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The Deeper Meaning of China’s Base in Tajikistan

Western media outlets recently announced that China has built military facilities on the Tajik side of the Tajik-Chinese border. This move is

Russia and China Forced America’s Hand on the INF Treaty

In 2017, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (“PLA”) announced plans to bring down its 2.3 million strong forces below 1 million with

Are the rules which have stopped nuclear war broken?

“We are moving in a minefield, and we don’t know from where the explosion will come.” A warning from former Russian Foreign

China Opens a New Military Base in Tajikistan

Western media outlets recently announced China has built military facilities on the Tajik side of the Tajik-Chinese border. The move is significant

The Militarization of Xi Jinping’s China

“Be ready for battle.” That’s how the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong newspaper that increasingly reflects the Communist Party line,

Facing an aggressive Beijing, Taiwan’s president issues a warning to the world

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has sentout a warning to Asia in the face of mounting aggression from Beijing. In an exclusive interview

China’s Logistics Modernization is Changing the Pacific Military Balance

The well-worn formulation that “amateurs study tactics, while professionals study logistics” has significant explanatory power when considering the rapidly changing balance of

China, Russia Join for Push to Split U.S. From Allies

DEFCON Warning System – Readers should note that the author of the article injects quite lot of his own opinion into the

U.S. Military Warns of Threat From Chinese-Run Space Station in Argentina

Senior U.S. defense officials are growing increasingly concerned that the Chinese military can monitor and potentially target U.S. and allied satellites from

Why China and Russia are Vying for Influence Over the Balkans

It was Otto von Bismarck, architect for Germany’s unification and rise to world power, who is alleged to have referred to the

China’s Now Has a Super Weapon America’s Navy Lacks: Railguns

This is a good sign for the future of the Navy’s powerful supergun, true. But with the Haiyang Shan prowling the high

China and the New Strategic Nuclear Arms Race

This study is a major expansion and revision of a previous Burke Chair study that examines the changes taking place in Chinese