The Center of International Insecurity - Biden Administration, CNAS and WestExec
| Author | Dan Steinbock |
|---|---|
| Published | June 2022 |
| Format | Article |
TL;DR — A 2022 opinion piece arguing that the think tank CNAS, the consultancy WestExec and defense contractors steered Biden-era China policy through revolving doors.
An article by Dan Steinbock, founder of the Difference Group consultancy, from The World Financial Review (June 2022; the copy misprints the year as 2002), uploaded by the author to ResearchGate.
It argues that a network of former officials moving between the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), the advisory firm WestExec Advisors and the Biden administration, with funding from defense contractors, had inflated the China threat and pushed U.S. policy toward a new Cold War. It follows the money from contractor donations to think-tank war games, such as a CNAS Taiwan simulation aired on NBC, to staff appointments.
What it is: a polemical opinion article in a business magazine by an economist-consultant who writes widely on China; it compiles public facts about funding and appointments, but the conclusions are advocacy, not peer-reviewed research.
Where this came from
- A copy saved in October 2026.
13 pages. A PDF copy is held in Kyle’s private archive; it is not linked or shared here.