Japan’s high-tech militarization: Asserting independence in an uncertain world
By Matthew Edwin Carpenter Highlights Japan will continue to move over the next five years toward establishing an independent defense policy…
China strengthens security ties with Nigeria
By Nalova Akua The Chinese Communist Party, CCP’s footprint is expanding across West Africa, and with it, China’s concern for its own nationals…
Ukraine: Reshaping NATO to meet the Russian and Chinese Challenge
By CSIS DOWNLOAD THE REPORT There is no way to predict whether Russia will actually take military action against the…
China could run Russia’s playbook on Taiwan
•The Ukraine crisis should refocus thinking on China’s threats. By Dan Blumenthal As Russia edges toward a full-scale invasion, U.S. thinking…
Behind China’s warning against a Russian invasion is a desire to protect ties with the US
•After strongly supporting Moscow’s standoff with the West over Ukraine, Beijing aligns its position closer to Washington’s By Lingling Wei China’s…
Washington must prepare for war with both Russia and China
•Pivoting to Asia and forgetting about Europe isn’t an option. By Matthew Kroenig As Russia threatens the largest land invasion in…
Cooperation with European characteristics? Lessons from China for the EU–Africa summit
ByYunnan Chen This week, European and African leaders sit down in Brussels for the long-awaited, twice delayed EU–Africa summit. This…
How ‘small state opportunism’ shapes China’s pursuit of overseas military bases
By Chris Alden When Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh publicly confirmed China’s intentions of building a military base near the Doraleh port…
Russia has big plans for Africa
•America Must Push Back—Without Getting Dragged In By Samuel Ramani The day after the military staged a coup in Burkina Faso…
The US sanctions toolkit can no longer hold off global challengers
By Howard W. French On Christmas Eve in 2002, I was suddenly dispatched from my base in Tokyo, where I…