Xinanigans
China and strategic competition, read from the inside out.
What Is Xinanigans?
Xinanigans is Erika Lafrennie’s public analysis of China’s strategic behavior and broader strategic competition.
It examines governing logic, elite decision-making, institutional change, and the strategic consequences that emerge from them, focusing not simply on what happened, but on what developments may mean over time.
While others report on what China did, Xinanigans asks what it tells us about what comes next.
Who It’s For
Intelligence and national security professionals
Planners and strategists tracking long-duration competition
Institutional leaders exposed to governance-layer risk
Readers who understand that headlines lag systems