China is moving its pieces on the global chessboard, and Washington is making it unchallenged. This should not just be a concern—it should be the national security priority in every briefing, every agency, and every high-level decision in Washington.
China’s assumption of the UN Security Council presidency in February 2025 presents serious national security risks to the United States. While the presidency is temporary and procedural, Beijing’s ability to set agendas, shape narratives, and block unfavorable discussions significantly enhances its diplomatic leverage.
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS?
The U.S. must act proactively to counterbalance China’s growing influence in the UN, strengthen alliances, and ensure that critical global governance structures remain free from CCP control. Failing to do so could further accelerate China’s long-term strategy of displacing U.S. leadership in international security and diplomacy.
CHINA AT OUR DOORSTEP
China’s assumption of the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in February 2025 presents a direct and immediate security risk to the United States. Still, the threat does not only manifest in global governance—it is already at America’s doorstep. China’s well-documented political interference, economic entrenchment, and clandestine intelligence operations within Canada underscore how Beijing has positioned itself dangerously close to U.S. soil, allowing it to exert influence over a key U.S. ally while potentially using Canada as a staging ground for broader strategic objectives. With its leadership at the UNSC, China can further legitimize its operations under the guise of international diplomacy, all while continuing its covert and overt activities within North America. The intersection of China’s diplomatic power within the UN and its presence in Canada creates a security threat that extends well beyond soft power—it represents a tangible espionage, economic, and national defense vulnerability that the United States must immediately address.
China’s influence operations in Canada have been publicly exposed on multiple fronts, ranging from election interference to the establishment of illegal police stations operating on Canadian soil. Intelligence reports confirm that Beijing has engaged in covert funding of political candidates and influence campaigns designed to sway Canada’s democratic institutions in favor of Chinese interests. These activities are not isolated to political manipulation but extend into critical infrastructure, technology theft, and the infiltration of academia and business sectors—all of which have a direct impact on U.S. national security. Given the profound economic and security integration between the U.S. and Canada, China’s activities north of the border cannot be viewed as Canada’s problem alone. A compromised Canada weakens North American security, allowing Beijing to leverage its foothold in key industries such as energy, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence—all of which have dual-use military applications that China’s intelligence apparatus could exploit.
The risk is further compounded by China’s growing influence over Canadian natural resources and critical supply chains, particularly in rare earth minerals essential for U.S. defense manufacturing and advanced technology. Canada holds some of the world’s most valuable reserves of lithium, cobalt, and other materials necessary for missile guidance systems, fighter jets, and semiconductors. Through state-controlled enterprises and shell companies, China has secured stakes in Canadian mining operations, effectively putting itself in a position to disrupt or manipulate supply chains vital to U.S. national security. Suppose China continues expanding its presence in Canada’s critical industries while presiding over the UN Security Council. In that case, it will solidify its ability to exert economic pressure on Canada and indirectly on the United States.
China’s economic entrenchment in Canada is also matched by active intelligence and military-adjacent operations. Leaks from Canada’s CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) have revealed Chinese intelligence networks operating on Canadian soil, including technology transfers that have direct implications for U.S. defense readiness. The 2017 case of Chinese researchers at Canadian bio-labs transmitting classified research back to Beijing raised red flags about biotechnological espionage, and similar concerns persist in sectors such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence. With the U.S. and Canada deeply integrated through NORAD and other military partnerships, any intelligence breach or security lapse in Canada becomes an immediate threat to the United States. This extends beyond digital espionage—there are credible concerns that Chinese state-backed entities are mapping out infrastructure vulnerabilities across Canada, which could be used to undermine North American energy grids, water supplies, and communications networks in the event of heightened tensions between the U.S. and China.
The military implications of this presence cannot be overstated. China’s growing control over Arctic access routes, facilitated partly through diplomatic pressure on Canada, presents an emerging strategic flashpoint directly relevant to U.S. national defense planning. The Arctic holds vast untapped resources and provides critical navigation routes for military assets. China has openly stated its ambitions to become a ‘near-Arctic power’ despite having no territorial claim. With Canada appearing increasingly susceptible to Chinese influence, Beijing is inching closer to securing military and economic leverage over Arctic trade and defense corridors—a direct challenge to U.S. strategic positioning. Under the UNSC presidency, China can further obfuscate its global military ambitions under “multilateral diplomacy” and “cooperative security,” all while expanding its reach in the North American sphere.
