Oct 15,2015 Special Forum Dreaming Big, Acting Big: Xi’s Impact on China’s Military Development Xi Jinping emerged from his recent US visit with no meaningful new constraints on the development, deployment, and use of China’s military. Constructively, as part of a larger UN support package, he unveiled a Chinese plan to establish a police squad and 8,000 standby troops for UN Peacekeeping. Despite an ambiguous statement of intent to […] Andrew Erickson Asymmetry , China Military Dream , Kill-Chain , National identity , Sino-American military tensions , South China Sea
Mar 31,2015 National Commentaries A US Perspective "Missile Defense on the Korean Peninsula" From Political Taboo to Strategic Hedge: A US Perspective on Ballistic Missile Defense Ballistic missile defense (BMD) is both expensive and largely unproven;1 so on what basis might we judge its value? This article offers a US perspective about the utility of BMD in support of […] Van Jackson Asymmetry , ROK-US Alliance , strategic hedge , THAAD
Dec 19,2014 Open Forum China and India: Coping with Growing Asymmetry It is not just the GDP figure of China that has expanded to become nearly four times that of India’s; the components that constitute it reflect a picture of growing asymmetry between these two emerging Asian economies, which has deeper systemic implications. The contributions to their GDP from the agriculture, industry, and service sectors in […] Swaran Singh Asymmetry , India
Apr 11,2014 Open Forum Russo-Chinese Relations in Strategic Perspective Russian and Chinese leaders regularly profess an ever-growing congruence of interests and ever-increasing economic, political, and even military cooperation. According to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in October 2013, “Bilateral relations have never reached such high levels.”1 Yet, arguably there is much less harmony here—although what harmony there is remains quite real—than is publicly professed. While […] Stephen Blank Arms sales , Asymmetry , energy , junior partner , Sochi Olympics , Ukraine , Ukrainian invasion , Vietnam