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,...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
China’s New Missiles and U.S. Alliances in the Asia-Pacific: The Impact of Weakening Extended Deterrence
A nation must think before it acts.
National Security Program
Spy Rules: A Reaction to the Arrest Lieutenant Commander Lin
Reading about the emerging case of Lieutenant Commander Edward C. Lin, a U.S. Navy officer arrested for allegedly spying...
Why the US doesn’t have a Muslim problem, and Europe does
I’m first generation American, with a Pakistani-born father. My dad and his older brother both left Pakistan at the...
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...
Brussels’ Big Terrorism Problem: Is This the Islamic State?
On this morning of March 22, 2016, the long tail of terrorism once again struck Europe. Less than a...
Donald Trump and the Case of Tairod Pugh
Last Thursday Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump told CNN’s Anderson Cooper “I think Islam hates us…we can’t allow people...
South China Sea Escalation: Relations between China and the United States
Every week that passes seems to bring a new development in the South China Sea. Over the last few...
Silicon Valley Meets The Snake Eaters: State Department’s Countermessaging Goes Back To The Future
“Bring in folks from Silicon Valley and Madison Avenue….” That’s right, the three sexiest characters in modern lore, ad...
The Follies of “Mission Accomplished”
“Misión cumplida: lo tenemos,” dispatched Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto over Twitter on January 8, 2016. “Mission accomplished: we...
China’s “One Belt, One Road” to Where?
During visits to Central and Southeast Asia in 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled Beijing’s aspiration to create what...