Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, American policy makers have operated under the flawed assumption of an inexorable march of history guaranteeing perpetual…
Country or Region: United States
Abstract In this essay, the author looks first at the features of the American postwar order. After this, the author discusses the rise of unipolarity…
Summary As the world’s most vital region, Asia embodies explosive economic growth, diverse political systems, vibrant societies, modernizing militaries, cutting-edge technologies, rich cultural traditions amid…
Summary For more than a century, energy and its procurement have been central to the U.S. position as a world power. How can U.S. relations…
Abstract Tensions surrounding numerous maritime territorial disputes in East Asia have become a pressing challenge for U.S. foreign policymakers. Beginning around 2005-2006, long-disputed waters in…
Abstract China’s economic rise has significant implications for the United States and hence is of major interest to Congress. On the one hand, China is…
Summary Despite its increasingly secure place in the world, the People’s Republic of China remains dissatisfied with its global status. Its growing material power has…
Abstract This paper presents some scenarios that, if they were to come to pass, could result in military conflict with China over the next thirty…
Abstract Between retrenchment and reassertiveness, the U.S. should remain deeply and broadly engaged in the world through a strategy of recalibration that would reappraise U.S.…
Abstract The United States worries about China’s rise, but Washington rarely considers how the world looks through Beijing’s eyes. Even when U.S. officials speak sweetly…
Abstract China—U.S. relations turned downward over most of Obama’s first term. As its second term proceeds, however, there are definite opportunities to expand bilateral cooperation…
Summary The first half of the 21st century will be dominated by the relationship between the United States and China. That relationship is likely to…
Summary The report shall address the current and probable future course of military-technological development of the People’s Liberation Army and the tenets and probable development…
Abstract This article argues that power transitions generate not just physical security concerns for states, but also “ontological” insecurity, as established identities, hierarchies, and relationships…
Abstract The article argues that the “China threat” argument in mainstream international relations literature in the United States is derived, primarily, from a discursive construction…
