Webinar | Is Ukraine the CCP’s First Front?

Is the PRC Arming Russia and the Prospects for a Second Front in the Pacific

In the course of the Werkunde Security Conference in Munich last weekend, U.S. officials warned that the Chinese Communist Party is contemplating sending arms to Russia in support of its invasion of Ukraine and, as Secretary of State Tony Blinken put it, “that would cause a problem for us.” In fact, the CCP has already been financing the Vladimir Putin’s war with its imports of Russian energy, food and other commodities from the Kremlin.

Three questions immediately occur:

1) Is it likely that the Chinese Communists have also been covertly providing weapons to its “No-Limits” Partner in Moscow?

2) Whether such transfers have already occurred or are still in the offing, what can – and will – America do, if anything, to alleviate such a “problem”? And

3) Either way, is the CCP benefiting from the Putin’s raging war in Ukraine and, if so, what does that portend for it opening a second, bloody front in the Pacific?

This CPDC webinar examines these and related topics on the eve of the first anniversary of Putin’s latest invasion of Ukrainian territory.

Moderator:

- Frank Gaffney, executive chairman of the Center for Security Policy, host of Securing America with Frank Gaffney on Real America’s Voice Network, and vice-chair for the Committee on the Present Danger: China

Panelists:

- Dr. Phillip Karber, PhD, Marine Corps veteran; longtime public servant in the national security arena; former senior defense industry executive; former professor at Georgetown University, the National War College, and other academic institutions* — Topic: The Reality and the Danger of a Sino-Russian Axis

- Dr. Stephen Blank, PhD, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute; former Professor, Army War College; author, Light from the East: Russia’s Quest for Great Power Status in Asia – Topic: “Putin’s Ambitions in Ukraine and Beyond”

- Honorable/Lieutenant Colonel Chuck DeVore, U.S. Army Reserves (Ret.); former member, California State Assembly; Chief National Initiatives Officer, Texas Public Policy Institute; co-author, China Attacks – Topic: “How Goes the War in Ukraine – with Chinese Characteristics?”

- Colonel John Mills, U.S. Army (Ret.), Former Special Operator specializing in Psychological Warfare; former senior executive responsible for Cyber Policy in the Office of Secretary of Defense; author, The Nation Will Follow: Firsthand Experiences Fighting the Deep State and the Action Plan for the American Citizen* – Topic: “It’s Past Time to Restore U.S. Deterrence to Nuclear Attack”

- Dr. Bradley Thayer, PhD, Director for China Policy, Center for Security Policy; co-author, Understanding the China Threat and How China Sees the World: Han Centrism and the Balance of Power in International Politics* — Topic: “The Ukraine Precedent and Lessons for the Pacific”