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The Gathering Storm Series: Part 8 – Rebuilding the Arsenal of DemocracyReading Time: 5–6 minutes A Time to Rebuild When tyrants rise, the free world must answer. In the 1940s, we rose from the shadows of a deep depression with a singular resolve: We turned our factories into fortresses and our people into producers of
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 7 – The Dragon’s Fire: China’s Militarization and the New Pacific Front The Fire Ignites China no longer hides its ambitions behind trade deals or borrowed rhetoric. The dragon now breathes fire—across sea lanes, through satellites, and into sovereign airspace. What was once influence now roars as might. Soft power
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 6 – The Dragon’s Reach: China’s Global Coercion Tactics Word Count: 800 | Reading Time: ~5 minutes Extending the Dragon’s Reach China’s grip no longer ends at its borders. It threads through embassies, satellite offices, academic exchanges, apps, and influence operations. Its ambition is global—not through tanks or treaties, but
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 5 – The Dragon’s Mask Word Count: 625| Reading Time: 4 minutes The Smile That Deceives China’s greatest export is not steel, nor silicon, nor clothing. Not even cheap items that many do not want or need, for that matter. Not to mention, the country of origin is hidden in
The Gathering Storm Series: Part 4 – Digging Deeper into the Dragon’s Veins Word Count: 900 | Reading Time: 5 minutes The Dragon Tightens Its Grip In April 2025, the Chinese Communist Party imposed export controls on seven rare earth elements. These materials—samarium, neodymium, dysprosium, and others—are unfamiliar to most Americans, but they are essential
