The U.S. Is Losing Its Military Edge in Asia, And China Knows It
As China’s armed forces grow in strength, sophistication and confidence, U.S.-led military deterrence in the Indo-Pacific is losing its bite. Read More Here
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War And Adjustment: Military Campaigns And National Strategy
The effects of military campaigns on a nation’s grand strategy seem an obvious topic of importance for scholars. How can such moments of violence not mark dramatic moments of reflection on the purpose and direction of national strategy? Read More Here
US, China Race To Militarize The Metaverse
In yet another realm of US-China rivalry, both superpowers are treating the emerging metaverse as a contested military domain. The metaverse is a digital, parallel world created thanks to developments in the internet, virtual reality, networking technologies and augmented reality. Read More Here
The Dangers Of China’s Decline
Any country that rises as impressively as China is bound to make fools of some prophets of decline along the way. In recent decades, Beijing has repeatedly confounded those who predicted it was about to hit the wall. Read More Here
The Shambolic End Of Imran Khan
The toppling of Khan’s government is hardly an unmitigated triumph of Pakistani democracy. Instead, it is proof of the abiding influence of the military in dictating the country’s politics. Read More Here
China To Soldier On In Pakistan Despite Attacks
Despite facing looming security threats in Pakistan, China has taken a 15-year extension of its leasing rights on a gold and copper mine project in restive Balochistan province, an area that saw militant terrorist attacks on army bases in recent days. Read More Here
The Battle For The Future Of The West
The Russian president’s grand aspiration is to push America out of Europe altogether, negotiating a deal that recognizes Russia as a legitimate player in the continent’s security order, and reversing the losses Moscow sustained in the 1990s when its military was forced back inside its own borders. Read More Here
Xi Jinping Has Transformed China’s Middle East Policy
Traditionally, Beijing had been wary of getting embroiled in a region that a Chinese scholar once described as a “chaotic and dangerous graveyard burying empires.” But in 2014, Xi vowed to more than double trade with the region by 2023. Read More Here
China’s Real Challenge Is Not Military
Vladimir Lenin is popularly believed to have said that “the capitalists will sell us the rope with which to hang them.” Whether he actually said it or not, the quote aptly fits the situation with China. Read More Here
Ukraine Urges Calm, Saying Russian Invasion Not Imminent
Ukraine’s leaders sought to reassure the nation that a feared invasion from neighbouring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged the threat is real and prepared to accept a shipment of American military equipment Tuesday to shore up their defenses. Read More Here
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