Chinese Expansionism

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal    Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 11:00am | 5/28/2020 - 11:00am “No reasonable person can assert today that Hong Kong maintains a high degree of autonomy from China, given facts on the ground.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the United States no…

We can win this great power competition without war, but decoupling is inevitable.BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 9: U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017 in Beijing, China. Trump is on a 10-day trip to Asia. (Photo by Thomas…

Here's What You Need To Remember: Hanoi remains in control of all of Vietnam today. This government has proven the most receptive of any state in Southeast Asia to U.S. efforts to curb Chinese expansionism; the military relationship between Hanoi and Washington grows daily. Mark Moyar, the scholar of U.S. foreign and…

This past January, Goldman Sachs CEO and chairman David Solomon strode onto a stage at the bank’s lower Manhattan headquarters to launch the first “Investor Day” in the famously secretive institution’s one-hundred-and-fifty-year history. The celebration was promoted as an inspiring review of Goldman’s “strategic road map and goals,” and the…

GETTY IMAGESChinese culpability for Covid-19 starts with its tolerance of wet markets, but doesn't end there.OPINION: When – or should that be if? – the world gets on top of the Covid-19 pandemic, attention must turn to the issue of Chinese culpability. In an ideal world, President Xi Jinping and the…

As scrutiny of the Jones Act intensifies, defenders of the 100‐​year‐​old law have come up with ever more imaginative justifications for keeping it in place. One argument currently en vogue is casting the Jones Act as a bulwark against Chinese expansionism. Such framing is not difficult to understand given the poisoned…

To appreciate the full mix of weirdness and paranoia of Washington under the current president, hop an imaginary flight (it won’t be crowded) and make the trip to Guam, a tiny speck in the Pacific, partway between the Philippines and Hawaii.It was there that the USS Theodore Roosevelt was directed…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The coronavirus pandemic has brought together political rivals, prompting offers of support and assistance between adversaries on the global stage. It has forced governments and communities alike to activate in ways and on at a scale rarely seen.…

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…