Hawks: Time to prepare the nation for war with China
Voices like Elbridge Colby think Biden should back up his tough rhetoric about defending Taiwan with a greater show of force.
Voices like Elbridge Colby think Biden should back up his tough rhetoric about defending Taiwan with a greater show of force.
Like it did with NATO and Russia, policymakers shouldn’t easily dismiss Beijing’s complaints about the West in its backyard.
From reaching out to NATO (a fool’s errand) to pledging to bolster defense in the region (a better tack), Tokyo is flexing long unused muscles.
Washington leaders largely overlooked the former Filipino president’s human rights abuses to keep him on their side against China.
While it might seem like the right thing to do at the moment, military showcasing doesn’t replace the hard work of diplomacy.
It’s time to talk about what we can learn from NATO in Eastern Europe and its lessons for U.S. policy towards China.
The country’s population of 25 million unvaccinated people offers COVID an extraordinary opportunity not only to spread but also to mutate.
But instead of threats of retaliation, Washington must end strategy of coercion and become more competitive economically.
The conservative Yoon Suk-yeol will take a harder line on North Korea and China. This might be harder — and more dangerous — than it sounds.
The ambassador’s statements are upping the ante. If both sides don’t check their rhetoric, it could lead to a confrontation sooner than we think.
A joint statement guiding the two countries’ diplomacy jacks up the China threat and plays lip service to real areas of mutual concern.
Despite their ‘peace constitution,’ the Japanese have a growing military footprint.
Over-the-top displays of strength can be viewed as part of a contest for military supremacy on the peninsula.
Economic sanctions have demonstrably failed to change North Korean behavior. So, when is the world going to try something new?
One can only surmise that a combination of saber rattling and fear mongering over China has truly had an effect.
Recent months have not been necessarily kind to Chinese aspirations of remaining aloof to conflict beyond its borders.
The party has maintained its legitimacy by providing stability, prestige, and economic growth. Yet its very success has unleashed challenges to its rule.
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.
To avoid conflict, credible deterrence must be paired with reassurance that the US won’t push for Taipei’s independence.
To hold its own with China, the United States must renew its competitive capacity and build a demonstrably better governed society.