March 10, 2020

The Case for a Pacific Deterrence Initiative

By: Randall G. Schriver and Eric Sayers | WAR ON THE ROCKS | When war broke out in Ukraine in 2014 the Department of Defense moved […]
March 9, 2020

America Should Put Military Forces in Taiwan

By: Ian Easton | TAIPEI TIMES | The time has come for Washington and Taipei to get serious about defending Taiwan. … The most realistic and cost-effective […]
January 17, 2020

When Xi Met Suu Kyi: China Embraces Myanmar as Western Nations Pull Back

By: Shibani Mahtani and Cape Diamond | THE WASHINGTON POST | Randall Schriver, who until last month was the Pentagon’s top official on Indo-Pacific security affairs, […]
January 13, 2020

Should Taiwanese Missiles Target Beijing?

By: Ian Easton | TAIPEI TIMES | For many years, China’s propaganda outlets have broadcast videos of military units attacking Taiwan. … Chinese Communist Party (CCP) media […]
December 2, 2019

Can We Be Honest About China?

By: Ian Easton | TAIPEI TIMES | One of the most remarkable things about China is how poorly understood it is, even by experts. By way […]
October 28, 2019

Has Xi Jinping’s War Countdown Begun?

By: Ian Easton | TAIPEI TIMES | The Taiwan Strait is arguably the most dangerous flashpoint on the planet. It’s fundamentally unstable and the threat from […]
September 17, 2019

Why the U.S. Defends Taiwan

By: Ian Easton | TAIPEI TIMES | For many Asia-watchers, one of the biggest surprises of Donald Trump’s last two years and eight months in high […]
August 9, 2019

What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?

By: Ben Rhodes | THE ATLANTIC | Down the street, in a coffee shop that wouldn’t be out of place in Brooklyn, I met Cheery Zahau, […]
August 5, 2019

Creating Strategic Knowledge

By: Ian Easton | Taipei Times | The current lights of public education in the United States are too dim, making it difficult to see the […]
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