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Weekend Interview: Ukrainian Advocates Make the Case for Partnership

For Ukrainians, the fight for survival against Russia is also about values, economic freedom, and the country’s long-term future. Ukrainian advocates Velentyna Pavsyukova and Yana Matviichuk explain how humanitarian work, faith, and economic reform are central to the geopolitical battle facing their country.


Weekend Interview: Jan Jekielek on Forced Organ Harvesting and What It Reveals About the Chinese Communist Party

The United States has for decades had to confront the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights record and strategic ambitions. Among the most disturbing allegations is the claim that China operates a state-backed organ harvesting system targeting prisoners of conscience. Jan Jekielek argues that understanding this practice provides a window into how the Chinese Communist Party operates and why democratic governments must rethink their approach to Beijing.


Weekend Interview: Steven Moore on Why the West Still Misreads the Russia-Ukraine War

Four years after Russia invaded Ukraine, some Americans believe Ukraine is doomed to fail, and others see the war as a NATO provocation, while Russian propaganda works to distort what is happening on the ground. Steven Moore argues that those narratives collapse when confronted with reality inside Ukraine, where a resilient society, a citizen army, and a determined national identity have held back a far larger aggressor.


Weekend Interview: Ram Charan on China’s “90% Model” and the Economic War the West Barely Recognizes

For decades, American policymakers and business leaders assumed that integrating China into the global economy would moderate its politics and align its interests with the West. Ram Charan argues that the assumption was dangerously wrong. China, he says, has executed a deliberate strategy to dominate global supply chains, hollow out Western industry, and convert economic leverage into geopolitical power.


Weekend Interview: Pavlo Unguryan on Ukraine’s Fight for Survival

Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine remains under relentless assault. Pavlo Unguryan of the Ukraine Rebuilding Alliance argues that the war represents a struggle between Western Christian civilization and what he calls a revanchist, authoritarian regime determined to rebuild the Russian empire.


Weekend Interview: Eric Patterson on Ukraine’s Resolve and the West’s Test

Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, casualty figures are in the millions, and negotiations show no signs that Russia will concede anything to end the war. Eric Patterson, of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, argues that the war is a civilizational test for the West.


Weekend Interview: Patrick McGee on How Apple Built China’s Tech Powerhouse

For decades, policymakers assumed that economic integration with China would liberalize its politics and embed it in a stable, interdependent global order. Few companies embodied that optimism more than Apple. Patrick McGee, author of the popular book Apple in China, argues that Apple’s rise in China helped accelerate the development of the very industrial ecosystem that now underpins Beijing’s technological and geopolitical power.


Weekend Interview: Jennifer Huddleston on the Future of Free Speech Online

Thirty years after Congress passed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the law is still debated by stakeholders in social media, artificial intelligence, and technology platforms. The statute shields companies from liability for content posted by consumers, which supporters contend is important to free expression and innovation. Jennifer Huddleston, a senior fellow in technology policy at the Cato Institute, argues that Section 230 remains a foundational guardrail for speech and competition in the digital age.


Leaders of MS-13 clique sentenced for racketeering conspiracy spanning several states

Two leaders of the MS-13 gang have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms in federal court for racketeering conspiracy and related violent crimes.


Weekend Interview: Cleo Paskal on China’s Corruption-Driven Push into the Pacific

For American policymakers, one concern over China’s advances on Taiwan is the fact that American territories sit just hours from Taipei. Some of America’s key defense corridors in the region run across neighboring small island nations. Cleo Paskal argues that China’s influence operations there threaten U.S. security at this geographic front line.


Weekend Interview: Patrick Hedger on the Internet’s Section 230 Debate

Thirty years after its passage, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act continues to shape the internet and virtually every company that operates on it. Critics argue the provision shields technology platforms from accountability, while others contend it protects free expression and innovation. The debate has implications for online safety, the advances of artificial intelligence, and methods for content moderation.


Weekend Interview: Mykola Murskyj on Russia’s Imperial Mindset

Ukrainians are living under winter blackouts and missile strikes. Russia’s intentional bombing of Ukrainian energy facilities means large swaths of the Ukrainian population are enduring freezing temperatures with limited electricity and water.


Delaware County man pleads guilty to social security fraud involving disability benefits

Brian Gill, a 59-year-old resident of Andes, New York, has pleaded guilty to social security fraud.


Weekend Interview: Leland Miller on China and the Coming Supply Chain Wars

Leland Miller, co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book, argues that much of what the world thinks it knows about China’s economic trajectory is wrong, and he says understanding Beijing’s priorities requires ignoring official talk...


Weekend interview: Daniel Runde on competing with China in the developing world

According to Daniel Runde, the United States must rethink how it deploys nonmilitary power, especially in the developing world, if it hopes to compete effectively with Beijing.


Weekend Interview: Natalia Shapoval on Ukraine’s fight for accountability

Ukraine is surviving another winter of missile strikes and energy shortages, hoping a peace framework will eventually take effect.


Weekend Interview: Tiffany Meier on China‘s long game

China’s relentless expansion in the South China Sea, as well as in Africa, South America and other regions, is forcing the U.S. to adjust its national policies on technology and global security.


United States reaffirms support for Burma on 78th Independence Day

The United States has expressed its continued support for the people of Burma as they mark the 78th anniversary of their independence on January 4.


Deputy Secretary Landau meets Belgian Deputy Prime Minister to discuss bilateral cooperation

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau held a meeting with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot.


United States announces withdrawal from 66 international organizations

The United States government has announced its decision to withdraw from 66 international organizations.