Strategies Behind China and the Asia-Pacific’s Military Base Construction
Military bases are no rarity in the Asia-Pacific. That is hardly a surprise given the frequency and length of...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Strategies Behind China and the Asia-Pacific’s Military Base Construction
A nation must think before it acts.
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China’s 5G networks: A tool for advancing digital authoritarianism abroad?
Abstract This article examines the claim that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) promotes its commercial interests in building...
China’s Oceanic Aspirations: New Insights from the Experts
Abstract The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is rapidly building a blue-water force structure, but little is known about...
Eurasian Tensions: How the U.S. Should Assess Competitive Pressures from Russia and China
Abstract With tensions over Ukraine growing, the Biden administration finds itself confronting a similar charge to one that dogged...
China’s Security Management Towards Central Asia
Executive Summary In the early years of diplomatic relations between the People’s Republic of China and Central...
Rare Earths, Scarce Metals, and the Struggle for Supply Chain Security
Alerted to their vulnerability on rare earths (REEs) when China threatened to withhold supplies to Japan in September 2010,...
China’s Belt and Road Initiative Meets Slowing Global Trade
During the early 2010s, developing countries were keen to get in on the global trade boom that brought prosperity...
The Invasion of Ukraine Shows China’s Inability to Lead
Editor’s note: Arthur Waldron, writing in Orbis in spring 2019, offered his “Reflections on China’s Need for a ‘Chinese...
China’s Rare Earth Metals Consolidation and Market Power
Rare earth metals or “rare earths,” a collection of 17 elements that are valued for their conductive and magnetic...
The U.S. Is Facing a Sputnik Moment in the International Economy
Beijing is ahead in the race for establishing a global digital currency standard At the Beijing Olympics—in addition to...