Asia
China’s Maritime Moves in South America: A Wake-Up Call for U.S. Leadership
Donald Trump Should Look South to Compete with China: China is still Mahanian. Twenty-one years ago, I closed out my very first hefty journal article, over at Comparative Strategy, with an...
Kamala Harris and North Korea: Gaming Out the Possibilities
We could be interested in how a Harris Administration would approach policy on North Korea, but that would require knowing something about how the current Vice President thinks about North...
China’s Submarines are Training to Sink U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers
Summary and Key Points: In 2007, a Chinese Song-class submarine surfaced within torpedo range of the US aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, exposing vulnerabilities in the US Navy’s defenses. This...
China’s Missiles Could Annihilate America’s Bases in Asia in a War
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. military’s bases in the Indo-Pacific are increasingly vulnerable to China’s advanced missile capabilities. -China’s A2/AD strategy aims to deter and destroy American military assets,...
What If China Chooses to Blockade Taiwan Rather Than Invade?
There’s a debate raging in defense circles about how China plans to press forward with its goal to take Taiwan. Some believe the People’s Republic of China is readying to...
China’s Economy Is in Trouble: Is Xi Jinping?
The Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping, aren’t doing so well. Sky-high youth unemployment, a tumbling stock market, and continuing real-estate turmoil threaten to derail his “China dream”...
Vietnam War: Was There Anyway the U.S. Military Could Have Won?
Summary: Historian Mark Moyar revisits the Vietnam War, challenging the consensus that the U.S. couldn’t have won. He contends South Vietnam was a viable state by 1972, capable of repelling North...
China’s Military Is Adding More and More Firepower By the Second
Despite the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific remains the hottest area of operations in the world. An ascending China is challenging the authority of the existing superpower, the United States,...
North Korea: Just a Vassal State of China and Russia?
North Korea is about to lose its ability to influence developments in East Asia. That, I think, will become evident in 2024. At the moment, the Democratic People’s Republic of...
Why the U.S. Marines Got Rid Of Their Tanks
The United States Marines Dumped Its Tanks – Did It Make the Right Decision? – In March 2020, the United States Marine Corps announced it would undergo an ambitious 10-year...
China’s Supercarrier Has Begun Catapult Testing
Aircraft Carrier History for Beijing – China’s Supercarrier Has Begun Catapult Testing – The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN’s) most advanced aircraft carrier has begun testing, and could soon take part...
Why China’s 10-Dash Line Map Is a Clear Threat
Fans of pop culture can appreciate the humor of a guitar amplifier that goes “up to eleven” – and it is now an idiom that explains how some may misunderstand...