Geopoliticus January 11, 2017 Japan’s Precarious Position in the Asia Over the last few years, Japan’s foreign policy gained a coherence rarely seen in decades. No doubt pressure from... Read more »
Geopoliticus December 21, 2016 Standing Firm, Mostly: Militarization of the South China Sea Last week, a Chinese naval vessel which had been shadowing the USNS Bowditch, a U.S. Navy oceanographic ship,... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 15, 2016 GI Go Home, Again: The Philippines-U.S. Alliance Weakens On Tuesday, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte abruptly demanded that American military advisors on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao... Read more »
Geopoliticus July 12, 2016 Shame Power: The Philippine Case against China at the Permanent Court of Arbitration The Philippines may not have much conventional power it can bring to bear in its territorial dispute with China... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 3, 2016 South China Sea Escalation: Relations between China and the United States Every week that passes seems to bring a new development in the South China Sea. Over the last few... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 27, 2015 Strategic Intentions: China’s Military Strategy White Paper On Tuesday, China published its latest defense white paper. Unlike its’ eight predecessors, this document was the first time that... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 18, 2015 Ready for a Fight?: How America Could Respond to a South China Sea Crisis Last Monday, an American littoral combat ship, the Fort Worth (pictured below), sailed just over 12 nautical miles from... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 13, 2015 Japan’s Security Role in Southeast Asia (and the South China Sea) Only a few years ago, it would have seemed inconceivable that Japan would have any security role outside of... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 10, 2015 Digging In: Land Reclamation and Defenses in the South China Sea The U.S. Department of Defense’s latest assessment of the Chinese military provided new detail on China’s land reclamation efforts... Read more »
Geopoliticus December 11, 2014 Lines in the Water: The United States and China’s Claims in the South China Sea Last Friday, the U.S. Department of State released a 26-page technical report on China’s maritime claims in the South... Read more »