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Tag: Indo-Pacific

Posted inUS-China competition

Why did China send a balloon?

by Brandon J Weichert February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

Now that the Great Balloon Panic of 2023 has passed us, it is high time to address the context of why the Chinese balloon (which is actually an endoatmospheric satellite) graced our nation’s woefully open airspace in the opening days of February. The event likely occurred because Beijing’s leadership was trying to figure out just […]

Posted inAnalysis

Fraught shift from ‘Asia-Pacific’ to ‘Indo-Pacific’

by Moon Chung-in December 30, 2022January 5, 2023
Posted inOpinion

How Russia may escalate conflict beyond Ukraine

by Seth Cropsey September 1, 2022September 1, 2022
Posted inJapan

Abe knew how to handle an unpredictable America

by Rob York July 27, 2022July 30, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet at the SCO summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 9, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Nikolsky / Kremlin via Reuters
Posted inOpinion

India in Indo-Pacific: a way forward

by Lakhvinder Singh and Dalbir Ahlawat June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
Posted inAnalysis

China’s Quad nightmare coming to fruition

by Richard Javad Heydarian May 26, 2022June 1, 2022
Posted inChina

China: Biden ‘Indo-Pacific’ strategy won’t succeed

by Jeff Pao February 15, 2022February 21, 2022
Posted inDiplomacy

Blinken’s Indo-Pacific trip to reassure US allies

by Richard Javad Heydarian February 15, 2022February 18, 2022
Posted inIndo-Pacific

Abe’s Indo-Pacific vision is finally coming to life

by Brad Glosserman January 19, 2022January 22, 2022
Posted inUnited States

Robot gives US Marines ‘eyes in the water’

by Dave Makichuk October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
Posted inOpinion

Why the Milan 2022 naval exercise matters

by Don McLain Gill October 21, 2021October 21, 2021
Posted inOpinion

New EU-China strategy made in Washington

by Adriel Kasonta September 24, 2021October 2, 2021
Posted inIndo-Pacific

US encircling China on multiple new Cold War fronts

by Bertil Lintner September 20, 2021September 25, 2021
Posted inGermany

Germany wades warily into South China Sea fray

by Richard Javad Heydarian August 4, 2021August 9, 2021
Posted inUnited States

‘Shrink the China gap,’ says DOD boss Austin

by Dave Makichuk June 17, 2021June 20, 2021
Posted inUnited States

Missile mayhem: Army, Air Force in budget fight

by Dave Makichuk June 9, 2021June 11, 2021
Posted inAnalysis

Biden leaves ASEAN in the diplomatic cold

by Richard Javad Heydarian June 1, 2021June 3, 2021
Posted inAnalysis

Biden’s China policy at a strategic inflection point

by MK Bhadrakumar April 19, 2021April 22, 2021
Posted inUS-Japan Relations

Suga, Biden affirm ‘ironclad’ alliance, take aim at China

by Andrew Salmon April 17, 2021April 22, 2021
The USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz Strike Groups transit in the Western Pacific with ships from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force on November 12, 2017. Photo: AFP/US Navy/Anthony Rivera
Posted inAT+

Hard strategic realities keep US and Japan apart

by Andrew Salmon April 16, 2021April 18, 2021

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