A Daft Policy: The US Economic Strangulation of China
The broad lament from commentators about global economic growth is that China is not pulling its weight. Not enough is being done to stir the sinews and warm the blood,…
US China Stand Off
The South China Sea’s Resource Wars – It’s Not Only About Fossil Fuels
It’s an ocean of conflict and ecological decline. Despite its vast size — 1.3 million square miles — the South China Sea has become a microcosm of the geopolitical tensions between East…
Can China and the United States Establish Mutual Respect to Lessen Tensions?
On June 3, 2023, naval vessels from the United States and Canada conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea. A Chinese warship (LY 132) overtook the U.S. guided-missile destroyer…
Avoiding a War without a Winner: How we Could Ease the Deadly US-China Dispute
In a world haunted by the specter of nuclear war, needlessly aggressive competition among nations could lead to an apocalyptic catastrophe. Yet, from January 1st to August 30th of 2022,…
US-China relations at breaking point
The reckless and provocative trip by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has strained relations between the United States and China to breaking point. The Chinese government has reacted with Pelosi’s…
Does Repeatedly Calling China a Threat Reify It?
Hegemony requires a coordinated mechanism to be in place for a belligerent entity to designate enemies, attack the leader(s) of the designated enemy, control the narrative (i.e., lie), launch unprovoked…
Do You Want a New Cold War?
Before it’s too late, we need to ask ourselves a crucial question: Do we really — I mean truly — want a new Cold War with China? Because that’s just…
The Bankruptcy of ‘Great Power Competition’
A militarized rivalry between the US and China will be costly and dangerous for all concerned, but the people most likely to suffer from it will be found in the…
USA Only Knows the Language of Militarism
On July 27, 2021, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin - amid a diplomatic standoff with China - said: “We will not flinch when our interests are threatened. Yet we…
On the Brink in 2026: U.S.-China Near-War Status Report
It’s the summer of 2026, five years after the Biden administration identified the People’s Republic of China as the principal threat to U.S. security and Congress passed a raft of…
Free Market Illusions: What is the US’ Endgame in China?
Why does the US advocate a free market while doing its utmost to stifle it? The current US-China economic war is a perfect example of this perplexing question. The legacy…
Stumbling into War?
Could the U.S. and China Face an Unintended Blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden Years? The leaders of China and the United States certainly don’t seek a war…
US President Joe Biden’s Shameful Push for War with China and Russia: Ignoring History, Denying Reality
“One of the most delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory.” Zhou Enlai `In the autumn of 1862, the governments of France and Great Britain…
Sanctions and Sanctions: U.S. and its allies hit China
The U.S. and its allies – Canada, Britain and the European Union – on Monday announced sanctions on several Chinese officials alleged to have links to what U.S. officials say…
Heating the Planet Through a New Cold War
Slowing the pace of climate change and getting “tough” on China, especially over its human-rights abuses and unfair trade practices, are among the top priorities President Biden has announced for…
Encircling China and Praising India: The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific
The feeling from Rory Medcalf of the Australian National University was one of breathless wonder. “The US government,” he wrote in The Strategist, “has just classified one of its most…
Unite against Washington’s ‘old-fashioned cold war mentality’, Beijing urges Asian nations
China’s top diplomat has urged neighboring states to guard against Washington’s geopolitical ambitions in Asia and called for regional cooperation to thwart foreign provocations in the South China Sea. Media…
USA’s Aggressive China Containment Strategy
On 6 October, 2020, foreign ministers of USA, India, Australia and Japan gathered in Tokyo to participate in the second Quad security dialogue, a strategic forum aimed at containing China.…
US-China Cross Swords Over Taiwan
The US efforts to ruffle-feathers with China does not seem to cease as US has sent its senior Keith Krach to Taipei, the capital of Taiwan on September 17, 2020,…
How ‘QUAD’ To Counter China On The Lines Of NATO
The first-round between China and US, from the past couple of months, has gone to the US side, as surely and certainly a lot is happening in terms of geo-politics,…
USA Is Wary Of China
The US Office of the Secretary of Defense Report released on Sep 2, 2020, is a 200-page document available free in PDF form, is named as Military and Security Developments…
US-China Showdown Has Begun
US is itching for a war. In fact it is inching towards a war, a war which probably will have the full potential to change into a ‘third-world-war’, solely,…
China And The Decline Of US Power
Constant attacks by some US elites on China will, according to some observers, diminish and disappear once the US presidential election is over in November 2020. This is unlikely to…
US Anyhow Want CPEC/BRI Dead
There seems to be a different wind blowing from US as President Donald Trump is gearing to meet to his November 2020 elections, and has dropped a signal, that…
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