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Water Wars: ‘AUKUS Is Born’
Biden announces “AUKUS is born,” marking the United States’ continued shift toward the Indo-Pacific, while China implements a new maritime identification law to regulate foreign vessels within its territ... -
ChinaTalk: China's Space Plans for the 2020s
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China’s New Climate Pledge: Is Geopolitical Competition Good for the Climate?
Climate change is often thought of as an issue that can only be solved through an unprecedented amount of international cooperation. But geopolitical competition could be another path to a more sustainab... -
The Big Unanswered Question of the Afghanistan War
Does the United States still have the grit necessary to fight and win long wars? -
China’s Successful Foray Into Asymmetric Lawfare
The Chinese government’s use of its own weak legal system to carry out “hostage diplomacy" may herald a new “asymmetric lawfare” strategy to counter the U.S. -
ChinaTalk: What Evergrande Means for China
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ChinaTalk: Mao and the Monkey King
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CFIUS, Team Telecom and China
What have CFIUS and Team Telecom been up to? -
Livestream: Hearing on the End of the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan
The committee will hear testimony from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Commander of the United States Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie. -
The Assad Regime’s Business Model for Supporting the Islamic State
The Syrian government got off the hook for facilitating the terrorist group's rise and funding its operations. -
India, the Quad and AUKUS
AUKUS is likely to have a net positive effect on India’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific, but transatlantic tension that its rollout has generated will elicit some concern in Delhi. -
Legal Mechanisms of AUKUS Explained
AUKUS has already sparked a hullabaloo, both with allies such as France and with adversaries such as China. This post explains the naval nuclear propulsion portion of AUKUS, its operation and legal basis...


