GRAY ZONE REPORT: CHINA
CURRENT SKYTOPTV EPISODES
Pinch Points & Power Plays: China’s Grip on the Global Supply Chain
ASCM CEO, Abe Eskenazi, breaks down how China became the world’s manufacturing center, the risks of dependency, the struggle to decouple, and why U.S. resiliency, talent, and semiconductor capacity are critical. A sharp look at geopolitics, pinch points, and the future of global supply chains.
Inside China’s Playbook: Seduction, Secrets and Silicon Valley
Former senior intelligence officer Nicholas Eftimiades exposes how China targets Silicon Valley through what is referred to as the "honeytrap", social-media approaches, and hotel‑room surprise tactics backed by China’s Ministry of State Security. Don Ulsch uncovers the covert methods driving U.S.-China competition inside the Grey Zone.
Clouds Above the Cloud: The Fight for Extraterrestrial Data Centers
As AI drives explosive demand for data infrastructure, the U.S. and China are pushing data centers into space, creating a new arena for competition and conflict. Don Ulsch and Steve Elsele discuss overcrowded orbits, emerging threats, and the strategic implications of a 2,800 satellite AI constellation poised to rival Earth based supercomputers.
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Mr. Ulsch, a U.S. registered Foreign Agent, is the Founder and Chief Analyst of Gray Zone Research & Intelligence—China Series, focusing on China’s technology-driven strategy for global economic supremacy. He advises the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on China’s cyber and technology transfer threats and has led incident investigations in 70 countries as a former Senior Managing Director at PwC’s cybercrime practice.
His research includes the impact of technology transfer on China’s economic strategy, US corporate regulatory risk, China’s supply chain penetration, and Military-Civil Fusion as a cyber threat. His LinkedIn China Polls have over 200,000 views and 25,000 followers.
Mr. Ulsch advises an East African presidential cabinet-in-exile on countering China’s Belt & Road Initiative. Previously, he served as a cyber threat advisor to the CIA, focusing on US cyber adversaries and attacks on the commercial sector and Defense Industrial Base. He also served on the US Secrecy Commission and advised a US presidential campaign on cybersecurity.
He is a Guest Lecturer on Cyber Warfare at West Point and a Research Fellow in the Master’s in Cybersecurity program at Boston College, which he helped establish.
Mr. Ulsch has authored two books: Cyber Threat: How to Manage the Growing Risk of Cyber Attacks and Threat! Managing Risk in a Hostile World. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Institute and serves as an Independent Director of a financial services company, focusing on cybersecurity and privacy issues.
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Balancing Power Against Principle: A Framework for Managing China’s Rise as a Global Force
Discussants:
N. MacDonnell Ulsch, Founder & Chief Analyst, Gray Zone Research & Intelligence, Skytop Contributor and Host of “Gray Zone Report: China”, SkytopTV Talk Show Series
Jakob Kiefer, Executive Board Member, Spowdi, Member of the Board of Advisors, Göteborgs Hamn AB, Board Member, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Former Sweden Ambassador to Chile and Peru, and Former Sweden Deputy Chief of Station to China
