US Green Beret presence on Taiwan’s outer islands signals expanded military cooperation
Editor's Note: This piece by Venus Upadhayaya features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. In a recent strategic development...
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The PRC’s bid for strategic superiority
The unrelenting pace of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) nuclear and conventional modernization continues without abatement. The PRC continues...
US warship’s rest stop at Japanese island spurs civilian dockworker strike
Editor's Note: This piece by Seth Robson and Hana Kusumoto features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Dockworkers went...
European Parliament’s bold resolutions call for US to recognize Taiwan
In an unprecedented move, the European Parliament has adopted two resolutions that affirm that neither Taiwan nor the People’s Republic...
North Korea helped turn Iran into a missile powerhouse
The military cooperation between North Korea and Iran, detailed in a recent UN Security Council report, highlights a concerning trend...
Guam-based airmen carry out Indo-Pacific’s first hypersonic weapons training
Editor's Note: This piece by Seth Robson features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newhsam. Airmen on Guam trained last...
Beijing’s global ‘business’ enterprises just a front for military buildup
Editor's Note: This piece by J.M. Phelps features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Recent reports about a Chinese naval...
Kinmen as West Berlin: The opportunity to forge a new US commitment to Taiwan
To sustain a credible extended deterrent, the U.S. sometimes must commit to defending a piece of land that otherwise would...
US extends losing streak to China in the Pacific
I started life as a fan of a hapless baseball team called the Washington Senators, so I recognize losing when...
China’s ‘bad debt’ problem: Why it’s not learning from Japan
The final collapse of Chinese real estate giant, Evergrande, is the latest evidence – as if any was needed –...
The year of Volt Typhoon
At a recent testimony in front of Congress on Jan. 31, both Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray...
Aircraft carriers, submarines and more: China’s Navy is a real powerhouse
Summary: This analysis examines the significant transformation of China from a historically continental-focused military to a major maritime power. Once...
Japan is doing well but isn’t ‘there’ yet
US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel’s recent Washington Post article, “What no expert saw coming: the rise of Japan,” lauds the country’s progress...
China is determined to sink US Navy aircraft carriers in a war
Why does China seem obsessed with sinking U.S. Navy aircraft carriers? As tensions between China and America continue to ramp up,...
Pacific security depends on funding the new COFA agreements with 3 Pacific Island nations
Do you think America's tail-between-its-legs departure from Afghanistan was bad? Something even worse is coming in the Pacific, albeit more quietly. US...
Iran works as China’s proxy to push US out of the Middle East
The dots of sub-regional conflicts in the Middle East are now connecting as a concerted and coordinated campaign to drive...