Who Benefits from China’s “One Belt, One Road” Initiative?
Under its Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (commonly known as the “One Belt, One...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Who Benefits from China’s “One Belt, One Road” Initiative?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Taiwan’s Summer of Dire Straits
The summer of 2016 has proven to be a brutal one for the people, president, and pocketbooks of Taiwan....
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...
Getting Tougher: Vietnam’s Response to China’s South China Sea Bases
Over the last few months, Vietnam has quietly deployed the components of several Extended Range Artillery (EXTRA) rocket systems...
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...
Limits of Chinese Friendship: China’s Development Loans to Venezuela
In 2004, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez agreed to form a “strategic partnership for common...
China’s Encirclement Concerns
For almost two decades, Chinese strategists have worried about what they regard as the geopolitical encirclement of China. At...
China’s ADIZ over the South China Sea: Whole, Partial, or None
Ever since China declared an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea in late 2013, many...
China’s New Missiles and U.S. Alliances in the Asia-Pacific: The Impact of Weakening Extended Deterrence
Two weeks ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a nuclear security cooperation summit in Washington. At the same time,...
Chinese Accusations in the East and South China Seas
“Japan always criticizes others, so how can it explain its own actions?” charged the Chinese Ministry of Defense’s spokesman...