Big ‘2+2’ US-Japan meeting held promise, then they dropped the ball
A joint statement guiding the two countries’ diplomacy jacks up the China threat and plays lip service to real areas of mutual concern.
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.
But it shouldn’t be. Not all alliances should be treated the same, but China threat inflation drives the conversation that way anyway.
For the administration’s strategy to work, they will need bold moves to get North Korea back to the negotiating table.
The president invoked inflated fears of China to make the case for his ambitious domestic goals.
Compartmentalizing these issues will avoid an unnecessary conflict and provide space to highlight abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
A focus on denuclearization didn’t work with China and it won’t work with North Korea.
In remarks this week the president proclaimed Washington’s objective is “winning” its competition with Beijing.
An ongoing spat between Iran and South Korea is a direct result of Trump’s failed ‘maximum pressure’ campaign.
China’s primary focus is on the Asia–Pacific, but its leaders are nonetheless realizing that remaining aloof in the Middle East may not be sustainable.
Biden’s Secretary of State pick inherits a lot of trouble, but we want to make sure he has the right solutions.
A new approach requires recognition of the dangers of aggressive, ideologically driven policy centered on containing China.