"China’s Broken Ladder Will Halt Further Growth," Discourse, September 29, 2023.

"100 Days In, China’s New Economic Effort Is Underwhelming," Washington Examine, June 28, 2023.

"Who Gets the Algorithm? The Bigger TikTok Danger," Lawfare, May 3, 2023.

"Stopping Putin and Xi From Ganging Up Against Ukraine," The UnPopulist, April 20, 2023.

"Saudi 'Golfwashing' Isn't Working, and Americans Should Be Proud of That," DC Journal, April 5, 2023.

"China’s Economic Recovery Won’t Deliver," Washington Examine, February 11, 2023.

"Is China’s Quantum Computing Breakthrough All That?" Washington Examine, January 12, 2023.

"China’s Covid Authoritarianism Has Hurt its Autocrats," The UnPopulist, January 3, 2023.

"The Chinese Communist Party Has a Domestic Legitimacy Deficit," Washington Examine, December 6, 2022.

"Belt and Road 2.0 Seems Even More Questionable," Washington Examine, December 5, 2022.

"Curb Your China Congress Enthusiasm," Washington Examine, October 26, 2022.

"Xi Jinping’s Coronation Pageant Is for Show, Not Substance," Washington Examine, October 15, 2022.

"Biden Should Abandon Strategic Ambiguity on Taiwan," Washington Examine, September 28, 2022.

"The China Challenge: Risks to the U.S. Economy if China Invades Taiwan in Seven Charts," Discourse, September 15, 2022. Joint with Christine McDaniel.

"China’s Next Taiwan Targets Are Lifelines of the U.S. Economy," The Hill, September 12, 2022. Joint with Christine McDaniel.

"The Cracks in China’s Big Brother Armor," Washington Examine, September 8, 2022.

"Is the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Actually Working?" Washington Examine, August 13, 2022.

"CHIPS Act Distracts From Bigger China Challenge," Washington Examine, July 15, 2022. Joint with Christine McDaniel.

"Applying Franklin’s Wisdom to the China Tariffs," National Review, July 6, 2022.

"The Chinese Economy Is in Trouble, But Not Because of COVID-19," Washington Examiner, June 14, 2022.

"If China Ends up Invading Taiwan, It Started Last Weekend," Washington Examiner, May 27, 2022.

"Are Spy Agencies Ready for Open-Source Intelligence?" Washington Examiner, May 24, 2022.

"Fleeting Freedom and Propaganda Lessons in Hong Kong," Washington Examiner, May 7, 2022.

"Meet Vietnam, America's Most Undervalued Partner in the Indo-Pacific," Washington Examiner, April 22, 2022.

"Is the West ready for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan?" Washington Examiner, April 12, 2022.

"Misinformation, Disinformation and Propaganda," Discourse, April 8, 2022. Joint with Martin Gurri.

"Democracies Need Open Networks to Counter China's 5G Big Brother," Lawfare, March 22, 2022.

"Worth the Pain: The Costs and Benefits of a Strict Implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," Public Interest Comment, March 10, 2022. Joint with Christine McDaniel.

"There Are Better Ways to Contest Forced Labor Than Boycotting the Beijing Olympics," InsideSources Syndicate, February 2, 2022.

"Politicians Move on Uyghur Forced Labor, but We Hold the Key." Washington Examiner, January 17, 2022.

"Xi Jinping Strengthens His Grip Over Chinese Media," The Dispatch, January 7, 2022.

"China's Telecom Giants Are a Threat to Our Security," The Dispatch, December 16, 2021.

"China and the E.U. Are No Examples for U.S. Tech Innovation," The National Interest, November 2, 2021. Joint with Alden Abbott.

"It's Time for America to Tie the Knot With Taiwan on Trade," The National Interest, September 26, 2021. Joint with Christine McDaniel.

"China Forces U.S. to Get Serious about Decoupling," Washington Examiner, September 14, 2021.

"The U.S. Intelligence Model Is Dangerously Behind the Times," The Dispatch, September 3, 2021.

"The China Challenge: The West Struggles To Respond To Beijing's Forced-Labor Camps" Discourse, August 23, 2021.  Joint with Christine McDaniel.

"Why the U.S. Should Relax about the China-Taliban Romance," The Hill, August 21, 2021.

"Only U.S. Clarity Can Prevent a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan," Washington Examiner, July 27, 2021.

"The China Challenge: Rebuilding Trust in the Global Trading System," Discourse, July 23, 2021. Joint with Christine McDaniel and Eileen Norcross.

