China’s Strategy

US warships have sailed into disputed waters in the South China Sea, according to military analysts, heightening a standoff in the waterway and sharpening the rivalry between the United States and China, even as much of the world is in lockdown because of the coronavirus.The USS America, an amphibious assault…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is better known for yelling at journalists than consoling them. But when Mr Pompeo got on the phone with the publishers of The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on 21 March, he said he was there to offer help,…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is better known for yelling at journalists than consoling them.But when Pompeo got on the phone with the publishers of The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times on March 21, he said he was there to offer help, according to…

While Washington and Beijing’s overheated rhetoric and mutual recriminations amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic are grabbing headlines, equally important is what has been playing out across China’s eastern and southern peripheries over the past several weeks. At a moment when the Chinese Communist Party has been touting the generosity of…

Key point: The Bastion and Bal really constitute only the final line of defense in Russian maritime strategy, and are not part of some A2/AD master plan to shut down access to large swathes of water.  One of the ubiquitous buzzwords in national security circles the last few years is “Anti-Access/Area…

You might think a global pandemic and the worst crisis since World War Two would lead to a welcome, if temporary tamping down of military activity in already tense and contested environments. Yet even as the novel coronavirus ravages the world, old fashioned geopolitical jousting continues in Asia, reminding us…

More than India, it was China which celebrated seventy years of Indo-China relations last week. Many newspapers carried an editorial written by the Chinese Ambassador to India on the event, but none from the Indian leadership. There were tweets from the Chinese ambassador and government on the growing relationship with…

Web Exclusive With panic attacks, resentment, delirium being observed, psychotropic drugs and psychological techniques were used to treat patients Sai Manish  Last Updated at April 7, 2020 13:48 IST This report is part of a special series on how the Chinese tackled the coronavirus crisis and the lessons India can…

Web Exclusive Excerpts from notes of the Chinese medical staff who wrote their treatment experience while fighting the coronavirus outbreak Sai Manish  |  New Delhi  Last Updated at April 6, 2020 09:36 IST This report is part of a special series on how the Chinese tackled the coronavirus crisis and…

As normalcy returns, can China keep COVID-19 at bay? By Dennis Normile Science03 Apr 2020 : 18-19 Infected travelers pose a continuing threat, but local coronavirus transmission still occurs as well. Read More