Chinese Expansionism

Raymond Biesinger Set up by two former Israeli navy intelligence officers in 2010, Tel Aviv-based Windward is a relentless ocean sleuth. Its technology has thrown light on a wide range of murky maritime activities – from attempts by Iran to defy oil sanctions to Chinese expansionism in the South China…

The Koch-funded Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft recently published a racially charged critique of a retired American admiral that mirrors attacks levied against him by Chinese propaganda outlets. Nation correspondent Timothy Shorrock last month argued in a piece published by the Quincy Institute that Harry Harris, the former head of U.S. Pacific Command…

cpac Updated Mar. 1, 2020 Who ya gonna trust? Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The specter of communism — and along with that, socialism — Bernie Sanders, Chinese expansionism, big tech corporations, the national popular vote compact, and a host of other conservative hobgoblins haunted the Conservative Political Action Conference this…

I assume that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is intelligent and accurately represents the views of the United States of America. That is what makes his 15 February speech at this year’s Munich Security Forum all the more worrying. It was entitled and themed “The West is Winning”. https://www.state.gov/the-west-is-winning/  In it…

Courtney Subramanian USA TODAYPublished 1:47 PM EST Feb 24, 2020AHMEDABAD, India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered on his promised spectacle to welcome President Donald Trump, who kicked off his 36-hour trip to India on Monday with a colorful road tour that culminated in a rally that drew tens of thousands to the…

AHMEDABAD, India – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered on his promised spectacle to welcome President Donald Trump, who kicked off his 36-hour trip to India on Monday with a colorful road tour that culminated in a rally that drew tens of thousands to the world's largest cricket stadium. The stadium in Ahmedabad, the largest…

President Trump is headed to India for a huge rally with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit meant to highlight the relationship between two countries that have become strategic allies in recent years.Trump may address the largest crowd he ever has on Monday before he and members of his administration attend…

Contemplating on the geopolitical earthquake of the twentieth century, namely the collapse of the once-mighty Soviet Empire, Francis Fukuyama emphasized the necessity for distinguishing between 'what is essential and what is contingent or accidental in world history'. Drawing on the works of G. W .F. Hegel (via Alexandre Kojève) and…

The US pivot to Asia has been almost a decade in the making. But for the past two decades, the more significant development has been the Indian pivot to the US. This change of direction, after almost half a century of “tilt” towards Russia, has meant that on a geopolitical…

The University of California-Berkeley is telling students not to post memes about the coronavirus, asserting that fear of the epidemic is rooted in racism.An article in the Berkeley News which cites two UC Berkeley academics states that concerns over the virus are based on “an assumption that the West, particularly…