This analysis examines the recent paradigm shift in cyber operations conducted by actors linked to the People’s Republic of China, with particular reference to the strategic use of large-scale covert networks composed of compromised devices. Evidence gathered by international security agencies, led by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and its global partners, paints a picture in which the distinction between civilian and military infrastructure is becoming increasingly blurred,...

The Consent Agreement signed on April 14-17, 2026, between the U.S. Department of State and General Electric (GE) is not merely a $36 million penalty, but a testament to a strategic vulnerability that granted China access to invaluable technological secrets. For years, GE was unwittingly transformed into a reservoir of technical information for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) due to internal controls that authorities described as “systematically deficient.” Inspecting Jet Engine at...

In the new world order, the concept of economic freedom has been profoundly redefined: a truly free market cannot exist without a secure economy. The United States and China have already internalized this dogma, moving toward a paradigm where national security is the fundamental prerequisite for any commercial move. While Washington protects its economic freedom through "de-risking" and the Inflation Reduction Act, and Beijing utilizes massive subsidies to dominate global value chains, Europe...