Webinar Examines Risk of CCP Moving to Kinetic Conflict in 2026

The Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC), a Washington-based think tank, holds a webinar at 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 19 titled “2026: The Year the CCP’s Unrestricted/People’s War Goes Kinetic?”

It examines whether Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping views global distractions as an opportunity to escalate from pre-kinetic warfare to open conflict, and what steps should be taken now to prepare for and deter such a scenario.

Moderator:

Frank Gaffney, president of the Institute for the American Future; vice chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger: China; member of the Victory Coalition; host of “Securing America.”

Panelists:

Charles “Sam” Faddis, former career clandestine service officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, editor of AndMagazine.Substack.com, and author of “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA.”

Grant Newsham, retired U.S. Marine officer and a former U.S. diplomat and business executive with many years in the Asia/Pacific region, author of “When China Attacks: A Warning to America,” senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy.

Brian T. Kennedy, president of the American Strategy Group, former president of the Claremont Institute, author of “Communist China’s War Inside America.”

Steve Bannon, former White House strategist, filmmaker, host of the War Room podcast.