There are some eerie similarities between the years that preceded World War II and the time we are currently living in. In February of 1938,
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Japan-South Korea-U.S. Relations Thawed, But Not Warm Enough
The August 18, 2023 summit that brought together the leaders of Japan, South Korea and the United States at Camp David was rightly hailed as a
U.S. Chip Sanctions May Not Be Enough to Deter China’s Military Ambitions
Semiconductors comprise the battleground for U.S.-China technology competition. On October 7, 2022, the Biden administration released a set of export
China’s ‘Nine-Dash Line’ Land Grabs Finally Getting Strong Pushback
China claims it has always controlled all the rocky shoals, sandbars and reefs within a maritime territory that it has marked with its so-called
As Australia Strengthens Its Ties With the Philippines, It’s Wading Even Further Into the Dangerous South China Sea
Noel Morada, The University of Queensland At the end of last week, 1,200 Australian troops took part in a joint military exercise in the
China’s Africa Strategy Is Shifting From Extraction to Investment — Driven From the Industry-Rich Hunan Region
Lauren Johnston, University of Sydney China experienced a massive economic boom in the 1990s and 2000s which increased its demand for resource
Decapitation Strike Against Taipei ‘More Likely Than Blockade’
Alessio Patalano, professor of war and strategy in East Asia at King’s College London, delivered a presentation yesterday evening in Taipei, during
Outlaw Alliance: How China and Chinese Mafias Overseas Protect Each Other’s Interests
by Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.
What Will the Oppenheimer Film Mean in China?
Christopher Nolan’s new film, “Oppenheimer,” will be released in China at the end of this month. This leads to an intriguing question. What might the
Off-Planet Extraction Plans: China and U.S. Go Into the Dark Together
At the start of this year, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warned that the “free world” is locked in a space race with China. Since then, high profile
Tsunami Fears and the Closing of U.S. Navy Shipyards
At a time when China’s ship-building capacity is 232 times greater than the U.S.’s, the U.S. Navy closed four of its few dry docks due to ‘seismic
Huawei’s Semiconductor Progress Doesn’t Necessarily Mean U.S. Chip Sanctions Failing
Leading Chinese tech company Huawei can now “make chips at the equivalent of 7 [nanometers], the powerful semiconductors typically used in 5G phones,”