The Race for Drones
Over the last two decades, the United States has been the world’s pre-eminent user and supplier of Unmanned Aerial...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Race for Drones
A nation must think before it acts.
China
Making Waves: Debates Behind China’s First Aircraft Carrier
China commissioned its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, on September 25, 2012. It was a milestone that owes much...
The Far East Between Russia, China, and America
Overview Moscow’s relations with its eastern territories, especially the nine provinces of the Russian Far East (RFE), have significant...
China Set for Naval Hegemony
The Chinese navy has been throwing its weight around in East Asia. A US Navy commander asks how much...
Gulliver’s Troubles: Great Powers and Failed States
In the famous story by Jonathan Swift, Gulliver was troubled both by the tiny Lilliputians, men “not six inches...
China and the Politics of Oil
China faces a dilemma. Today China imports more than 50 percent of its oil, and that figure is expected...
Taiwan’s 2012 Presidential and Legislative Elections: Winners, Losers, and Implications
Ma Ying-Jeou and the Kuomintag: A Limited Win The American political phrase, “Don’t change horses in midstream,” does not,...
Confronting a Powerful China with Western Characteristics
Abstract The rapid rise of Chinese economic and military power has produced the most fundamental change in the global...
History and Strategies: Grand, Maritime, and American
Of sea-captains young or old, and the mates, and of all intrepid sailors, Of the few, very choice, taciturn,...
Politics and Governance in the People’s Republic of China: From “A Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party” to “To Get Rich Is Glorious” to Creating a “Harmonious Society”
The Xinhuamen—the New China Gate—is the formal entrance to Zhongnanhai—the South and Central Seas that are part of the...