After the US Elections: Chances for a European Strategy on China
by Gesine Weber EU: the referee in the great-power competition that is the US-China relationship? (Image credit: ImagineChina) Over the past four years, the EU’s inability to balance its position...
View ArticleWhy Biden Will Not Get Soft with China
by Martina Bernardini President-Elect Joe Biden, then in his capacity of Vice President, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, shortly after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base during a 2015 visit...
View ArticleU.S. Energy, Placing Strategy ahead of Policy
Conceptual photo of energy sources. Source: LovetoKnow U.S. Energy Production – Politics vs. Strategy U.S. energy policy is U.S. energy politics. The fight for energy-producing states this election...
View ArticleLessons from the 20th century book war
By Joseph Bodnar Throughout the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed for international influence through coercion and persuasion with the world’s most capable and committed spy...
View ArticleCybersecurity from Trump to Biden: a triumph for cybersecurity?
USAF, 2017 – A cyber operator. After what felt like a lengthy and tortuous transition period, Joe Biden became the United States’ 46th president on the 20th January 2021. Whilst some feel relieved and...
View ArticleUS Foreign Policy: The impact of the War on Terror on the Uyghur people
By Carlotta Rinaudo Flickr, 2009. In June 2019 former President Donald Trump publicly signed the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, imposing sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for the oppression...
View ArticleU.S. governmental incentives on semiconductors are central to Great Power...
Photo by Laura Ockel on Unsplash Microchips, also called semiconductors or integrated circuits, can be thinner than a human hair and smaller than a postage stamp, but their power can be immeasurable....
View ArticleSino-ASEAN relations: a marriage in crisis?
The 18th ASEAN-China Summit in Kuala Lumpur, November 2015 , Licensed via Creative Commons The partnership between China and ASEAN countries has seen its ups and downs. The period between 2003 and 2013...
View ArticleIf America is back, the EU must look forward
Rock Cohen / NATO EUFOR ceremony 31-MARCH-2003 / Licensed under Creative Commons The role of military force as a deterrent necessitates a forward-looking strategy that breaks free from the logic of...
View ArticleBeyond Beijing: Russia in the Indo-Pacific
Russian Missile Cruiser Varyag. Photo Credit: Phil King, licensed via Creative Commons. Russia’s military power in the Indo-Pacific is often confined analytically to the Sino-Russian relationship...
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