As China leverages its position at the UN to reshape global governance and enhance its diplomatic immunity, its activities in Canada cannot be dismissed as a secondary concern. This direct threat in our backyard could compromise national security infrastructure, disrupt military coordination, and undermine North America’s strategic defenses. The U.S. cannot afford to view China’s leadership in the UNSC as an isolated event—it is part of a broader, more insidious strategy that includes building influence over Canada, infiltrating North American security frameworks, and positioning itself near U.S. interests with impunity. Washington must take immediate countermeasures, including strengthening intelligence-sharing agreements with Canada, imposing economic countermeasures against Chinese-controlled enterprises within North America, and reinforcing continental defense initiatives under NORAD and the Five Eyes alliance. Failing to do so would mean allowing China not only to rewrite the global order from the UNSC floor but also to manipulate and exploit vulnerabilities right at America’s doorstep.
Tulsi Gabbard’s ODNI Must Lead the Charge: Stopping China’s Silent Infiltration Before It’s Too Late
Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard ), as the new Director of National Intelligence (@ODNIgov), has a rare opportunity to reverse course on years of bureaucratic complacency and decisively address the growing national security threat posed by China’s infiltration of global institutions, North American infrastructure, and strategic regions like Venezuela, Africa, and the Middle East. This is not just about intelligence collection—it’s about authentic leadership, coordination, and immediate action to counter an adversary that has exploited our weaknesses for far too long. China is not just moving pieces on the global chessboard—it is flipping the board entirely, and Washington has been slow to respond. With China presiding over the United Nations Security Council, embedding itself in Canada’s surveillance operations, and strengthening its foothold in Latin America and beyond, we are staring down an unprecedented strategic realignment that threatens U.S. dominance at home and abroad.
This is not a time for half-measures or intelligence assessments that sit on desks collecting dust. Director Gabbard must act now. That means immediately ramping up counterintelligence operations, securing North American border vulnerabilities, and ensuring that China does not exploit Canada’s drone program to conduct surveillance over U.S. airspace. The ODNI must lead a coordinated effort across the CIA, NSA, FBI, and military intelligence agencies to counter China’s cyber infiltration of our security infrastructure and supply chains. It also means holding policymakers accountable—there can be no tolerance for recycled bureaucrats or officials with zero technical expertise making critical decisions about drone warfare, surveillance systems, or military technology. The reality is simple: whether Washington wants to acknowledge it or not, we are at war. Director Gabbard has the ability—and the responsibility—to ensure that we stop playing defense and start taking the initiative in securing America’s future. It’s time to nip this before it’s too late.
Canada’s Border Drones Give China Access to the U.S.
Canada’s decision to deploy border surveillance drones along its southern border with the United States on March 1 presents an immediate and alarming national security risk for the United States, particularly given China’s increasing influence over Canadian security infrastructure. On the surface, these drones are being framed as a measure to monitor illegal crossings and enhance border security. Still, this move creates a backdoor pathway for China to expand its intelligence-gathering and operational reach directly along the U.S.-Canada border.
Through longstanding agreements between Ottawa and Beijing, China has already gained access to Canadian surveillance programs, law enforcement data-sharing, and security infrastructure under the pretext of “cooperative intelligence efforts.” With these new drones patrolling the U.S.-Canada border region, China will have an unprecedented real-time surveillance capability over critical U.S. entry points, infrastructure, and border operations, bypassing traditional American counterintelligence defenses and potentially feeding data directly to Beijing. Given Canada’s failure to curb China’s infiltration of its national security framework—evidenced by past scandals involving Chinese police stations operating within Canada and Beijing-backed political interference in Canadian elections—there is no reason to assume that these border drones will remain solely under Canadian control.
This shift effectively transforms the U.S.-Canada border from a historically secure buffer into an unchecked intelligence vulnerability, offering China unrestricted surveillance access to the northern perimeter of the United States. While Washington has heavily fortified its southern border against potential national security threats, the northern border has remained relatively unguarded, historically relying on U.S.-Canadian cooperation and trust. That trust is now in question. If Canada’s drone operations integrate Chinese-made technology—or if the data collected from these drones is subject to Canadian intelligence-sharing agreements that China has already exploited—this deployment could serve as a covert espionage platform that allows the CCP to monitor U.S. military movements, critical infrastructure, law enforcement activities, and even private sector developments in border states like Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. This scenario is not hypothetical; it aligns precisely with China’s documented use of civilian technology for military intelligence operations and its broader strategy of embedding itself into allied security architectures to circumvent U.S. countermeasures. Suppose the U.S. fails to respond with strong diplomatic, counterintelligence, and cybersecurity measures. In that case, it risks allowing China an unimpeded surveillance corridor spanning thousands of miles of U.S. territory—not across the Pacific, but from within North America.
Beijing’s Playbook-China’s Calculated Push to Control Global Governance
China’s assumption of the United Nations Security Council presidency for February 2025 under Fu Cong is not just a routine procedural rotation; it is a calculated move within Beijing’s broader strategy to reshape global governance structures to serve its interests while eroding the influence of the United States. While the presidency does not grant unilateral authority, it allows China to set the month’s agenda, frame key international security discussions, and control the narrative on pressing global conflicts. This presents a significant and multifaceted national security challenge for the United States.
