Greater Middle East may force China to project military power sooner rather than later
Recent months have not been necessarily kind to Chinese aspirations of remaining aloof to conflict beyond its borders.
Recent months have not been necessarily kind to Chinese aspirations of remaining aloof to conflict beyond its borders.
Its new national security strategy may be calculated to appeal to voters, but the West has clearly helped to push Putin’s buttons, too.
Is there a double standard when government-linked makers and sellers of ‘nasty’ spyware used by autocrats are U.S. allies?
The willingness of countries to spill blood and treasure over secession is universal. Who thinks China would be any different?
The U.S. must find ways of advocating for basic democratic principles without using them as a cudgel to bash Beijing.
Panicking over this development would just encourage Beijing to increase its arsenal more than it already is.
The party has maintained its legitimacy by providing stability, prestige, and economic growth. Yet its very success has unleashed challenges to its rule.
Competition with China doesn’t have to mean ‘we win, they lose.’
The CCP’s 100th anniversary is a time for honest reflection. For starters, Washington should not try to emulate it in order to beat it.
Southeast Asians want to find a way to live with both powers in the region, which might have an impact on the rivalry. Or not.
Biden’s budget request for the newly created Pacific Deterrence Initiative would fund boondoggles while spending little on diplomacy.
Rules are by definition things that apply universally, so it’s hard to convince the world to respect them if you consistently violate them.
Each time they lash out aggressively or pick fights they do the hawks’ bidding, making it easier to stoke resistance and anti-Beijing sentiment.
The country has long viewed its ties to China as a strategic partnership, but recently it seems to be exploring a more independent course.
An obscure decade-old law has allowed the new-cold war mindset to migrate to zero gravity.
Reporting on potential membership of the SCO further counters the Western narrative that Iran is internationally isolated.
The journalistic ‘voice of God’ is often used to defend interventionist policies or push our leaders to do something about, well, everything.
Conflict between the United States and China is both undesirable and imprudent, but appears inevitable given our current leadership.
Many of the countries now lumped under this made-up rubric are wary of being drawn into a great power rivalry between the U.S. and China.
Aircraft carriers are expensive and ultimately of limited value in any potential great power conflict.
Biden’s new course should run parallel to geopolitical competition.