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I believe the most important thing Americans must do is to secure their economic well-being in an increasingly challenging, complex world. What I have written about all these years is the process of creating wealth, not for any one individual, but for the United States as a whole. Ever since I was a young correspondent witnessing the emergence of China after the country opened in 1979, I’ve believed we have to get more serious about creating wealth. I retain faith in the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the enterprise of American people. If Americans have the right strategies, we can once again create widespread wealth. Come with me on this journey.
Kissinger’s Critical Mistake–Not Understanding Xi Jinping
November 30, 2023
Henry Kissinger was undoubtedly a brilliant man, but he made one critical mistake–assuming that Xi Jinping would continue the policies of his predecessors–Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zimin and Hu Jintao. Even after Xi started consolidating power in 2012 and 2013, Kissinger believed that the United States and China had the power to essentially govern the world […]
TikTok is Manipulating American Political Opinion
November 20, 2023
The New York Times front-paged an article on Saturday which means it won’t receive as much attention as it would during the week. It was headlined “TikTok Videos Show Despair Over Economy” and here is the electronic version, which had a stronger headline: “Want to Know What’s Bedeviling Biden? TikTok Economics May Hold Clues.” The […]
Politico’s China Newsletter Asks Three Questions about Battlefield Cyber
November 16, 2023
Here’s the full newsletter: https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/china-watcher/biden-calls-xi-a-dictator-again/ Here’s just the piece about Battlefield Cyber: ONE BOOK, THREE QUESTIONS JPrzemyslaw Klos/EyeEm/iStock/Getty Images Plus and Peter Dazeley/iStock/Getty Images and Enterline Design Services. The Book: Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia are Undermining our Democracy and National Security The Authors: Michael G. McLaughlin is co-chair of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice Group at […]
Mike McLaughlin and myself on DisrupTV
November 6, 2023
It was perhaps our best discussion so far. There are a variety of ways to see the podcast. One is on Apple TV: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disruptv-episode-341-thomas-kurian-bill-holstein-michael/id1237334663?i=1000633628538 It’s also on Spotify and Google Podcasts.
A recap of Mike’s and my appearance at the University of Pittsburgh
October 24, 2023
Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security Pitt Cyber Event Summary: Pitt Cyber Hosts the authors of “Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security” On October 18, Pitt Cyber, in partnership with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, hosted a panel discussion that delved into the pressing issue of cybersecurity […]
Ironic twist: A New York Times columnist agrees with me about President Biden’s speech
October 22, 2023
The editorial pages of the New York Times, as opposed to the news pages, have been remarkably uninformed and downright naive about China. They have published a column by Bret Stephens arguing that the United States should be more “magnanimous” toward poor China and an op ed by an opera singer talking about how we […]
