China’s strategic assessment of Russia: More complicated than you think
By Yun Sun Western observers of international affairs sounded the alarm after a seemingly enthusiastic joint statement by President Vladimir Putin…
The war in Ukraine is going to change geopolitics profoundly
•Some bits will look familiar, some will look unprecedented “This morning we are defending our country alone,” declared Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s…
China’s to increase military spending by 7.1% in 2022
Agency Report China’s military budget — the second-largest in the world after the United States — is set to increase…
The dangerous allure of the no-fly zone
Editor’s Note: This is a heavily revised and updated version of an article written by the authors for these pages…
Grand strategy is total: French Gen. Andre Beaufre on war in the nuclear age
By Michael Shurkin Gen. André Beaufre (1902 – 1975), the father of contemporary French strategic thought and required reading at…
In the US, Americans’ appetite for war has diminished. Putin knows it.
•America Is Afraid of War for now •The invasion of Ukraine and the rise of America’s isolationists. By Zoe Strimpel…
Invasions are not contagious
•Russia’s War in Ukraine Doesn’t Presage a Chinese Assault on Taiwan By Oriana Skylar Mastro As Russian President Vladimir Putin intensifies…
China-Russia Entete: The Eurasian nightmare
•Chinese-Russian Convergence and the Future of American Order By Hal Brands The greatest strategic problem the United States faces is the…
The global economy will suffer from Russia sanctions, but not for long
By Hung Tran Since Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine, the entire European security order seems to have been thrust…
Putin is repeating the USSR’s mistakes
•The Wrong Lessons of History By James Hershberg Vladimir Putin is a product of the Cold War. Russia’s president made his…