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 […]
Tag Archives: South China Sea
Death and Valor on a Warship Doomed by its Own Navy
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 […]
Losing the South China Sea
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 […]
A U.S. Retreat From TPP Will Empower China
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 […]
The South China Sea Arbitration: Implications for the Senkaku Islands
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) […]
U.S. and Chinese “Cracks” and the Future of Cross-Pacific Relations
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 […]
Nuclear Bastions, From the USSR to China
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 […]
What China’s Increasing Militarism Means for the World
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 […]
Increasing use of Hybrid Warfare Among Great Powers
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 […]
Assessing Naval Buildups in the South China Sea
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 […]
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