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China’s Senkaku Incursions Are Flying under US Radar

China is putting coercive pressure on a US treaty ally every day in the East China Sea. Washington is barely paying attention.

New Taiwanese Drills Seek To Enhance Maritime Resilience Against Chinese Coercion

Taiwan is stepping up its preparations to counter a possible Chinese sea-based blockade.  On July 28, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense announced that it would integrate counter-blockade...

Trump’s unpredictability and China’s bullying force a reaction in Asia

Governments across the region are assuming more responsibility for their countries’ security.

New Law Would Help Taiwan’s Communications Sector Work Around Chinese Cable Slicing

Taiwan is increasingly looking abroad to strengthen its domestic communications resilience. On July 21, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan unanimously passed a bill that eases restrictions on foreign firms...

America’s Military Plans Depend on Infrastructure It Doesn’t Secure

Military power is meaningless if it cannot move. Every American war plan, from deterring aggression in Europe to prevailing in the Indo-Pacific, depends on our ability to maneuver people,...

Improving Customer Service and Protecting Consumers Through Onshoring

The Dangerous Failure to Hold Hamas Accountable for Using Human Shields

How international institutions’ silence on Hamas hiding behind civilians incentivizes human shields use, and distorts law and accountability.

Taiwan to secure energy soft spots

The war in Iran indicates that the fight over controlling global energy flows is far from over. A close partner of Tehran, Beijing is no doubt factoring lessons from the conflict into its designs to...

Readout of meetings with senior defense officials in Taiwan, Japan

U.S. and Filipino Forces Launch Expanded Military Drills

To counter Chinese aggression, the Philippines isn’t just hoping to stand shoulder to shoulder with its allies. It’s looking for a crowd. On April 20, Filipino and U.S. forces began an expanded...

Review of Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

How America can fight back against enemy propaganda

As Iran’s viral Lego videos, which spread anti-Western narratives through Lego-style animations and rap tracks, reach global audiences, the State Department’s call for diplomats to fight against...

Japan Is Poised To Become Part of America’s Arsenal of Democracy

Japan’s rearmament policy is slowly going global. According to an April 15 report from Reuters, Japan is expected to finalize reforms to its arms export regulations imminently, significantly easing...

China Restricts Access and Expands Reach in the South China Sea

Amid tensions in the Middle East, China is tightening its control over the South China Sea. Satellite imagery shows Chinese vessels have erected a floating barrier at the entrance to Scarborough Shoal,...

Rubio Instructs State Department To Actively Combat Adversarial Information Warfare

America is prepared to “take an assertive stance” against information warfare conducted by its adversaries, according to a leaked cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The New...

How to Tackle Venezuela’s (and the World’s) ‘Odious Debt’ Problem

Venezuela could be a test case for reforming international finance’s lending to authoritarian governments.

In Major Reversal, Taiwan Seeks To Rewire Its Energy Strategy by Restarting its Nuclear Plants

The Taiwanese government is reversing course on permanently closing its nuclear reactors. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has presented a plan to restart two of the island’s shuttered nuclear reactors...

Regime Change Without Nation Building

America and Israel are at war with Iran, a fact that should be neither shocking nor surprising. Both countries have been targeted by the Islamic Republic since its inception in 1979. Both countries...

China’s Rapid Military Build-Up Highlighted in New Report

The United States is facing an ever-more sophisticated Chinese military. On December 23, the Department of Defense released its annual report on the state of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The report...

China Launches New Drills Around Taiwan, Regional Tensions Rise

China is targeting Taiwan with a short but intense series of military exercises around the island. On December 29, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched the two-day “Justice Mission 2025,”...