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COVID-19 and China-US Relations: An Interview with Jia Qingguo
by Lin Li Professor Jia Qingguo, former Dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University and member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference’s National Committee (Image...
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Parsing the Safe Passage
by Matthew Ader “They can’t fight!” by Frederick Burr Opper, January 1896, originally published in Puck. (Image credit: National Archives) Scholars and policymakers around the world are turning to...
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After the US Elections: Chances for a European Strategy on China
by Gesine Weber EU: the referee in the great-power competition that is the US-China relationship? (Image credit: ImagineChina) Over the past four years, the EU’s inability to balance its position...
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Why Biden Will Not Get Soft with China
by Martina Bernardini President-Elect Joe Biden, then in his capacity of Vice President, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, shortly after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base during a 2015 visit...
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The Overextension of Sovereignty: How states have dampened opposition to...
by Andrew Scanlon Kremlin Dome of Senate. Photo Credit: iStockPhoto. In the twenty-first century the calculation that war is too costly to pursue in the conventional manner has kept large scale...
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How China’s Military-Civil Fusion strategy fuels China’s ambitious military aims
by Orlanda Gill Flag of China. Source: Pixabay Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) is a Chinese state-directed strategy which seeks to modernise the Chinese military by creating a distinct Chinese...
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Realigning the Five Eyes (FVEY) Intelligence Alliance against China’s Threat
By: Owen Saunders The Five Eyes Alliance, also known as FVEY: Protectors of Terror or Invaders of Privacy? Originally created as a bilateral US-UK agreement in 1946, the “Five Eyes” intelligence...
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The problems with calculating influence: the story of the Belt and Road...
By Katherine Nichols ‘Unfavorable views of China reach historic highs in many countries’ reported Pew Research Center in October. On top of pandemic backlash, many people are realizing that China’s...
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Galwan Gaffes: Turbulent Times for the Sino-Indian Relationship?
By Prachi Aryal India and China have been involved in regular skirmishes alongside their disputed border (Al Jazeera) On June 15, 2020, Indian and Chinese troops were involved in an unexpected hand to...
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The Old World of Arms Control is Dying
By Bryce Farabaugh Military.com, 2021 The future of nuclear arms control is uncertain. On February 3, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the 5-year extension of the New Strategic Arms...
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Chinese Threats to Australia’s Power in the South Pacific
By Jorge Medina Frankhauser, J. (2020, June 20). China and Australian Flags [Digital image]. Retrieved December 04, 2020, from https://www.abc.net.au/cm/rimage/11847262-16×9-xlarge.jpg?v=2Since the...
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US Foreign Policy: The impact of the War on Terror on the Uyghur people
By Carlotta Rinaudo Flickr, 2009. In June 2019 former President Donald Trump publicly signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, imposing sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for the oppression...
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Vietnam: a power on the rise?
By Carlotta Rinaudo The lush vegetation of the Mekong Delta (Credit: Carlotta Rinaudo, 2017) In April 1975 the Vietnam War was over. Roads and bridges were left in rubble, and orphans were walking...
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U.S. governmental incentives on semiconductors are central to Great Power...
Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash Microchips, also called semiconductors or integrated circuits, can be thinner than a human hair and smaller than a postage stamp, but their power can be immeasurable....
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Sino-ASEAN relations: a marriage in crisis?
The 18th ASEAN-China Summit in Kuala Lumpur, November 2015 , Licensed via Creative Commons The partnership between China and ASEAN countries has seen its ups and downs. The period between 2003 and 2013...
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Chinese cyber coercion in the Asia-Pacific? Recent cyber operations in South...
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Writings on Chinese cyber operations tend to focus on cyber espionage and the stealing of state secrets for China’s military modernisation. Comparatively in...
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Is China a security threat to the liberal international order?
People’s Liberation Army’s parade in 2015. Licensed under Creative Commons. China has enjoyed tremendous economic growth over the last thirty years and is on course to remain a key growth engine for...
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The Belt and Road Initiative in Italy: a distorted reality
2000 years ago, two great civilizations dominated each ends of the ancient Silk Road. At its most Eastern point was China’s Han dynasty, which knew very little of the other mysterious empire that...
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Chinese Patriotic War Cinema and the Rise of China’s National Consciousness
Photo Credit: Fay Lee on Unsplash China’s growing assertiveness has become increasingly visible in recent years. These developments were most recently demonstrated by the success of the Chinese Korean...
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Beyond Beijing: Russia in the Indo-Pacific
Russian Missile Cruiser Varyag. Photo Credit: Phil King, licensed via Creative Commons. Russia’s military power in the Indo-Pacific is often confined analytically to the Sino-Russian relationship...
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