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Biden Imperils America’s Energy Independence

ConservativeBlog.org / July 13, 2021

It was only as far back as 2019 that the United States became energy independent for the first time in almost 65 years. But, just as quickly, the Biden Administration’s climate agenda is making that earned independence “inconsistent.” And, as National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., points out, this ...
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New Wind Energy Blowing Up Cybersecurity Threats

ConservativeBlog.org / April 17, 2021

With the Biden Administration announcing its intention to increase the dependence of the American energy grid on renewable sources such as wind, it may also be increasing the threat of cyberattacks on infrastructure by random hackers and hostile governments such as Communist China. In a commentary for The Epoch Times, ...
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Cybersecurity of Wind Power a Growing Concern

Commentary / April 2, 2021

The Biden White House’s March 29 announcement that it will expedite development of offshore wind projects along the Atlantic Coast of the United States underscores the administration’s commitment to move the nation away from fossil fuels to increased dependence on renewable energy. But the prospect of giant wind turbines sprouting ...
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A Biden Win Benefits China

ConservativeBlog.org / November 5, 2020

As the votes are counted in the United States, the Chinese government is undoubtedly hoping for a Biden victory to assist in the rehabilitation of its international reputation. Damaged by the COVID-19 pandemic which originated there, the Chinese are now focusing on the prospect of partnering with a Biden Administration ...
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Beijing Presents Itself as Climate Steward as China-Borne Pandemic Continues to Rage

Commentary / November 2, 2020

As European countries ponder the reimposition of lockdowns and other drastic measures to confront a second wave of COVID-19, and U.S. officials fear a similar outbreak on this side of the Atlantic, China—where the pandemic originated—has decided to change the subject to climate change. On Oct. 19, Beijing’s Foreign Affairs ...
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Protecting American Business from Chinese Bullying

ConservativeBlog.org / October 15, 2020

Chinese “economic aggression” is propelling its global expansionism, and it’s up to the United States to put its efforts in check. In a Newsmax commentary, National Center Senior Fellow Horace Cooper credits the Trump Administration for “push[ing] back hard against China’s economic bullying.” But he adds that “more must be ...
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Trump Must Do More to Counter China Threats

Commentary / October 12, 2020

China threatens America’s economic and national security. Its Belt and Road Initiative, which provides development assistance to emerging nations, has given it economic leverage all over the world. To obtain access to its growing markets and modern, inexpensive manufacturing infrastructure, Western businesses must often turn over valuable intellectual property — ...
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Disney’s “Pathetic” Groveling to China

ConservativeBlog.org / September 29, 2020

When it comes to Disney turning a “blind eye” to human rights abuses in China, the director of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) said “they’ll be hearing from me.” In what RT America host Steve Malzberg called “one of the most egregious examples of capitulation to China,” the ...
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A Timely Exit from WHO

ConservativeBlog.org / September 17, 2020

In a new commentary for Congressional Quarterly, National Center President David A. Ridenour asserts that the Trump Administration’s decision to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from the United Nations's World Health Organization (WHO) is “well-timed.” The July 7 announcement that began a year-long process of withdrawal also ...
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Winning China’s Cunning Cold War

ConservativeBlog.org / August 28, 2020

To those who speculate that the United States is on the brink of a “cold war” with Communist China, National Center President David Ridenour declares that we are already deep in one that too many people have ignored for too long: [W]e've been in that cold war for years with ...
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We Didn’t Declare the New Cold War, but We Must Win It

Commentary / August 21, 2020

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the United States is pushing the two countries to the brink of a new cold war. On the brink? No, we've been in that cold war for years with China. The Trump administration is just the first administration to fight back. Yi decried the ...
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Are We on the Brink of a New Cold War with China? – ScoopTV: Episode 4

July 30, 2020

Tensions are rising between the U.S. and China following the ordered closure of China’s Houston consulate. Some say we’re on the brink of a New Cold War. Are we? This edition of ScoopTV answers that question ...
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Lack of Transparency in Government Contracts Hurts Service Members

New Visions Commentary / July 27, 2020

Last month when TRANSCOM (United States Transportation Command) pulled back its $7 billion contract award to Norwegian subsidiary American Roll on Roll off Carrier (ARC) taxpayers breathed a sigh of relief. The contract had been awarded on April 30 in the midst of COVID-19 to overhaul the domestic and international ...
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Robert Stethem, American Hero: (Almost) Forgotten Again

ConservativeBlog.org / June 13, 2020

Even though the destruction of monuments is socially accepted behavior these days, I chose to break the law and show some respect for a neglected one. Tomorrow is the 35th anniversary of the murder of Robert Dean Stethem, a construction technician and diver in the U.S. Navy. He was executed ...
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Tear Down China’s Firewall

ConservativeBlog.org / June 4, 2020

China’s greatest wall is not the one made of stone. It’s the Internet firewall that the repressive communist government uses to suppress free speech and the flow of information. The National Center has joined the Conservative Action Project and others in a coalition letter telling the Trump Administration that “[a]s ...
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The Right Way to Buy American? Slow and Steady

Commentary / June 2, 2020

The White House may soon issue an executive order that would require drug companies to manufacture certain essential medicines here in the United States. And lawmakers in both parties are pushing for more domestic manufacturing of drugs and other medical products. Proponents of these "Buy American" proposals want to reduce our ...
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Policy Experts Praise Trump for U.S. Withdrawal From World Health Organization

Press Release / June 1, 2020

Action Fulfills Key Recommendation of National Center’s COVID-19 Blueprint Washington, D.C. – The National Center for Public Policy Research praised President Donald Trump for withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), three years after first calling for this separation. “WHO is plagued by persistent wasteful spending, utter ...
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BlackRock Promotes Chinese Investments While Punishing American Companies

Press Release / May 21, 2020

Free Enterprise Project Calls BlackRock’s ESG Push Highly Hypocritical as the Asset Manager Pushes Risky Chinese Investments Already Under Fire From the U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. – The BlackRock annual shareholder meeting today brought to a head pressing issues that the Free Enterprise Project (FEP) has been highlighting for months: ...
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Ten Questions About China for BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

ConservativeBlog.org / May 19, 2020

With so many of this year’s corporate shareholder meetings being held virtually, CEOs are using this new separation between themselves and their investors to dodge tough questions they usually can’t escape at traditional in-person events. Many of the questions submitted during online shareholder meetings this year by the National Center’s ...
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Coalition Asks Feds to Act Against Risky Chinese Investment