Defense
The U.S.-China Military Balance in the Western Pacific
The security condition in the South and East China Seas has worsened over the past few years as territorial disputes have increased and mistrust...
The Programmable Diplomatic Kill Switch
If indeed “War is a mere continuation of policy with other means” the metaphoric kill switches that have made their way into strategic...
The Expanded Missile Drive of India
To be worried about the consequences, to think of the prevailing systems, the flight test of a surface to surface, intercontinental ballistic missile "Agni-5"...
Why is Europe able to manage its decline, while Asia is (still) unable to capitalize (on) its successes
How to draw the line between the recent and still unsettled EU/EURO crisis and Asia’s success story? Well, it might be easier than it...
India-Israel attuned ambitions
W hile coming to power on May 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi concerted efforts to infuse a new momentum in Indo-Israel relations....
Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, Pakistan’s new Army Chief: Challenge or Opportunity for Afghanistan
S ince the dawn of Pakistan as a nation-state the Army has played a magnificent role in convening the foreign policy objective...
THAAD MAD BAD, Pt III: The True Nature of South China Sea Triangulation
I t is easy to miss the nuanced maneuverings of the other states surrounding the South China Sea because of the giant...
Strategic Weapons in Wrong Hands
D uring the Indian Premier Narendra Modi’s last trip to Moscow, there was no progress made on the sale of missile defense system...
THAAD, MAD, BAD, part II: Decompiling the South China Sea
The American Backstory T he American positions for the past two years have focused on China’s relatively aggressive and unchallenged construction of seven...
THAAD Mad Bad, Part I: US-China Rivalry in the South China Sea
T he Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is a US Army anti-ballistic missile system designed to shoot down short, medium, and long-range ballistic...