May 14, 2015

Challenges for the PLAN in the Western Pacific: Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance

By: Tetsuo Kotani | China is further developing its anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities, particularly its submarine fleet and cruise missiles launched from land-based aircraft, to defeat an […]
May 12, 2015

Chinese Activities in the South China Sea: Implications for the American Pivot to Asia

By: Kelsey Broderick | This paper analyzes the background of the South China Sea dispute and the extent to which the American rebalance has influenced China’s […]
April 21, 2015

China’s Military Developments and the U.S.-Japan Alliance

By: Project 2049 Institute In 2015, the Project 2049 Institute launched a program to focus on trends in China’s military advancements and how the U.S. and […]
April 10, 2015

SPECIAL: Sun Tzu Simplified: An Approach to Analyzing China’s Regional Military Strategies

By Dennis J Blasko | The Art of War by Sun Tzu can be summarized into what I call 1) the prime objective: to win without fighting and 2) the […]
April 8, 2015

Chinese Religious Regulations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: A Veiled Threat to Turkic Muslims?

By: Julia Famularo Radical Islam constitutes a growing challenge in the immediate periphery of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and beyond. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) […]
March 6, 2015

A Reverse Pivot: China’s New Grand Canal

By Samuel Krawitz | On December 22, 2014, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in the small city of Brito on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, marking […]
February 27, 2015

Arming Ukraine: Lessons for Beijing

By Kelsey Broderick | If the current cease-fire agreement between the rebels and the Ukrainian government fails, as is looking increasingly likely as fighting continues, the United States […]
January 28, 2015

Sri Lanka’s Election: Implications for China and the U.S.

By Kelsey Broderick | The results of the January 8th presidential election in Sri Lanka took many by surprise, but the biggest shock may have been felt […]
December 3, 2014

Japan’s Snap Election: a Risky Game for Abe and Abenomics

By Kota Takahashi | On 18 November, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he will hold a snap election for the lower house of the Diet following […]
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