This week's Diplomat column takes a look at COIN in the Second Sino-Japanese War, based on the Murray-Mansoor edited volume Hybrid Warfare: Yamaguchi suggests that elements of the Japanese Army and a variety of hybrid civil-military organizations took the problem of COIN quite seriously from...
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Let me be the first to point out that there is no way in which this could end up badly: After repeatedly flying surveillance aircraft into disputed airspace with Japan,.
This is an interesting, if somewhat older, discussion of the Chinese architect Ma Yansong and his so-called "organic architecture." The piece focuses on his so-called "Marilyn Monroe" building in Mississagua,.
The "China has an aircraft carrier with no aircraft" talking point is now obsolete: Some analysis here. Impressive work.
Interrupting election coverage for this all-important update on the structure of the East Asian arms trade: An arms relationship represents both an economic and a political commitment. What’s at stake.
Everyone I know sent me a link related to this event. First things first, congratulations to the PLAN and to the people of China on turning a half-finished hulk into.
My latest at the Diplomat discussed efforts to make military services play nice with one another: I’ve belabored the organizational aspects of China’s system of anti-access systems because bureaucratic boundaries matter. AirSea Battle seeks, above all, to iron out the wrinkles that could prevent tight...
When workers are rioting because their lives are so awful that there's absolutely nothing to lose, it's pretty bloody awful. Let's just hope international pressure continues to push Apple to.
On Foreign Entanglements, Dr. Toshi Yoshihara and I discuss rising tensions in the East China Sea:
I have a new weekly gig at The Diplomat. First offering: Reports on Monday indicated that the PLAN has finally settled on a name for its aircraft carrier, heretofore known as the ex-Varyag. While speculation included names such as “Beijing,” “Mao Zedong,” and “Shi Lang,” the PLAN...
Shades of American Gangster: Two Indian Air Force pilots who flew Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guanglie in a special aircraft from Mumbai to Delhi on Wednesday received an unusual.
Among other things, Taylor Fravel and I chatted about Chinese views of the election: