The Structural Vulnerability of Free Economies to Authoritarian Infiltration: The Case of China’s Overseas Expansion Strategy

In July 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins publicly warned that individuals and companies with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were actively purchasing farmland near US military bases, posing a serious national security threat. The US Department of the Treasury swiftly expanded its foreign direct investment review framework to cover 227 sites … Continue reading The Structural Vulnerability of Free Economies to Authoritarian Infiltration: The Case of China’s Overseas Expansion Strategy