Strategic default: A new way to think about combating China’s weaponization of capital

by J Michael Waller / Washington Examiner / December 18, 2018. China’s trade war with the rest of the world has unfolded through speedy expansion of a network of maritime choke points and deep water ports worldwide. Tariffs and unfair subsidies are part of that trade war, but the big story is about control of … Read more

US-out-of-Vieques movement shows Cuban sponsorship

by J. Michael Waller / Insight magazine / July 23, 2001 Cuban leader Fidel Castro may have fainted during a recent tirade in Havana, but his American foot soldiers who once heralded his Marxist revolutionary movement around the world are alive and well. After more than a decade of obscurity, they’re back with a passion not … Read more

PC answers on Panama Canal

J Michael Waller / Insight magazine / 22 November 1999 – Four administration witnesses assured the Senate Armed Services Committee on Oct. 22 that a Chinese company controlling ports at both ends of the Panama Canal poses no security problem to the United States. Confidently and with a whiff of condescension they dismissed concerns that … Read more

China’s beachhead at Panama Canal

J Michael Waller / Insight magazine / 16 August 1999 Reporting from Balboa, Insight uncovers China’s most recent political and economic maneuverings to obtain effective control of the Panama Canal as the US leaves. [Note: When Insight magazine’s print edition was closed, the publishers shut down its online edition. The link to the original no … Read more