Geopoliticus December 11, 2017 What’s in a Name?: Strategy Behind the “Indo-Pacific” Throughout his tour of Asia in November 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to the region through which... Read more »
Geopoliticus June 24, 2016 China’s Encirclement Concerns For almost two decades, Chinese strategists have worried about what they regard as the geopolitical encirclement of China. At... Read more »
Geopoliticus April 14, 2016 China’s New Missiles and U.S. Alliances in the Asia-Pacific: The Impact of Weakening Extended Deterrence Two weeks ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a nuclear security cooperation summit in Washington. At the same time,... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 20, 2015 The Almost-Normal Country: Japan and the Use of Force The enactment of Japan’s new national security bills was a long time in the making. The bills, already passed... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 7, 2015 Decline in Oil Prices, Currency Pairs, and National Power Last autumn, headlines began to declare national “winners and losers” from the precipitous drop in oil prices over the... Read more »