"How Our Culture Wars Make Us More Vulnerable to Chinese Influence," The Dispatch, July 7, 2021.

"Beijing Can’t Make Sense of Biden’s China Strategy. Can Biden?" Washington Examiner, July 1, 2021.

"Protectionism Is No Way to Protect America's Rare-Earth Supplies from China" Tribune News Service (papers nationwide), June 10, 2021.

"Where Are America's Allies, and What Are They Reading?" Washington Examiner, June 4, 2021.

"The China Challenge: Enjoying Key Advantages, the Mainland May Soon Overtake the U.S." Discourse, May 12, 2021.

"Hong Kong Isn’t an Endgame for China. It’s a Starting Point." The Dispatch, March 25, 2021.

"Biden Is Now the President, But Does That Matter For America's China Policy?" The National Interest, February 6, 2021.

"The Capitol Insurrection Through the Lens of Chinese Propaganda," Discourse, February 5, 2021.

"The Pandemic's Phantom Trade Collapse," Observer Research Foundation, December 30, 2020.

"China's Big Brother Is Watching Your Democratic Process," The Diplomat, November 17, 2020.

"What Can Artificial Intelligence Tell Us About the Scale of COVID-19 in China?" Observer Research Foundation, October 9, 2020. 

"The Curse of Engagement and China's Global Influence," InsideSources Syndicate, September 24, 2020.

"A 'Nutrition Facts Label' for the Chinese Government's Thin Skin," Tribune News Service (papers nationwide), September13, 2020.

"What Artificial Intelligence Is Telling Us About US-China Relations," Tribune News Service (papers nationwide), August 14, 2020. Joint with Julian Chan. 

"I Built a Bot That Predicts Policy Changes in China After the Coronavirus Pandemic Ends," The National Interest, March 23, 2020.

"How China's State-Run Media Foretold the Trade War Stand-off," The Bridge, July 16, 2019. Joint with Julian Chan.

"Why China Is Not Backing Down in the Trade War," The National Interest, May 23, 2019. Joint with Julian Chan.

"Will China Fold on Structural Issues? An Algorithm Says Not Any Time Soon," China Business Review, March 11, 2019. Joint with Julian Chan.

"China's Next Policy Change: Not What President Trump Hopes For," AEIdeas, January 15, 2019. Joint with Julian Chan.

"Sinology 2.0: Decoding China’s People’s Daily," AEIdeas, November 21, 2018. Joint with Julian Chan.

"Machine Learning with a Twist: Detecting Structural Differences in Complex Data," MLconf, November 19, 2018. Joint with Julian Chan.

"Machine Learning with a Twist: How Trivial Labels Can Be Used to Predict Policy Changes," Dataconomy, November 1, 2018. Joint with Julian Chan.

"Congress Should Back White House Plan to Use Tolls to Fix Infrastructure," The Hill, March 2, 2018.

"China Is Trying to Bribe North Korea into Good Behavior. Here Is What That Means for America," The National Interest, November 9, 2017.

"All the General Secretary's Men," AEIdeas, October 17, 2017. Joint with Julian Chan.

"What (Not) to Expect from China's Upcoming Party Congress," AEIdeas, August 31, 2017.

"Trump's High-Risk, High-Reward Trade Policy toward China," AEIdeas, August 8, 2017.

"Reading Xi Jinping," Foreign Affairs, July 4, 2017.

"China Must Rethink Free Float for the Yuan, as US Border Tax Looms," South China Morning Post, March 7, 2017. Joint with Zhimin Li.

"Donald Trump and the Perils of Promising Too Much," Real Clear Politics, October 19, 2016. Joint with Rasa Karapandza.

"Yes, Low-Information Voters Have the Right to Vote," AEIdeas, April 28, 2016.

"A Saudi Dump of US Assets Will Only Hurt the Saudis," Real Clear Markets, April 21, 2016.

"Debate Text Analysis: Trump Is the Moderate," Real Clear Politics, April 14, 2016.

"China Needs Reform Not Another Investment Splurge," Financial Times, February 17, 2016. Joint with Zhimin Li.

"China Needs Clear Market Rules and Consistent Enforcement," InsideSources Syndicate, January 12, 2016.

"China's IPO System Badly Needs Reform," InsideSources Syndicate, November 24, 2015.

"China's New Securities Superstar, Fang Xinghai, Is No Hero," The National Interest, November 9, 2015.

"China's Stock Market Is about to Tank — Again," Fortune, September 28, 2015.

"China's Troubling Lurch Back to Socialism," Real Clear Markets, August 13, 2015.