China
India withdraws from Doklam/Donglang
The summer-long standoff ended just as a BRICS summit begins in China.
by Adam Garrie
The Chinese Foreign Ministry and Indian Ministry of External Affairs...
Australian government offers to send troops to the Philippines
By Mike Head
30 August 2017
For the second time this month, without any public consultation, the Turnbull government has moved to place Australia...
China warns tensions on Korean Peninsula at ‘tipping point’
China has warned that the situation on the Korean Peninsula has reached “tipping point,” just hours after Pyongyang launched a ballistic missile. Meanwhile, North...
The Costs of Ignoring Russia | by Dimitri Simes
Dimitri K. Simes
August 13, 2017
Note: this article is part of a symposium on U.S.-Russia relations included in the September/October 2017 issue of the National Interest.
Improving...
Encircling China and Using India against it
Doklam then and now: from British to Chinese interests, follow the money
A stalemate in the Himalayas, a three-way territorial struggle, fears of foreign hegemony...
The Old Good Kissinger: Trying to trap China into accepting a...
U.S.-China Relations: A Game of Strategic Reassurance
By Eduardo Araral
August 7, 2017
The tension in the Korean peninsula is putting to test the future of U.S.-China...
Why the North Korea nuclear crisis will return with a vengeance
By Denny Roy
Accustomed to the privileges of being a superpower, Americans have a low tolerance for insecurity. They cannot abide the notion that the...
Bannon: Economic War with China is Better than Nuclear War with...
Steve Bannon, Unrepentant
By Robert Kuttner
You might think from recent press accounts that Steve Bannon is on the ropes and therefore behaving prudently. In the...
Russia seeks to break free of Dollar dependence
By Adam Garrie
Russia has stated that it seeks to lessen its dependence on the US Dollar as well as the overall US controlled financial...
What A War With North Korea Would Probably Look Like
By Brandon Smith
19 April 2017 06:21
Back in 2013 during the last major flare up between the U.S. and North Korea I wrote...