The immediate concern is China’s emphasis on so-called “multilateralism” and global governance reform. Historically, when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) speaks of multilateralism, it does not mean an equitable, rules-based order—it means recalibrating institutions like the UN to reduce U.S. influence while increasing its own. China’s messaging positions it as a champion of cooperation, yet this is a diplomatic maneuver designed to push forward an alternative governance model that aligns with Beijing’s interests and marginalizes Washington’s role. This is part of a long-running strategy to build global support for Chinese-led security and economic structures, including the Belt and Road and Global Security Initiative, which serve as economic coercion mechanisms and vehicles for soft-power expansion.
China’s control over the Security Council’s debate framework gives it a unique opportunity to stifle discussions that do not align with its strategic goals while amplifying issues that advance its geopolitical agenda. The United States should expect that any discussion involving Taiwan will be aggressively blocked or reframed to delegitimize Taiwanese sovereignty, reinforcing China’s claims that the issue is a purely domestic matter and not a subject for international intervention. Likewise, any attempt to hold China accountable for its military activities in the South China Sea or its expansive surveillance and cyber operations will be strategically sidelined. This is not speculative; China has a long track record of obstructing UN resolutions that do not align with its geopolitical ambitions while leveraging the platform to push its agenda.
The implications for global conflict zones, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, are also significant. China’s stated focus on Gaza and its intention to play a more active role in peacekeeping discussions are not about humanitarian concerns but about inserting itself as a diplomatic counterweight to the United States. By posturing as a neutral arbitrator in the Israel-Palestine conflict, China positions itself as a preferred mediator in the Global South, eroding Washington’s traditional leadership role in the region. Meanwhile, in Africa, China has systematically expanded its military and economic footprint under the guise of development and stability initiatives, using debt dependency and infrastructure projects as leverage over national governments. The Security Council presidency gives China an even more excellent platform to advance these efforts, portraying its involvement as stabilizing while simultaneously diminishing U.S. diplomatic and security efforts.
At a broader level, China’s increasing control over international institutions directly threatens U.S. national security. The CCP has a well-documented history of infiltrating, co-opting, and corrupting global organizations to serve its interests. Its ability to manipulate institutions such as the WHO during the COVID-19 pandemic and its increasing influence in agencies like Interpol demonstrate a systematic strategy of embedding itself within global governance bodies to shift their decision-making in its favor. With the presidency of the Security Council, China will seek to expand this influence further, potentially blocking resolutions that target its human rights abuses, cyber espionage campaigns, or military expansion.
The United States must recognize that China’s tenure as Security Council president is more than symbolic; it is an opportunity for Beijing to entrench its influence over the global security agenda. This demands a decisive and strategic response. Washington must swiftly counterbalance China’s narrative within the UN by reinforcing its alliances with key democratic partners, mainly the UK, France, Japan, and India, ensuring that Beijing does not dominate the month’s discussions unchallenged. Beyond the Security Council, the U.S. must double down on its diplomatic engagement in Africa and the Middle East to prevent China from monopolizing peacekeeping efforts and expanding its military footprint under the pretense of stability operations.
Additionally, intelligence and cybersecurity operations must be ramped up to monitor and counter Chinese influence campaigns within the UN. China’s control of the agenda means an increased risk of cyber-enabled influence operations designed to manipulate diplomatic discussions, shape public perception, and silence dissenting voices within the organization. The United States cannot afford to be reactive; it must anticipate and disrupt these tactics before they gain traction.
The larger reality is that China’s leadership of the UN Security Council, however temporary, is part of a much longer game—one in which Beijing seeks to redefine the global order in ways that undermine U.S. strategic positioning. If Washington fails to respond decisively, it risks allowing China to erode further the post-World War II security framework that has preserved international stability for decades. This is not just about one month of procedural leadership—it is about whether the United States is willing to confront a rising adversary systematically working to displace it on the world stage.
Global Chessboard in Motion: How Beijing and Washington are Redrawing Influence Lines
China’s strategic pivot from Latin America to Africa and the Middle East signals a deliberate reconfiguration of global influence, resembling an implicit division of hemispheres between Beijing and Washington. Over the past decade, China aggressively expanded its economic and political foothold in Central and South America, leveraging debt diplomacy through the Belt and Road Initiative and large-scale infrastructure investments. However, with the United States increasing countermeasures—such as expanding security pacts with Colombia, Brazil, and Peru and ramping up economic alternatives like the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity—China appears to be recalibrating its focus. Africa and the Middle East offer Beijing a more advantageous geopolitical environment. U.S. engagement is perceived as waning, and China can exert influence over critical energy resources, raw materials, and strategic maritime routes.
