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Archive, Strategic AdversariesAba Island, Asia-Pacific, CADC, China, Hawaii, India, Indo-Pacific, Islands, Japan, National defense, pacific ocean, Philippines, PLA, South China Sea, South Korea, Taiwan, Yonaguni Islands

Increasing the Archipelagic Defense from the Philippines to Japan

Alex Littlefield1 Comment

Andrew Erickson and Joel Wuthnow’s article, “Why Islands Still Matter in Asia,” discusses the views of Major General Karl Ernst Haushofer, Germany’s military attaché to Japan from 1908 to 1910.…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesccp, China, China National Nuclear Corporation, Chinese nationalists, cold war, ICBM, JL-3, Mao, MIRV, NATO, nuclear capabilities, Nuclear Deterrence, PLA, PLAN, Soviet Union, Taiwan, treaty

China’s Growing Power and the Inevitable End of “No First Use”

Santiago Spadiliero0 Comments

China’s foreign ministry continues to call for the creation and ratification of a no first use treaty for the world’s nuclear weapons states. However, American officials rightfully question the motives…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesAir Defense, China, drones, India, Indian Army, modernization, NATO, People's Liberation Army, PLA, Russia, sig sauer, techno-nationalism

The Flawed US-India Military Relationship

Amit Gupta0 Comments

The Biden Administration has suggested that India is the centerpiece of its Indo-Pacific strategy. As Siddharth Iyer, the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s director for South Asia policy said,…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesadam lowther, China, curtis mcgiffin, Indo-Pacific, lear, PLA, PRC, red china, Sino-centric

Red China’s Concerns About Nuclear Escalation Are a Red Herring

Curtis McGiffin & Adam Lowther

A recent article in The Diplomat, “China’s Concerns About Nuclear Escalation and the Way Forward,” claims that “the survivability of China’s nuclear arsenal is actually under ever greater threat.” Citing…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesbiological, chemical, China, DoD, first-strike, ICBM, IRBM, missile, NDA, nuclear, PLA, policy, PRC, sanctions, threat, warhead

The Pentagon’s China Military Report: Why Americans Should Be Alarmed

Curtis McGiffin & Adam Lowther

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, 2023 Annual Report to Congress was released on October 19, 2023. The threats discussed should…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesautocracy, belt and road, ccp, China, Diplomacy, military, panda, PLA, zoo

The Value of Panda Diplomacy

Alex Littlefield

Living in Washington, DC, since 2000, they are like many residents of the nation’s capital—immigrants from another country. Tian Tian and Mei Xiang hail from Sichuan, China. Their cub, Xiao…