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DR. BRADLEY THAYER

Fellow, American Freedom Alliance

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Embracing Communist China

America’s Greatest Strategic Failure

For decades, the United States has underestimated the threat from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In doing so, it has left our country vulnerable to their devious plans—a profound, strategic miscalculation. As a result of this carelessness, the United States is at risk of losing its dominant position in global politics.

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Understanding the China Threat

This book examines the contours of the Sino-American confrontation and its future trajectories. It delineates the two major causes of the friction in Sino-American relations—change in the balance of power in China’s favor and the conf licting ideologies of the two states—and emphasizes why it is imperative for the U.S. to hold on to its ideological principles.

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Communist China Is a Pariah, It’s Time to Treat It Like One

Examines how the Chinese Communist Party’s rejection of international norms, human rights, and established rules of...

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The Dawn of the Modern Nationalist Age

Argues that the West is shifting from a globalist era toward renewed populist nationalism, driven by growing...

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Dawn of the Modern Nationalist Age

Argues that the West is shifting from a globalist era toward renewed populist nationalism, driven by growing...

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Steve Bannon and Bradley Thayer appear side by side during a War Room interview on Real America’s Voice.
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August 15, 2026
War Room

WE ARE IN A REVOLUTIONARY TIME DRIVEN BY COMMUNISTS

Dr. Bradley Thayer reflects on Faddis’s character, patriotism, and service.
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July 28, 2026
War Room

Remembering Sam Faddis: A Great American

Thayer in an interview on Just The News: No Noise.
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July 28, 2026
Just The News

The communists have taken over the ideas industry.

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Bradley Thayer on Roots, Rights & Reason

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Roots, Rights & Reason
@Amerifuture

Bradley Thayer joins Lee Smith on Roots, Rights & Reason for a discussion on communism, its enduring ideological influence, and the challenges facing the West.

about dr. bradley thayer

Scholar, Author, and Commentator

Dr. Bradley A. Thayer is a Fellow at the American Freedom Alliance and a Founding Member of the Committee on Present Danger China. He has worked in government, and as an academic. He has had Fellowships at Harvard University and at the University of Oxford.

Thayer is a widely published author and commentator on a broad range of topics, including the existential threat to the United States from Chinese Communist Party, United States national security policy, and American politics.

Areas of Focus

National Security
International Relations
China and the CCP
American Foreign Policy
Strategic Affaris
Political Thought
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