost America?, 14 April 2023
As McCarthy Meets Leader of the Republic of China, Macron Meets With Xi, 5 April 2023
How Do You Say ‘Tora, Tora, Tora’ in Chinese?, 31 March 2023
China’s Maps Call Vladivostok ‘Haishenwai’, 24 March 2023
Will Communist China Reincarnate the Next Dalai Lama?, 21 March 2023
Giorgia Meloni, the ‘Most Dangerous Woman in Europe,’ Confounds Her Critics, 9 February 2023
Congress Waking Up to Communist Chinese Purchases of American Farmland, 3 Feb 2023
The New Word for the Western Strategy in Ukraine Is ‘Scholzing,’ 25 January 2023
President Macron’s War Strategy Is a Marriage of Statist Government and Haute Fashion, 6 October 2022
War in Ukraine Enters a New Phase — More Erratic and in Danger of Escalation, 4 October 2022
Luxury Brands Rush to Recast Their Logos, 27 September 2022
Macron, Scholz Likely To Discover Some Strange Birds Indeed as They Travel to the East, 20 September, 2022
Reckless Woman? Nancy Pelosi Shows Some Backbone and the Press Goes All Hysterical, 5 August 2022
Biden, Xi Playing With Fire in a Crowded Theater, 29 July 2022
Chinese Social Media Erupts With Glee at News of Abe Assassination, 8 July 2022
In the Midst of War, Ukraine Is Beset by the Hosts of Political Correctness, 5 July 2022
What’s the Logic of Ukraine Signing Over Its Sovereignty to the EU? 23 June 2022
France Gives Birth to a ‘Stillborn’ President, 20 June 2022
Communist China Readies New Tactic: ‘Non-War Military Actions’, 14 June 2022
Show Trial in Donestsk Sentences to Death Three Foreigners Captured in Arms Alongside Ukrainian Forces, 10 June 2022
Chinese Party Gets Ready to Crown Its Dictator, 8 June 2022
China’s ‘Document No. 9’ Outlines Beijing’s Hostility to the West; Will the Biden Administration See It for What It Is?, 26 May 2022
A New Expression Emerges — ‘To Do a Macron’ — and Here’s What It Means, 13 May 2022
Chinese Communists Warping History as Tensions Fester in Balochistan, 6 May 2022
Could Macron, Pushed by China, Become a Gaullist? 29 April 2022
As Sri Lanka Nears a Collapse, Where is America? 20 April 2022
Sweden, Finland Seem Intent on Plunging Ahead With Bid To Join NATO, 14 April 2022
Is This The Year the War in Space Was — In So Many Words — Declared? 11 April 2022
Finland, Rattled by Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Thinks the Unthinkable — NATO Membership, 8 April 2022
Russia Warning It Is Prepared To Use Food as a Weapon, Stirring the Ghosts of the Holodomor, 3 April 2022
Guess Who’s Not Letting the Crisis in Ukraine Go To Waste, 1 April 2022
Jamaica Signals Independence, but Keep an Eye Out for Communist China, 24 March 2022
Foreign Fighters Swarm to Ukraine, Sowing Future Conflict, 22 March 2022
As Ukraine War Rewrites Geopolitics, Keep Your Eye on Serdar Berdymukhamedovar, 18 March 2022
If China Starts Arming Russia in Ukraine, It Will Be Time for Truth or Consequences, 14 March 2022
As the Battle of Ukraine Rages, What Are Macron and Putin Up To?, 11 March 2022
Switzerland: Wading Into War, 7 March 2022
Set Your Watch on Lyapunov Time — and Check It Often, 28 February 2022
Now Is the Time For All Good Men To Resist the Temptation To Talk With Putin, 25 February 2022
Post-Cold War Security Architecture Will Have To Be Rebuilt After Ukraine, 24 February 2022
Europe Could Face Trouble From Russia on Several Flanks, 23 February 2022
Reports & briefings
China’s military expansion: A global power shift in the making, Geopolitical Intelligence Service Reports, 16 Dec. 2024
Inside China’s cognitive warfare strategy, Geopolitical Intelligence Service Reports, 5 November 2024
China’s strategic evolution in the Middle East: From oil to security, Geopolitical Intelligence Service Reports, 4 July 2024
China is making waves in the Pacific, Geopolitical Intelligence Service Reports, 31 January 2024
Peak China, Geopolitical Intelligence Service Reports, 16 October 2023
Rising Tensions along the Indian-Chinese Border, Geopolitical Intelligence Service Reports, 8 August 2023
China, Latin America, and the New Space Race, Geopolitical Intelligence Service Reports, 4 July 2023
Partnering for Africa’s Digital Future: Opportunities for the United States, South Korea, and India, The Atlantic Council, April 2021
Coming to life: Artificial intelligence in Africa, The Atlantic Council, November 2018
Fintech: Powering inclusive growth in Africa, The Atlantic Council, April 2018
3D printing: Shaping Africa’s future, The Atlantic Council, April 2018
Capturing the African consumer market: Truths, trends, and strategies for the road ahead, The Atlantic Council, September 2017
United States: Sustainable use of energy in, ‘Governing Global Climate Change: St. Petersburg Compliance Report for the ‘G8 Plus Five’ Countries,’ 2007
United States: The UNFCC and Kyoto in, ‘Governing Global Climate Change: St. Petersburg Compliance Report for the ‘G8 Plus Five’ Countries,’ 2007
Peer-reviewed articles
From formal to informal sector employment: Examining the Chinese presence in Zambia, Review of African Political Economy, March 2010
African perspectives on China–Africa: Gauging popular perceptions and their economic and political determinants, with M. Hanusch, Afrobarometer, July 2010
Survival of the fittest?: Kenya’s jua kali and Chinese businesses, Journal of East African Studies, July 2009
Chinese entrepreneurs in Africa’s informal economies, China Review, April 2009