I have two largely unrelated pieces that both involve China. First, in the Diplomat: As a regularly scheduled biennial exercise, RIMPAC happens regardless of the extant political situation in the Pacific. However, the absence of the People’s Liberation Army Navy - and the participation of...
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James Holmes asks us to crowdsource a name for China's "it's new to you" aircraft carrier, having correctly noted that "ex-Varyag" is getting old: Our friends in Beijing are evidently.
James Holmes on INS Vikramaditya vs. The Chinese-carrier-to-be-named-later: And to be sure, the Varyag will reportedly carry about 26 fixed-wing combat aircraft—the official People’s Daily speculated that J-15s will operate from its deck for.
On the latest Foreign Entanglements, Chris Van Avery and I talk a bit about the South China Sea: There's also some F-35 and AirSea Battle stuff in there.
Yesterday I talked East Asia policy and naval policy on the Alyona Show: The howling toddlers, again, are entirely my fault. Critics should take account of how rare it is.
Chinese Aerospace Power is a collection of essays generated at a December 2008 colloquium organized by the Naval War College's China Maritime Studies Institute. The collection is held together by.
Tom Krazit at Paid Content has a piece up apologizing for Apple's exploitation of Chinese workers in the creation of its products. Krazit argues that Apple really can't do anything about the problem--the jobs aren't coming back to the US, it would be too risky...
This week's Over the Horizon column suggests that the Russian arms industry is in for some long term trouble: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s military-industrial complex sustained the.
Last week I blogged heads with Sam Roggeveen of the Lowy Institute: Tragically, we failed to have a forward looking conversation about a post-Kim Jong Il North Korea. However, last.
So you've probably seen something about Paul Kane's "Sell Taiwan" op-ed in the New York Times; effectively, Kane's suggestion would mean that the US would guarantee non-intervention in any PRC-ROC dispute in exchange for forgiveness of a portion of the Chinese held US debt. I'm...
Last night I accidentally watched the bulk of the GOP national security debate. There was certainly a degree of entertainment value, and there's something to be said for being part.
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.