China embeds itself deeply within African and Middle Eastern power structures through military base expansions, peacekeeping roles, and infrastructure dominance, creating dependencies that dilute U.S. leverage. Meanwhile, Washington has reinforced alliances with Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE in the Middle East and maintains security partnerships with Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana in Africa. While this shift is not an explicit division of spheres akin to Cold War-era geopolitics, it increasingly resembles a strategic accommodation—where Beijing consolidates influence in regions less contested by U.S. power. At the same time, Washington reinforces its dominance in Latin America and Indo-Pacific security architecture. The implications are clear: the global chessboard is being redrawn, and both superpowers are entrenching themselves in regions where their leverage is strongest.
Venezuela in Focus: The Missing Piece of the Global Power Struggle
Venezuela stands at a critical juncture as President Nicolás Maduro embarks on his third six-year term following an election marred by allegations of fraud and widespread international condemnation. The opposition, led by Edmundo González Urrutia, has challenged the legitimacy of Maduro’s victory, citing substantial evidence of electoral irregularities. In response, the United States, along with several other nations, has recognized González as Venezuela’s rightful leader and has imposed additional sanctions on Maduro’s administration. This political turmoil has led to mass protests within Venezuela, with citizens demanding transparency and democratic governance. The situation remains volatile as the international community closely monitors developments in Caracas.
Concurrently, the United States faces a multifaceted security threat as China leverages its influence in Canada to gain strategic advantages along the U.S. northern border. Canada’s deployment of border surveillance drones, potentially utilizing technology from companies like Google Wing and Zipline, which have components manufactured outside the United States, raises significant concerns. Given China’s documented history of cyber espionage and infiltration into foreign technologies, there is a plausible risk that these drones could be compromised, providing Beijing with unauthorized access to sensitive U.S. governmental systems and critical infrastructure data. This scenario underscores the urgency for the United States to appoint a dedicated “drone czar” to oversee and secure drone operations, ensuring that foreign adversaries cannot exploit technological vulnerabilities to threaten national security. President Trump (@realDonaldTrump ), it is imperative that we address this emerging threat with the immediacy and seriousness it demands.
China’s leadership of the United Nations Security Council should be at the forefront of every national security discussion, yet the silence from policymakers, intelligence agencies, and mainstream media is deafening. This is not just a procedural diplomatic rotation but a direct threat to U.S. global influence and domestic security. With Beijing at the helm of the UNSC, China can now manipulate international security narratives, block U.S.-led initiatives, and legitimize its expanding grip over strategic regions like Africa, the Middle East, and even Canada—right at our doorstep. This war is not fought with bullets but with control over institutions, surveillance infrastructure, and economic leverage. The fact that this power shift is happening in plain sight yet is being ignored by those entrusted with our nation’s security is unacceptable. Every discussion about global stability, U.S. strategic defense, and intelligence operations should start with this reality: China is moving its pieces on the global chessboard, and Washington is letting it happen unchallenged. This should not just be a concern—it should be the national security priority in every briefing, every agency, and every high-level decision in Washington. Failing to recognize this for what it is—an act of geopolitical warfare—will be our greatest mistake.
America Needs a Drone Czar—Now. No Bureaucratic Dead Weight, No FAA Recycled “Talent.”
The United States is at a critical juncture, facing an escalating drone warfare and surveillance threat that requires authentic leadership, not more bureaucratic incompetence. We don’t need another FAA bureaucrat or career paper-pusher who has never set foot in an actual drone operations center calling the shots. We need a true expert in drone warfare, cybersecurity, and national defense—someone who understands the tactical and strategic implications of this technology and can ensure that America leads the fight against adversarial drone infiltration, not fall victim to it.
Right now, we have people with sociology degrees and zero technical expertise in aerospace or robotics sitting in high-level positions dictating drone policy, national security protocols, and military technology integration. This is not just incompetence—it’s deliberate sabotage of our national defense. It is profoundly concerning that individuals currently appointed to key aviation-related positions lack the necessary expertise to address the complexities of modern aerospace challenges. Given my background and experience (The “Drone King” mentored me), I am more qualified to speak on these matters than many in leadership roles today. This discrepancy is not just unfortunate—it highlights a systemic failure in placing competence over bureaucracy in critical national security and aviation policy decisions.
One of the biggest enablers of this failure is Chris Carter, who has proven to be a liability to U.S. security interests. His decisions have allowed foreign adversaries, including China, to gain leverage in American drone systems and surveillance infrastructure. He needs to go—immediately.
This is not about partisan politics. This is about survival. The Chinese Communist Party is positioning itself within our borders—leveraging Canada’s drone programs, infiltrating technology supply chains, and using weak leadership at home to bypass our security apparatus. Under current leadership, the FAA has proven it cannot be trusted to handle this existential threat. We need a Drone Czar—America First only. No recycled talent, bureaucratic placeholders, globalist sellouts- people with REAL experience.
President Trump, the clock is ticking. We need action, and we need it now.
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