China pushes back on Biden Taiwan comments: 'No room' for compromise
China on Friday pushed back on President Biden after his comments during a town hall Thursday night saying that the United States would defend Taiwan if it was attacked.In a briefing on Friday, Chinese...
View ArticleHypersonic missile defense is a job for the Space Force
The recent revelation that China has tested two hypersonic glide missiles has rocked the American national security establishment. According to Bloomberg, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General...
View ArticleIs China's recent missile test a 'Sputnik moment'? I think not
President Biden entered the White House declaring “America is back” on the world stage. But as he departed for Europe last week to attend the G-20 Rome Summit and the United Nations Climate Change...
View ArticleWhat's happening with China is not a new Cold War
Cold War II. Cold War 2.0. The New Cold War. The air in Washington is thick with terms and phrases that reflect an increasingly common belief that the United States finds itself in a titanic struggle...
View ArticleCan America prevent a global warming cold war?
At the 11th hour of climate negotiations in Scotland last week, the U.S. and China released a “Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s” outlining increased cooperation on a...
View ArticleThe three ghosts haunting US foreign policy
The calls for the U.S. to do something in, about or for Ukraine are growing by the day. The U.S. must stand up to Russia, stand by our Ukrainian “ally,” resist Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...
View ArticleOur 'cold war' frame distorts more than just our view of China
To move around Washington now is to hear talk of “cold war” everywhere. The term increasingly seems to be the default characterization for our ever more adversarial relationship with China. Moreover,...
View ArticleUkraine's 'Back to the Future' scenario: Deploying troops is a...
Russia tanks roll up to the Ukrainian border and — BAM! — the Cold War lives again. At least it does according to the Washington consensus, and now President Biden is weighing the deployment of...
View ArticleWhat would George Kennan say about Ukraine?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has positioned 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border and is threatening an invasion. He aims to roll back the expansion of NATO that was undertaken after 1997 and...
View ArticleEstonia's prime minister: Russia has no say in NATO decisions
Tensions in Europe have risen to unprecedented levels. Russia is amassing its forces along the Ukrainian border and this has been accompanied by aggressive rhetoric and intimidation. While threatening...
View ArticleAllied success in the Cold War led us to this day with Russia
It feels like May 1940 again — and that’s a good thing in one sense. During that long-ago spring, the German Army rumbled across the Franco-German border to help slake dictator Adolf Hitler’s thirst...
View ArticleGermany, Russia and the legacy of Rapallo
One of the most perplexing elements in the run up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine was the posture of Germany. Both outgoing Christian Democratic Chancellor Angela Merkel and newly installed Social...
View ArticlePutin's war exposes the cracks in the world order — can we fix them?
Ordinary citizens may increase their call for military engagement in defense of Ukraine if continued, escalating sanctions and military support don’t stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression....
View ArticleCould Russia's moves help to repair US-China relations?
Four days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that his country was willing to work with the U.S. on President Biden’s Build Back Better World Partnership. At the...
View ArticleWhat the world can expect from the new Cold War
As the battle for Ukraine rages, analysts are considering its impact on the geopolitical system. Many believe we are in a new Cold War. The challenge will be to keep that conflict from turning hot. To...
View ArticleWe must think Russian deterrence outside the box
Three weeks into what Moscow probably expected to be a quick win, Russia failed its ‘initial period of war’ and made many tactical mistakes in Ukraine. This calls for a reassessment of actual Russian...
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