Gordon Chang

“there needs to be greater economic and social development in the north. Without positive change and growth, it is likely that another…

— Gordon Chang

“In 1956 the Eisenhower administration used its creditor powers to pressure Britain to withdraw from the Suez Canal and hand it over…

— Gordon Chang

“Cyberwarfare is a strategic issue that the U.S. and Chinese defense establishment must address in some form of confidence-building and threat-reduction measures,…

— Gordon Chang

“Morocco looks not to its immediate neighbors but just across the Mediterranean, to Europe, as its major foreign economic lifeline. In part…

— Gordon Chang

“We have to remember that Xi, head of a divided Communist Party, has no faction he can call his own. People often…

— Gordon Chang

“battle-hardened jihadists from Syria and Afghanistan, have crossed the border into the North Sinai looking for a safe haven to consolidate their…

— Gordon Chang

“Commercial and infrastructure investment by Chinese firms, meanwhile, has increased the visibility of the People’s Republic throughout the Levant and North Africa.”

— Gordon Chang

“tribal leaders were crucial in destroying a significant proportion of the human trafficking networks operating in the North Sinai, the profits of…

— Gordon Chang

“During the Cold War, the Soviet Union never could accomplish that because it was a resource exporter and was in competition with…

— Gordon Chang

“Some believe his political vulnerabilities have not only driven him into the arms of Mao but also the clutches of the country’s…

— Gordon Chang

“Two departments of the PLA—the General Staff Department’s Third and Fourth Departments, respectively—are organized to systematically penetrate communications and computer systems, extract…

— Gordon Chang

“The China National Space Agency (created in 1993) may be the formal NASA equivalent, facilitating international agreements and cooperation, but it still…

— Gordon Chang

“Tunisia’s Educational Reform Law, passed in 1991, decreed education to be compulsory for both sexes up until the age of 16.5 Mohamed…

— Gordon Chang

“If Xi personally accepts Maoism, we should not be surprised he believes his Maoist campaign is popular across Chinese society. “Today’s Chinese…

— Gordon Chang

“In essence, America’s land forces should look to develop a “global landpower network.” This network consists of allies, expeditionary global and regional…

— Gordon Chang

“But absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”

— Gordon Chang

“It is beyond doubt that Xi and Li understand, and even acknowledge, that reform is no longer a choice but a necessity,”

— Gordon Chang

“As Maynard Keynes famously observed: “If I owe you a pound, I have a problem, but if I owe you a million,…

— Gordon Chang

“A swath of jihadist groups with alleged ties to al-Qaeda (among them Takfir wal-Hijra, Salafia El Jihadiya, Tawhid wal-Jihad, and Shura Mojahadin)…

— Gordon Chang

“In a relatively short time, perhaps a decade, the PLA Navy has made a transition from operating only around China’s coast to…

— Gordon Chang

“From a financial security perspective, the danger is that China might disrupt U.S. financial markets by engaging in strategic selling of its…

— Gordon Chang

“Unlike the traditional paradigm of warfare, in which the military object is the destruction of enemy battalions, divisions, and corps, in the…

— Gordon Chang

“if there is one lesson the Army has learned (or re-learned) in the past twelve years of war, it is this: the…

— Gordon Chang

“China is no longer an isolated, inward-looking country. It is building a military that can continue to respond to domestic problems and…

— Gordon Chang

“China-centric globalization is characterized by three features: (1) The emergence of China as the global center of manufacturing—the so-called “factory for the…

— Gordon Chang

“Washington and Moscow do share common interests that could provide the basis for a long-term understanding. These include combating terrorism, handling threats…

— Gordon Chang