The CCP’s United Front has been expanding its influence in the West—largely unnoticed by many.
— Jan Jekielek (@JanJekielek) April 26, 2026
I’m joined by @PLMattis for an in-depth discussion on what this means now, and the consequences ahead if the West fails to change course.
Watch full: https://t.co/BAFwFEM7Bh
Peter Mattis, President of The Jamestown Foundation.
Most recently, Mr. Mattis was Senior Fellow with the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party on loan from the Special Competitive Studies Project where he served as Director for Intelligence. From 2019 to 2021, he served as the Senate-appointed staff director of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) where he was a part of the legislative team that passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, Tibetan Policy and Support Act, and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. He began his government career as a counterintelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he earned exceptional performance awards for analytic leadership and community support.
