How Not to Win Allies and Influence Geopolitics
China’s Self-Defeating Economic Statecraft
By Audrye Wong
China, it is often said, has mastered the art of economic statecraft. Observers routinely worry that by throwing around...
Understanding China’s pettiness complex
Mean-spirited tough-guy antics have won Beijing nothing but bad press
Minxin Pei
Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior...
H. RES. 843 Reaffirming the United States-Philippines alliance and condemning the gray zone campaign...
Summary
The House of Representatives of US:
(1) celebrates the longstanding alliance and mutually beneficial partnership between the United States and the Philippines;
(2) reaffirms its unwavering...
Geopolitical Analysis of Border and Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea
Abstract
The South China Sea, along with the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait, is
described as one of the three hotspots in East Asia because...
China Has Lost the Philippines Despite Duterte’s Best Efforts
Beijing’s growing aggressiveness is forcing Manila back into Washington’s camp.
By Derek Grossman Since his election in 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has time and...
China’s Inconvenient Truth
Official Triumphalism Conceals Societal Fragmentation
By Elizabeth Economy
Xi Jinping is in a race against time. The glow of China’s early economic rebound and
containment of COVID-19...
Chapter 3- Four Phases of South China Sea Disputes 1990–2020
Summary: This chapter overviews the development of the South China Sea (SCS) situation, focusing on the interstate interactions between regional great powers, particularly China...
Firm in principles, flexible in strategy and tactics”: Understanding the logic of Vietnam’s China...
Abstract
Since 1991, Vietnam has adopted a dual strategic position towards China: it sees China as an indispensable economic and security partner and simultaneously it...
South China Sea and East China Sea Sanctions Act of 2023
Summary:
Section 1. Short Title.
Sec. 2. Sanctions with respect to Chinese persons responsible for China's Activities in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
Sec....
COVID wave challenges Vietnam’s national election Sunday
One-party state wants high turnout for races that include first gay candidate
TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer
HANOI -- Vietnam has gone on high alert nationwide...
