Deterring China in the “Gray Zone”: Lessons of the South China Sea for U.S. Alliances
Abstract If facing down a hostile actor in the “gray zone” is hard for a single actor, such as...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Deterring China in the “Gray Zone”: Lessons of the South China Sea for U.S. Alliances
A nation must think before it acts.
China
Iran, Russia, and the Taliban: Reassessing the Future of the Afghan State
The first combat zone utilization of the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) device by the U.S. forces in...
Can China Help GUAM Diversify Away from Russia?
Established in 1997, GUAM—a platform named after its members Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova and originally created to improve...
The First Hundred Days: Trump Meets Asia…and Reality
The first 100 days of a president’s term—the “honeymoon period,” during which his power and influence are believed to...
Why the United States Went to War in Vietnam
Why did the U.S. go to war in Vietnam? This is a question historians continue to debate. One of...
Mar-a-Lago: The Summit that Wasn’t
Palm Beach heaved a collective sigh of relief as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s plane lifted off from the county...
Thinking Beyond China When Dealing with North Korea: Is There a Role for Russia?
Washington’s continued fixation on China as the only route to the solution of the North Korea nuclear problem is...
China’s Strategy in the Caucasus
When leaders of Azerbaijan and Georgia took part in a session titled “The Silk Road Effect” at the 2017...
Still too early to tell on Chinese imports of North Korean coal
It is still far too early to say anything of certainty or substance on Chinese compliance on the UN...
Taking Stock of China’s Growing Navy: The Death and Life of Surface Fleets
Abstract China has staged an impressive buildup of naval might. Like past newcomers to maritime competition—Imperial Germany and the...