Want to comment on Asia Times stories?

Sign up here

Or
Sign in to an existing account

Thank you for registering!

An account was already registered with this email. Please check your inbox for an authentication link.

  • Sign In
  • China
  • Southeast Asia
  • Military
  • Northeast Asia
  • Business
    • Trade
    • Finance
  • Technology
  • World
    • United States
    • US-China
    • South Asia
    • Middle East
    • Ukraine War
  • Opinion
  • Membership
    • My account
    • Our Subscription offers
    • AT+ Premium Access
    • Newsletters
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
Skip to content
Asia Times

Asia Times

Covering geo-political news and current affairs across Asia

  • Sign In
Sign In
  • China
  • Southeast Asia
  • Military
  • Northeast Asia
  • Business
    • Trade
    • Finance
  • Technology
  • World
    • United States
    • US-China
    • South Asia
    • Middle East
    • Ukraine War
  • Opinion
  • Membership
    • My account
    • Our Subscription offers
    • AT+ Premium Access
    • Newsletters

Author Archives: James Carden

James W Carden is a former adviser to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the US Department of State. His articles and essays have appeared in a wide variety of publications including The Nation, The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, The Spectator, UnHerd, The National Interest, Quartz, the Los Angeles Times and American Affairs.

Posted inOpinion

The road to war in Ukraine: fact vs fiction 

by James Carden September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

The French political philosopher Pierre Manet once observed that “human beings are thinking animals who need tolerably accurate ideas and evaluations to orient themselves in the world.” He went on to note that “this is truer the more intellectually active and able the person concerned.” With regard to the war in Ukraine, we might reasonably […]

Posted inTaiwan

US Senate picks up where Pelosi left off on Taiwan

by James Carden September 16, 2022September 22, 2022
Posted inUnited States

Ukraine war driving US back into the Balkans

by James Carden September 12, 2022September 16, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Veteran Russiagater eyed as Biden’s next chief of staff

by James Carden September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
Posted inOpinion

The Biden-Blinken doctrine: hubris or humility?

by James Carden August 30, 2022August 30, 2022
Posted inOpinion

US-Ukraine: the maximalist mindset 

by James Carden August 27, 2022August 27, 2022
Posted inUnited States

Why Kamala’s foreign policy would be better than Biden’s

by James Carden August 23, 2022August 27, 2022
Posted inOpinion

What Biden, Blinken could learn from Reagan and Shultz

by James Carden August 20, 2022August 20, 2022
US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference after Democrats took back control of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2018. Photo: AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Posted inTaiwan

Pelosi muddies the waters of the Taiwan Strait

by James Carden July 23, 2022July 29, 2022
Posted inInterview

EU ‘playing a dangerous game’ in Ukraine

by James Carden June 29, 2022June 29, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Neocon think-tanks are driving Biden’s Ukraine policy 

by James Carden June 22, 2022June 22, 2022
Posted inUkraine War

Biden ‘to stay the course’ in Ukraine 

by James Carden June 17, 2022June 19, 2022
Posted inInterview

Ukraine, NATO and the politics of war

by James Carden June 16, 2022June 16, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Breaching the wall of difference 

by James Carden June 10, 2022June 10, 2022
Posted inUkraine

US military licking its chops over Ukraine

by James Carden June 8, 2022June 23, 2022
Posted inAnalysis

US Republicans torn and frayed over Ukraine

by James Carden June 1, 2022June 6, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Influential think-tank backs Finland’s, Sweden’s NATO bid 

by James Carden May 26, 2022May 26, 2022
Posted inUnited States

China experts blast Biden’s Taiwan slip

by James Carden May 24, 2022May 27, 2022
Posted inNATO

US experts skeptical of Finland, Sweden NATO bid

by James Carden May 20, 2022May 24, 2022
Posted inUnited States

Biden and the Democrats pivot to proxy war 

by James Carden May 12, 2022May 20, 2022
Posted inOpinion

American progressives join the War Party 

by James Carden May 6, 2022May 12, 2022
Posted inUnited States

The company men behind Biden’s foreign policy ‘Blob’

by James Carden May 3, 2022May 9, 2022
Posted inOpinion

US a ‘co-belligerent’ in Ukraine war, legal expert says

by James Carden April 19, 2022April 23, 2022
Posted inOpinion

The Truman Show

by James Carden April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Is Putin a Hitler or a Stalin? Look to Solzhenitsyn

by James Carden April 5, 2022April 5, 2022
Posted inOpinion

George Kennan and the Russian future

by James Carden March 29, 2022April 4, 2022
Posted inOpinion

The tragedy of Zelensky 

by James Carden March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
Posted inOpinion

The vindication of George H W Bush

by James Carden March 14, 2022March 14, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Time to make Ukraine Putin’s Afghanistan? Think again

by James Carden March 3, 2022March 7, 2022
Posted inOpinion

US foreign policy elites playing blame game over Ukraine 

by James Carden February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

Posts pagination

1 2 3 … 20 Older posts

RSS AT+ Premium stories

  • China’s monetary easing shows how much it fears Trump
  • Trump’s BRICS ultimatum won’t deter de-dollarization
  • Nokia replacing Huawei at Deutsche Telekom sites in Germany
  • Trump tariffs potential death knell for Japan automakers
  • Power semiconductors show the way to secure supply chains
  • Beijing vows retaliation if Biden curbs Chinese chip firms again
  • Japan braces for a Trump trade war it can ill afford
  • Strong dollar paradox trolling Donald Trump
  • How China could strike back at Trump’s tariffs
  • Trump tariffs as ploy for making a big deal with China

Top trending stories

  • Historic US missile hit sends a warning to China from Guam
    Historic US missile hit sends a warning to China from Guam
  • Trump's BRICS salvo an exercise in dollar destruction
    Trump's BRICS salvo an exercise in dollar destruction
  • US amphibious warfare fleet sinking into the abyss
    US amphibious warfare fleet sinking into the abyss
  • Dark Eagle: US bares hypersonic claws at China, Russia
    Dark Eagle: US bares hypersonic claws at China, Russia
  • China has cause to be terrified of rebel-run Syria
    China has cause to be terrified of rebel-run Syria
  • South Korean parliament impeaches President Yoon
    South Korean parliament impeaches President Yoon
  • What's behind China’s Nvidia monopoly investigation?
    What's behind China’s Nvidia monopoly investigation?
  • US Space Force lands in Japan to check China, Russia, N Korea
    US Space Force lands in Japan to check China, Russia, N Korea
  • US, China, Russia gearing up for space wars to come
    US, China, Russia gearing up for space wars to come
  • India must atone for Bangladesh's lost decade
    India must atone for Bangladesh's lost decade

RSS Military & Security

  • US scrambling to close hypersonic airpower gap with China December 11, 2024
  • Rocket fuel eating away at US, China nuclear weapons December 10, 2024
  • US Space Force lands in Japan to check China, Russia, N Korea December 9, 2024
  • Australia’s nuclear sub plan sinking on multiple fronts December 7, 2024
  • Jeongjo the Great: S Korea’s new destroyer bristles with missiles December 5, 2024
  • USS Zumwalt transformed to point hypersonics at China December 4, 2024
  • China’s triple-island mystery carrier shakes up naval battlefield December 2, 2024

Asia Times
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Write for us
  • FAQ
  • Terms of Service
© 2024 Covering geopolitical news and current affairs across Asia Powered by Newspack Privacy Policy

Sign in

Or

Sign in by entering the code we sent to , or clicking the magic link in the email.

Forgot password
Continue Set a password (optional)

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.