Webinar | Xi Frog-boils His New Cold War: The CCP Heats Up the Western Pacific

Beijing’s Ominous Island-hopping Sets the Stage for a Shooting War

To cook a frog in a pot of water, increase the temperature slowly. That appears to be Chinese Communist dictator Xi Jinping’s recipe as he inexorably rachets up the temperature in his new Cold War in the Pacific.

Xi is pursuing a 21st Century version of the United States’ successful “island-hopping” campaign in World War II. Only where the U.S military was then liberating places like Guadalcanal in the Solomons, the Chinese are seeking to enslave them.

The frog-boiling intensified when the Solomons’ prime minister unilaterally agreed to the stationing of Chinese “police” in his country as part of a new security pact aligning it with Beijing. Other examples include the CCP’s: aggressive confrontations with the Philippine coast guard; threats against Japanese territory; and intensifying intrusions into Taiwan’s air and sea space.

As President Biden heads to the region next month, we must push back – while there’s still an opportunity to deter far worse.

Moderator:

- Frank Gaffney, Founder and Executive Chairman, Center for Security Policy; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China

Panelists:

- Colonel Grant Newsham – U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.), Former Marine Attaché in Japan; former Foreign Service Officer; former East Asia-based corporate executive; author, “When China Attacks: A Warning to America;” Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy
·       Topic: “Why ‘Upping Our Game’ Is Not Enough: The Imperative Need to Secure our Rear and Enhance Deterrence in the Western Pacific”

- Cleo Paskal  – Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; consultant, Network for Strategic Analysis; board member, International Board of Advisors of the Global Counter Terrorism Council; taught at Defense Colleges in the United Kingdom, India and Oman
·       Topic: “The Strategic Importance of the “1st and 2nd Island Chains” and the CCP’s Inroads There

- Chris Chappel  – Co-host of China Uncensored podcast, @ChinaUncensored
·       Topic: “The Battle of Guadacanal 2.0: The New Fight for Freedom in the Solomon Islands”

- Dr. Bradley Thayer, PhD – Director for China Policy, Center for Security Policy, author, “Understanding the China Threat”