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Indo-Pacific

How the United States can effectively pivot to Asia

June 14, 2024June 13, 2024 by Robert D Blackwill Richard Fontaine

Washington needs to place the region at the center of its grand strategy amid China’s growing power

Categories Big Picture Tags Asia, Biden Administration, China, Indo-Pacific, News, President Xi Jinping, United States Leave a comment

Biden’s Indo-Pacific policy and the China conundrum

April 13, 2022April 12, 2022 by Mary E Lovely

Washington’s plan obscures the strategy ‘to build China out of regional economic and technology networks’

Categories Analysis Tags ASEAN, ChinaFactor, Chinese Coercion, East Asia Forum, Indo-Pacific, News, United States Leave a comment

China will loom large in United States trade policy

February 1, 2022January 13, 2022 by Gary Clyde Hufbauer Megan Hogan

Security not economics is likely to drive Washington’s trade engagement in the Asia region

Categories Insight Tags China, ChinaFactor, East Asia Forum, Indo-Pacific, News, The Long Read, US State Department, World Trade Organization Leave a comment

Why China’s Navy poses a big threat to the United States

December 30, 2021December 29, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

Beijing could call up a fleet of 460 ships by 2030 as the battle of the sea lanes escalate

Categories China-US Tension Tags China's PLA Navy, ChinaFactor, Indo-Pacific, Japanese Study, News, Taiwan War Threat, US Navy Leave a comment

China could make it ‘Hell in the Pacific’ for the US

January 12, 2022December 23, 2021 by Dave Makichuk

The People’s Liberation Army forces have become a sophisticated weapon that could rapidly take Taiwan

Categories China-US Tension Tags China, ChinaFactor, Indo-Pacific, Military Risks, News, Taiwan Threats, United States Leave a comment

China’s PLA Navy needs to be ready to go on ‘battle’ alert

March 11, 2021March 10, 2021 by Juweihu
The image shows a Chinese carrier group on exercises. China’s PLA Navy would spearhead the invasion of Taiwan.

President Xi and Defense Minister Wei warn of the dangers to national security amid rising US tensions

Categories China-US Tension Tags Indo-Pacific, News, PLA Navy, President Xi Jinping, South China Sea, Taiwan Question, United States, US Navy Leave a comment

China is turning to military robots to remake its borders

February 9, 2021February 8, 2021 by Abishur Prakash
The image shows a Chinese flag merging with a production line of robots. Beijing is turning to robots and drones when it comes to disputed borders.

Projects such as the Underwater Great Wall and ‘battlefield robots’ and ‘exoskeleton soldiers’ are in the pipeline

Categories Analysis Tags Borders, China, Drones, India, Indo-Pacific, News, Robots, South China Sea, Underwater Great Wall Leave a comment

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