Balancing China at the United Nations
By Henrik B.L. Larsen War on the Rocks If the COVID-19 pandemic is to have any positive geopolitical impact whatsoever, it should be drawing full attention to China’s attempt to […]
By Henrik B.L. Larsen War on the Rocks If the COVID-19 pandemic is to have any positive geopolitical impact whatsoever, it should be drawing full attention to China’s attempt to […]
By T. Christian Miller, Megan Rose, & Robert Faturechi ProPublica A little after 1:30 a.m. on June 17, 2017, Alexander Vaughan tumbled from his bunk onto the floor of his […]
By Bill Hayton Foreign Policy Vietnam’s history is full of heroic tales of resistance to China. But this month Hanoi bent the knee to Beijing, humiliated in a contest over […]
Editorial The New York Times The limits of President Obama’s ability to reassure the world about America’s future role in the international sphere was apparent at the summit meeting of […]
By Ryan Scoville Lawfare One of the big takeaways from the South China Sea arbitration is that the high-tide features in the Spratly Islands are mere “rocks” under Article 121(3) […]
By Andreas Kuersten The Montreal Review It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital, September 27th, 2015; the day after Chinese President Xi Xinping departed for New York City. Chinese flags […]
By Kyle Mizokami The Week Last week, The Guardian announced that China was preparing to send its nuclear missile-armed submarines into the South China Sea. China’s excuse — that it […]
By Peter Navarro World Affairs Will there be war with China? That may well be determined by which presidential candidate wins the White House this year, and what policies the […]
By Richard Weitz Yale Global Recent clashes in Ukraine, Syria and the South China Sea indicate the magnitude of the challenges that revisionist powers Russia and China present to the […]
By Steven Stashwick The Diplomat After decades of operating legacy Soviet platforms, Vietnam’s navy is acquiring advanced new frigates from Russia and the Netherlands, capable new Russian diesel-electric submarines, and […]