China-US Tensions: How Global Trade Began Splitting into Two Blocs
By Dr. Christopher S. Tang and ManMohan S. Sodhi, PhD
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has elicited a strong response from China: three days of simulated attack on...
CNAS Plans For Asia (and Blinken’s Cash Machine)
By Dan Steinbock
Relying on think-tanks and corporate proxies, particularly those of Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US Big Defense seems to be driving the...
Why The Big Fuss Over Nancy Pelosi’s Possible Visit To Taiwan?
By Meredith Oyen
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hasn’t confirmed when – or even if – she is to visit Taiwan. Yet such is the...
Shinzo Abe’s Killing: The History of Political Violence in Japan
By Hugo Dobson and Kristian Magnus Hauken
Our reaction upon hearing the news of the shooting of former prime minister Shinzo Abe was one of shock and...
The Great Collusion: How Big Defense Took Over the White House
By Dan Steinbock
The Biden administration’s leadership failure is the net effect of Capitol Hill’s revolving door politics. The White House is not in charge....
Ukraine: Putin isn’t Mad – He’s Following a Long-Established Great Power Playbook for Conquest
By Alexander Titov
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has confounded everyone. Given its huge economic, reputational and political costs – not to mention the immense human misery...
Ukraine in the Predicament of Information Warfare
By Chang Kung
Politicians in Europe are now waiting for Ukraine's popularity to wane, so that they can get back to how things were in...
Ukraine: Why China is Not Yet Bailing Out Russia
By Aglaya Snetkov and Marc Lanteigne
As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, China’s role has been thrown into sharp relief. Prior to the war, some commentators...
Nuclear Deterrence, Intimidation, and Propaganda: Which is Which?
By Chan Kung
The West has jointly mobilized to impose all-rounded sanctions on Russia, in the way that far exceeded Russian President Vladimir Putin's expectation...
The Unwarranted War: The Avoidable War that will Penalize Severely Ukraine, Russia, the US...
By Dr Dan Steinbock
To Russia and Ukraine, the crisis is an existential issue. To the US and NATO, it's a regime-change game. To Europe,...
