China

U.S. support for Ukraine in its war against Russia is not a distraction from defending Taiwan. It is a component of it. We are in a two-front fight.

Despite the triumphant mood of the 90s, the struggle for democracy never really ended, as Putin’s invasion of Ukraine proves.

As China seeks to impose its closed vision of the oceanic commons, the US must counter this approach and recommit to its maritime heritage.

The strategic anxiety of encirclement has driven great-power policy for centuries; Russia and China represent the modern version of this classic security dilemma.

France’s centuries-long quest for strategic autonomy has more often than not led to bad outcomes for the French.

President Kennedy understood the need to counter America’s enemies without precipitating WWIII.

The return of Maoist-style agricultural communes in China are a foreboding sign of a return to the China of half a century ago.

William Pitt, The Elder, 18th Century Prime Minister of Britain, offers many lessons for American statesmen today.

There is no peacetime in the Maoist worldview. The Chinese spy balloon was one more means for Beijing to turn the strategic environment to its advantage.