Geopoliticus May 18, 2015 Ready for a Fight?: How America Could Respond to a South China Sea Crisis Last Monday, an American littoral combat ship, the Fort Worth (pictured below), sailed just over 12 nautical miles from... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 13, 2015 Japan’s Security Role in Southeast Asia (and the South China Sea) Only a few years ago, it would have seemed inconceivable that Japan would have any security role outside of... Read more »
Geopoliticus May 10, 2015 Digging In: Land Reclamation and Defenses in the South China Sea The U.S. Department of Defense’s latest assessment of the Chinese military provided new detail on China’s land reclamation efforts... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 22, 2015 In China: “A Peaceful Democratic Transition?” Nothing appears by accident in the Global Times, Beijing’s mass-circulation tabloid owned by the People’s Daily and run by... Read more »
Geopoliticus January 7, 2015 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... Read more »
Geopoliticus December 11, 2014 Lines in the Water: The United States and China’s Claims in the South China Sea Last Friday, the U.S. Department of State released a 26-page technical report on China’s maritime claims in the South... Read more »
Geopoliticus December 8, 2014 China Details Argument in South China Sea Dispute: China’s Position Paper and Philippine Diplomatic Gains Yesterday, China’s foreign ministry released a position paper related to its maritime dispute with the Philippines in the South... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 24, 2014 Chinese Submarines and Indian ASW in the Indian Ocean How to deal with Chinese submarines in the Indian Ocean has become a practical question for India. In December... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 24, 2014 Contested Border: China, India, and the Asian Century Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to India last week was supposed to have breathed new life into ties... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 17, 2014 China and the Islamic State The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria might seem far removed from China. But the spread of its sort... Read more »