Foundation for Defense of Democracies

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies warns that China's role in European infrastructure and cybersecurity weaknesses could jeopardise NATO's military mobility corridors across the continent. The report argues that hostile control over ports, rail networks and digital systems could delay or disrupt the movement of allied troops and equipment in a crisis, prompting calls for stricter screening of foreign involvement in critical transport infrastructure.

Commentators are urging democratic governments not to back a candidate for the next UN secretary-general who would defer to China, Cuba or Hamas. The argument, advanced by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is that the selection process should exclude anyone sympathetic to those regimes, as concerns grow over the direction of the world body.