Committee Holds Webinar on China, ‘World War Xi: The Mideast Front’

The Committee on the Present Danger: China, a Washington-based think tank, holds a webinar titled “World War Xi: The Mideast Front” on April 25 on the extent of the Chinese Communist Party’s rise and malign influence in the Middle East and how the United States and its remaining regional allies can respond.

Moderator:

Frank Gaffney, president of the Institute for the American Future and vice chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger: China.

Panelists:

Capt. James Fanell, former director of intelligence and information operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet and co-author of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure.”

• Topic: “An Overview of the CCP’s Presence, Operations and Influence in the Mideast”

Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, executive director of Israel365 Action and author of “Verses for Zion and Cup of Salvation: A Powerful Journey Through King David’s Psalms of Praise.” He is a frequent guest on Erick Stakelbeck’s “The Watchman” and a regular contributor to Israel365news.com and “The Jerusalem Post.”

• Topic: “Has Egypt Changed Sides—and, If So, What are the implications for Israel, America, and the Region?”

Lt. Col. Guermantes Lailari, former USAF foreign area officer and former fellow at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan. He is currently a visiting researcher at the Institute of National Defense and Security Research in Taiwan.

• Topic: “War With the Houthis: China’s Insidious Role”

David Wurmser, director of the Mideast program at the Center for Security Policy, former naval intelligence officer with the rank of lieutenant commander, and former Mideast expert adviser to an undersecretary of state, national security adviser, and vice president of the United States.

• Topic: “Turkey: A Would-be Caliph’s Unlikely Partner—a CCP that Genocidally Represses Muslim Uighurs”

Charles “Sam” Faddis, former career clandestine service officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, Army veteran, author of “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA,” and editor of AndMagazine at Substack.

• Topic: “Iran—A Metastasizing Threat Under China’s Umbrella”

Capt. Jay Bolton, U.S. Merchant Marine (Ret.), maritime consultant, tanker and tall ships’ master, and founder of the U.S. Maritime Foundation.

• Topic: “Djibouti: Power Projection from Communist China’s First Foreign Base”