America’s Great-Power Challenge: Managing Russia’s Decline and China’s Rise
Russia is in strategic trouble. Vladimir Putin’s war of choice in Ukraine has weakened Russia’s global posture and eroded...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
America’s Great-Power Challenge: Managing Russia’s Decline and China’s Rise
A nation must think before it acts.
China
Putin Is Doing Xi’s Dirty Work (and the West Is Helping Him)
Ultimately, Russia and the West can and should be partners, not Russia and China. The infrastructure is in place:...
Xi’s Gotta Have It: China’s 20th Party Congress Was as Expected, Only More So
Bottom Line The 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party confirmed China’s turn, during the Xi Jinping era,...
Biden’s National Security Strategy: A New Era in Eurasia
Editor’s Note This is the fourth in a series on the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy. Please read our...
The Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Party Congress: What Happened…and Didn’t
Bottom Line Xi Jinping is aware of major problems that will hinder China’s ability to reach wealthy nation status...
The New US National Security Strategy: Four Takeaways for Asia Policy
Editor’s Note This is the second in a series on the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy. The first essay...
Biden Takes on Grand Strategy
Editor’s Note This is the first article in a series on the Biden administration’s new National Security Strategy. Bottom...
The Uses and Abuses of the UN’s ‘China Resolution’
Editor’s Note: The People’s Republic of China asserts that UN General Assembly Resolution 2758—which gave Beijing the “Chinese seat”...
Central Asia and China’s Taiwan Dilemma
The existence of the Republic of China in Taiwan as a separate entity from the People’s Republic of China...
Why Japan Needs to Talk to Taiwan
With China’s 20th National Congress approaching, Xi Jinping is expected to extend his tenure by another five years, making...