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Will the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Bring A New Era of Multilateralism?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a Eurasian security bloc that consists of China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. In 2001, it started as a regional forum to combat terrorism, separatism, and extremism whose main actors are Russia and China. Moscow and Beijing have sought to use the security architecture of the […]
U.S Withdrawal From Afghanistan Will Bring Regional Instability
America’s longest war is finally coming to an end. This is the sentiment of many in the mainstream press who support decreasing America’s military footprint abroad to refocus energy on domestic issues like infrastructure and healthcare. But will American troop withdrawal bring Afghanistan stability? By September 11, 2021 the 20-year war may be officially over […]
Pandemic Politics: America Must Reimagine Grand Strategy Toward China In An Age Of Volatility
The Covid-19 pandemic has lifted the veil on the last vestiges of normalcy in our modern era. The normalcy of public complacency in bad governance and corporate greed has come to an unfettered stop due to the pandemic response resulting in massive layoffs and unprecedented unemployment, with about 44.2 million people having filed for government […]
Is America At Risk Of Mirroring The Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 1960s?
Since before his inauguration, President Trump has sought to invigorate his populist appeal by reinforcing mistrust in the mainstream media. By painting the journalistic and media sources of the academic elite as propaganda tools for the Left, he has been able to establish a deep wedge in the American population, separating people into factions that […]
What Will American Power Look Like In A Multipolar International System?
America’s preeminence on the world stage, its unipolar moment, is over and Washington must redefine its role in the world before emerging powers do it for us. The coming multipolar world will be one where power is balanced based on the supremacy of technology. Global security will be defined by whoever controls the marketization of […]
Lens of the Past: The Chinese Communist Party, The Masses, and The State
Most of us are pondering the future of China-U.S relations. The coming battles over China’s ability to project power in the South China Sea and the race to dictate what constitutes the sovereign usage of weaponized space satellites are important to conceptualize as they constitute issues that will shape the future contours of U.S hegemony. […]
Deconfliction Fiction: America Has No Grand Strategy
Deconfliction. Is it the equivalent of a new age détente? Has the U.S been developing channels of communication to assert our interests and stabilize tensions with Russia, Syria, Iran, and now North Korea? Not quite so. Henry Kissinger’s policy of détente may have had the long-term success of breaking apart the Soviet Union and China, […]
Spotlight on Trump, China, and the North Korean Nuclear Menace
Tomorrow’s meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be a far-reaching event in shaping the administration’s policy objectives for the Asian region. A new Asian century is steadily taking shape. Examples of this can be seen in China’s attempt to assert regional dominance by projecting naval superiority, Japan upending decades of military […]
Carrot, Stick, or Smash! Sounds Like Foreign Policy To Me
The foreign policy of the United States is influenced by varying factors that precipitate the way it behaves in the international community. Various decision-making processes and institutions formulate policy that protects the independence and sovereignty of the country. Congress oversees the varying, and sometimes overlapping, institutions that shape the president’s framework in crafting grand strategy. […]
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