Preview: Concerns are mounting in Washington and other capitals around the globe about the negative aspects of China’s growing power and reach. Beyond pursuing economic…
Country or Region: China
Preview: I summarize from previous research how China approaches three critical factors that shape war termination: wartime diplomacy, escalation and third-party mediation. I then evaluate…
Preview: This article begins by describing the broad strategic challenge that North Korea, once armed with an operational nuclear weapons capability, poses to the United…
Preview: U.S. policy toward China since the end of the Cold War has been premised on the assumption that expanding trade and investment would have…
Abstract: China’s military transformation is one of the major geo-strategic developments of the 21st Century. Billions of dollars are being spent modernizing The People’s Liberation…
Abstract: North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies. Since their first…
Abstract: The impact of rising powers generally and the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – in particular on the existing global…
Abstract: This article applies the Nexon/Wright concept of ideal-type empire to the study of China’s post-2012 peripheral relations to demonstrate that the Xi administration is…
Abstract: In the Chinese view, the architecture of contemporary global governance – especially that of the Bretton Woods institutions – is flawed and in need…
Abstract: China is taking steps intended to reduce its exposure to Western economic coercion, while enhancing its leverage over others.
Abstract: The United States and China are separated not only by divergent interests, some of which might be reconciled, but by incompatible visions for the…
Abstract: The successful conclusion of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Summit in Beijing recently has raised a number of questions about India’s strategy to…
Abstract: This article argues that Beijing’s ambitious ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) is driven by the convergence of Innenpolitik and Aussenpolitik motivations including a desire:…
Abstract: In the aftermath of the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal, China and India immediately sent relief teams. The relief efforts in Nepal showcase a competitive…
Abstract: The concept of “soft power” came to prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse in the mid-2000s and is now arguably a deliberate and…
