Brandon J. Weichert Boeken

"When President Donald J. Trump announced the creation of America's sixth branch of the military, the United States Space Force, many in Washington scoffed, but U.S. rivals in China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea took notice. Since the end of the Cold War, these American foes have chafed under the full-spectrum dominance that the American superpower has enjoyed globally. They have identified space as a key strategic domain where they can challenge, and possibly defeat, the United States military. And, depriving the U.S. military and its economy of access to space during an international crisis could spell doom for the United States in other strategic domains (land, sea, air, and cyberspace) ... The net decade presents U.S. policymakers one last chance to preserve the superpower status that America fought two world wars and the Cold War to build. Time is not on our side. We are on notice, but we have not noticed."-- From the jacket cover

"When COVID-19 erupted from Wuhan, China under mysterious circumstances, the Communist Party of China covered up its existence for as long as possible. It is now apparent that there is more to COVID than what the authorities wish for us to know. Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life details the decades-long pursuit by the Chinese Communists to dominate the biotechnology industry-to control the very building blocks of life on Earth-to further their political control at home and their supremacy abroad. More appalling than the egregious cover-up that China's rulers engaged in with COVID-19 is the fact that Western scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and research labs have contributed to China's rapid (and dangerous) growth in the biotech industry-so much so that China, not the United States, may become the seat of the biotechnology industry. The Chinese leadership believes that biotechnology is a critical industry for the Communist Party to achieve its "China Dream" of becoming the world's dominant superpower by 2049. In China's biotech sector, truly macabre practices are being developed, from ambitious cloning programs to the creation of potential pathogens that China's military plans to use in "specific genetic attacks" against Beijing's growing list of political enemies. To stop the threat, author Brandon J. Weichert proposes the world's nations create a comprehensive set of treaties for regulating biotechnology research and development. Further, Weichert calls for Washington to slow the transfer of advanced biotechnology knowledge and funding from the United States to China using means like the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Committee for Reinvestment in the United States (CFIUS). Unless an all-of-government (and society) approach is taken to curbing irresponsible biotech development in China, then another-deadlier-COVID-19-like pandemic could be at hand"-- Provided by publisher