Last week the Global Times e-interviewed me about the possibility of war between the United States and China. Here’s the result, along with answers to the same questions from Major General Luo Yuan, deputy secretary-general of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences.
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My latest column at WPR focuses on transparency and “red lines” between US and Chinese interests: There is no ready solution to this problem, because it lies at the heart of all diplomatic
I have a piece up at Right Web on how the GOP Presidential field approaches relations with China, with a focus on Mitt Romney. Long story short, while confrontation is the word of the day, there are
When Steve Jobs met with President Obama in 2010, Jobs told the president that he would only get one term: You’re headed for a one-term presidency,” he told Obama at the start of their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which companies can […]
Hey now, it’s not as if knowing whether China has nuclear weapons is at all relevant to the practice of American foreign policy: I do view China as a potential military threat to the United Stat
Is Caligula misunderstood? Scott Mclemee reviews Aloys Winterling’s efforts in this regard: But what if all of these claims about Caligula were wrong, or at least overblown? What if he was, in f
My latest at WPR takes a look at the Russia-China arms trade: By the middle of the last decade, however, the factors that made the relationship so strong had begun to subside. The sophistication and reliability of Chinese military equipment improved, while the quality of Russian industrial production declined. Some Russians also began to express […]
Now this is some fascinating stuff: In a defensive cooperation agreement signed in 1957, USSR agreed to increase cooperation in aerospace tactics training and theater level exercises. By that year, PL
I think Matt misses the truly insidious follow through of this: I’ve been struck over the past three or four years by how many different Chinese people have expressed to me the view that the purpose
I have thoughts on arms control and aircraft carriers: China, India and Japan do not appear to be on the verge of breaking the bank in an effort to match each other’s construction. Still, from a vantage point of 10 or 20 years out, it might make sense for the Asian powers to think in […]
In my latest WPR column, I discuss the old Red Dawn, the new Red Dawn, and the reluctance of the current crop of GOP presidential aspirants to focus on the security aspect of US relations with China:
You don’t say. “Some nations have strategic oil reserves. Some keep grain reserves. China has both, and something others have somehow overlooked: a national pork reserve.” China is