Antonio Graceffo

House Select Committee on CCP and the Future of US China Policy

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The upcoming 2024 elections will be critical in determining the ongoing effectiveness of a House committee focused on competition with the CCP, along with the direction of Washington’s China policy in general.

Sagging Real Estate and Bad Debts: China’s Banking System Risk

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China’s banking system is shouldering the burden of a struggling real estate market, but there’s only so much pressure it can take before the risk becomes systemic.

Past Is Precedent as Xi Struggles to Fix China’s Economy

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Beijing’s response to structural economic headwinds has been more of the same, with the oft-cited goal of consumer-driven growth as elusive as ever.

Wagner Group Post-Prigozhin: New Name, Business as Usual

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From the covert to the overt, the Kremlin’s Expeditionary Corps is taking over Wagner’s global operations.

What Drives US Opposition to the Law of the Sea Treaty?

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Exploring the reasons why Washington remains on the outside looking in on one of the United Nation’s most successful global standards.

Myanmar Civil War Spillover Effects Impacting India and Bangladesh

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Refugee inflows from the Myanmar war are inflaming longstanding ethnic conflicts in India and Bangladesh.

Central Asia’s Triangular Geopolitics: Russia, China, and the West

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A new, post-Ukraine war paradigm is emerging in Central Asia, that of triangular alignment between the poles of global power.

Russia’s Hybrid Warfare with the United States

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Examining the origins, doctrine, and dynamics of Russia’s ongoing hybrid war against the United States.

ECOWAS Buries Hatchet with Junta States amid Widening Regional Crisis

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Amid a worsening security and economic outlook in the Sahel, ECOWAS leaders have decided that the only way forward is for Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to be brought back into the fold.

Backgrounder: Haiti’s Descent into Chaos

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Examining the development failures, foreign meddling, weak institutions, and gangland politics that left Haiti vulnerable to the anarchy that is now spreading across the country.

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