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Deep Dive: Second Belt and Road Forum
Center for International Maritime Security-May 27, 2019
What
were the key takeaways, what has changed since the inaugural Belt and
Road Forum in 2017, and more importantly, what’s next for Washington?
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How Vatican-Beijing Deal is Fracturing
Center for International Maritime Security-April 22, 2019
Beijing believes that Chinese Communism is the true religion, and the CCP is its one and only church and clergy.
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On Looming US-China Trade Deal, Actions Speak Louder Than Words
The Diplomat-April 18, 2019
Talk without the support of action means nothing. Enforcement will be the key to any deal.
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China’s Activities in the Polar Regions Cannot Go Unchecked
Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute), Real Clear Defense-March 28, 2019
Left
unchecked, China may turn the Arctic and Antarctic regions into
disputed and contested areas—not entirely unlike the East and South
China Seas.
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The Space Force Needs Policy and Strategy (Part 3)
Center for International Maritime Security-February 20, 2019
Part
three concludes the series and completes the circle with a relook on
how America (through the Space Force) can mitigate instability and
strengthen stability
in space, while prolonging U.S. space preeminence into the 21st
century.
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What the Next Lunar New Year Holds for China
The National Interest-February 13, 2019
What should we expect from Beijing this year?
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The Space Force Needs Policy and Strategy (Part 2)
Center for International Maritime Security-February 12, 2019
Part
two will now take a step back for strategic context and re-examine a
conceptual framework characterizing the dynamics that contribute to
instability and stability
in the space domain.
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Space Force Needs Policy and Strategy (Part 1)
Center for International Maritime Security-February 5, 2019
Part
one of a three-part series that revisits past recommendations for a new
U.S. space policy and strategy in terms of ends, ways, and means –
freedom of space,
space preeminence, and full-spectrum space deterrence, respectively.
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On U.S.-China Trade, Will Xi Jinping Keep His Promises to Trump?
War on the Rocks-January 24, 2019
Xi
will ultimately fail to keep his promises to Trump unless he is
forcefully, consistently, and persistently encouraged to do so.
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Watch Out Rim of Pacific, Rim of China May Be On Horizon
East Asia Forum, AEC News Today, Taiwan News-November 17, 2018
Beijing
may leverage nascent ASEAN-China maritime exercise to gradually
establish its own version of Rim of the Pacific – perchance Rim of
China.
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Will the Revamped Xiangshan Forum Displace the Shangri-La Dialogue?
Center for International Maritime Security-October 23, 2018
Will the newly revamped Xiangshan Forum displace the Shangri-La Dialogue?
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One of China’s Worst Nightmares: RIMPAC 2020 in the South China Sea?
The National Interes-tSeptember 29, 2018
Holding the next RIMPAC 2020 in the South China Sea would be a real game changer.
Other authors
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Is the Belt and Road Initiative Too Big to Fail? (Part 2)
Center for International Maritime Security-September 4, 2018
Offers perspectives on what America could and should do (and conversely not do) as the result thereof.
Other authors
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Is the Belt and Road Initiative Too Big to Fail? (Part 1)
Center for International Maritime Security-August 28, 2018
Discusses
growing concerns of a BRI bubble that may burst, and that China’s
hurried and reckless BRI investments through the years are beginning to
drag down its
already slowing domestic economy.
Other authors
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China Can’t Just “Pick and Choose” From The Law of The Sea
East Asia Forum-July 27, 2018
Beijing
is still conveniently disregarding United Nations Convention on Law of
the Sea and accepted international norms to support its national
interests and to
complement its strategic narratives.
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Déjà Vu at 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue
Center for International Maritime SecurityJuly 24, 2018
China
again sent a relatively low-ranking delegation head to the 2018
Shangri-La Dialogue. What is Beijing trying to say? What does it portend
for the region in
the coming years?
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World is Pushing Back in the South China Sea
East Asia Forum, The News LensJune 29, 2018
The
region and the world are “firmly” pushing back against Chinese
unilateral expansionism in the South China Sea through words and deeds.
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A Sign of the Times, China’s Recent Actions and the Undermining of Global Rules (Part 3)
Center for International Maritime Security, Maritime ExecutiveMay 24, 2018
Lays
out previously recommended ways and means that Washington can impose
strategic costs to Beijing and regain and maintain the strategic high
ground (initiative).
Providentially, the Trump Administration has implemented many of them,
but the “real” challenge remains sustaining the efforts and making the
costs enduring.
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Now is Not the Time to Back Down in the South China Sea
The DiplomatMay 2, 2018
To
not further give ground to Beijing in the strategic waterway,
Washington cannot back down “now” in the SCS and give grist to the
ongoing Chinese public diplomacy
(information) campaign.
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A Sign of the Times, China’s Recent Actions and the Undermining of Global Rules (Part 2)
Center for International Maritime Security, Maritime ExecutiveApril 24, 2018
A
month later, previously cited Chinese undertakings continue to mature
and advance apace. Left unchallenged and unhindered, Beijing may become
even more emboldened
and determined to expand its global power and influence and accelerate
the pace of its deliberate march toward regional preeminence and
ultimately global preeminence.
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A Sign of the Times, China’s Recent Actions and the Undermining of Global Rules (Part 1)
Center for International Maritime Security, Maritime ExecutiveMarch 6, 2018
Three
worrying developments have emerged that oblige the United States to
further challenge China to become a more responsible global stakeholder
that contributes
positively to the international system.
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China in 2018, What to Expect
The DiplomatJanuary 11, 2018
Forecasting Beijing’s goals and actions in the next year.
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China 2017, Year in Review
The DiplomatJanuary 10, 2018
How might events during the past year foretell Beijing’s actions for 2018?
