China’s Maritime Pincer from the Malacca Strait to the Mediterranean
The Ream naval base in Cambodia is part of “China's String of Pearls strategy”, a naval military strategy of the People's Liberation Army (PLA)...
Belt and Road Becomes Key Tool in China’s Push to Enforce One-China Policy
China employs an intensive diplomatic and economic strategy with countries of the Global South (Africa, Arab states, Latin America, and Asia) to solidify the...
How China Courts the Global South to Counter U.S. Alliances
China's strategy to counter Western alliances, such as: (Aukus, Quad, comprising: the United States, Japan, Australia, and India”, and NATO), relies on a combination...
What Would Okamoto Say? Advice for Prime Minister Takaichi on Japan’s China Crisis
Yukio Okamoto died in April 2020, before he could witness Japan's most serious diplomatic crisis with China in decades. But had the veteran diplomat,...
Rearming Japan in the Shadow of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy
The US National Security Strategy (NSS) 2025 reflects Donald Trump's vision of “America First” asserting that the US will relocate its focus on securing...
The Acheson Line Revisited: How Strategic Silence Could Invite Miscalculation on the Korean Peninsula
In January 1950, US Secretary of State Dean Acheson suggested the US’ defense perimeters in the Pacific, conspicuously leaving South Korea outside it. Apart...
China Isn’t Winning. America Is Just Losing
A year into Donald Trump's second presidency, a familiar narrative is gaining traction: U.S. allies and trading partners are pivoting toward China as America...
Xi Turns on His Closest Ally, Redrawing Power Lines Inside China’s Armed Forces
China’s decision to place its most senior uniformed officer under investigation marks a dramatic escalation in President Xi Jinping’s long-running anti-corruption campaign. The probe...
China’s Top Military Academy Courts Egyptian, Arab Elites
The People's Liberation Army National Defense University (PLA NDU) plays a pivotal role in "military education diplomacy" to attract Egyptian and Arab military elites....
China Counters U.S. Global Resource Pursuit with Strategic Policies in Venezuela, Arctic and Greenland
China views US tensions with countries like Iran and Venezuela as a golden opportunity to bolster its own influence and offer an alternative model...