What’s in a Name?: Strategy Behind the “Indo-Pacific”
Throughout his tour of Asia in November 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to the region through which...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
What’s in a Name?: Strategy Behind the “Indo-Pacific”
A nation must think before it acts.
Tag Archive: Australia
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 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,...
The Almost-Normal Country: Japan and the Use of Force
The enactment of Japan’s new national security bills was a long time in the making. The bills, already passed...
Decline in Oil Prices, Currency Pairs, and National Power
Last autumn, headlines began to declare national “winners and losers” from the precipitous drop in oil prices over the...