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Chinese Dream and Beijing’s Grand Strategy
Center for International Maritime SecurityDecember 19, 2017
Xi
has irreversibly moved China forward from the legacies of Mao and Deng,
and resolutely set the country on the continued path of the Chinese
Dream – a strategic
roadmap for national rejuvenation (grand strategy) that interlinks all
ancillary strategies.
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Time for the US to Stop Losing Ground to China in the South China Sea
The DiplomatOctober 24, 2017
Opportunities
for Washington to push back against Beijing in the South China Sea. If
America does not, to Chinese leaders, continued U.S. passivity and
acquiescence
convey tacit acknowledgement and imply consent to execute their
strategic ambitions and strategies in the strategic waterway
unchallenged and unhindered.
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How America Can Keep From Losing in the South China Sea
The DiplomatSeptember 4, 2017
Washington
is losing ground in the South China Sea, and risks making the situation
lasting unless America imposes “real” strategic costs to China.
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The United States Has Not Lost in the South China Sea
The Diplomat, Real Clear DefenseSeptember 1, 2017
Although
the United States has had some setbacks in the South China Sea, America
has not lost the vital waterway yet. Washington can still regain the
strategic
initiative and recover the high ground in diminished regional
influence.
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Chinese Double Standards in the Maritime Domain
The Diplomat, Real Clear DefenseAugust 16, 2017
Beijing clearly understands its maritime rights, but does not necessarily tolerate and accept the same rights for others.
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After Shangri-la Dialogue – For China, So What and Now What
Center for International Maritime Security, Maritime ExecutiveJuly 19, 2017
Beijing
sent an unusually low-ranking delegation head to the 2017 Shangri-La
Dialogue. Was it the right move? What does it matter?
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Trump-Xi Summit, A Month Later – So What and What’s Next?
Center for International Maritime SecurityMay 25, 2017
Who
came out relatively stronger from the summit, what are the
ramifications for the U.S.-China relations, what to expect when Trump
visits China next, and where
are the U.S. strategic opportunities?
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Trump-Xi Summit, Looking Back One Month Later
Center for International Maritime SecurityMay 18, 2017
As the dust settles and more disclosures are made, what can be said now of the Trump-Xi Summit a month later?
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China – Connected Strategic Themes Across Contested Global Commons (Part 2)
Center for International Maritime Security, Real Clear Defense-April 27, 2017
Possibly
connected strategic themes that cut across the interlinked and
contested global commons of maritime, space, and cyberspace; and how the
United States could
best respond to the emerging Chinese strategies.
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After the Trump-Xi Summit: Where Do US-China Relations Go From Here?
The Diplomat-April 11, 2017
What’s Beijing’s regional strategy in 2017, how should Washington respond, and where did the Xi-Trump summit fit in?
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China – Connected Strategic Themes Across Contested Global Commons (Part 1)
Center for International Maritime Security, Real Clear Defense-April 6, 2017
The potential cross-domain nexus of the interdependent and contested global commons of maritime, space, and cyberspace.
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The Final Frontier – The Future of Defending Space as a Global Commons (Part 2)
Center for International Maritime Security, Real Clear Defense-January 25, 2017
Ways
and means the United States can weaken space instability and strengthen
space stability while maintaining its space preeminence into the 21st
century.
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The Final Frontier – The Future of Defending Space as a Global Commons (Part 1)
Center for International Maritime Security, Real Clear Defense-December 20, 2016
Conceptual framework characterizing the dynamics that contribute to instability and stability in the space domain.
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China’s Maritime Strategy on the Horizon
The Diplomat, Real Clear Defense-November 24, 2016
Fleeting strategic opportunity for Washington to shape and influence Beijing’s looming and evolving maritime strategy.
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The South China Sea Ruling, One Month Later
The Diplomat-August 12, 2016
Time to carefully analyze the Chinese reaction to determine how best to respond in the coming months.
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America Has a Chance to Beat Back China’s South China Sea Strategy
The National Interest-July 5, 2016
Beijing is revealing its new maritime strategy. America must be ready to stop it.
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Why the U.S. Rebalance to Asia Is More Important Than Ever
The Diplomat, The Japan Times-June 28, 2016
The rebalance offers a fleeting strategic opportunity to nudge China toward being a responsible global stakeholder.
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After the South China Sea Ruling?
The Diplomat-June 17, 2016
The long-awaited Tribunal’s merits ruling will come soon. What happens then?
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South China Sea, A Legal Analysis of China’s Maritime Claims
The Diplomat-June 16, 2016
How China seeks to shape maritime law to legitimize its claims.
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A South China Sea Game Changer
Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute)
April 1, 2016
A
ruling is about to come down from the Hague on the simmering
sovereignty dispute between the Philippines and China. All regional
players have a stake in the outcome.
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The 21st Century Space Race
Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute)
December 1, 2015
The
United States needs a deeper, more balanced space posture or we risk
losing our preeminent role in this vital warfighting domain.
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More Maritime Strategists Now
Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute)
December 1, 2014
By taking steps to invest in its strategic thinkers, the Navy will be better prepared to respond to future challenges.
Other authors
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The Rebalance Requires Brains as Well as Brawn
Proceedings (U.S. Naval Institute)
April 1, 2014
The
U.S. Navy needs a comprehensive, cost-effective, and sustainable plan
to develop and deploy more regional experts to the Asia-Pacific region.
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Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) – Doctrine’s Neglected Child
Air University Press (USAF )October 1, 2005
Time
to reconsider OSINT as an operational intelligence force and resource
multiplier, and revise doctrine to reflect on the growing importance of
OSINT in the
all-source analysis process.
