The pawns of the Grand Chessboard are starting to move much more boldly – in an unpredicted by the punditry decision the Philippines have asked
Tag: Asia Pacific
Here’s Where Washington’s Focus will Shift to After Syria
Much to Washington’s dismay, China is gaining further momentum in the Indo-Pacific region. As the US president pretends to deploy a hands-off approach to the
Checkmate? US Partisan Smash-up Sparks Turbocharged Russia-China Alliance
Convinced of its invincibility, even as partisan politics threatens to topple Washington, US policymakers remained strangely oblivious to the dangers of a resurgent Russia-China alliance.
China Slaps Britain: You Can’t Afford Hostility
China gave Britain a stern warning this week that any naval maneuvers conducted with the US near its declared territories in the South China Sea
America Loses Asia-Pacific as Full Spectrum Dominance Continues to Fail
Always working a little harder than most to stay a step below reality, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made especially candid remarks this week
Russia and China Display Strategic Coordination in Asia-Pacific
An exciting new template has appeared in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific last week when Russia’s Aerospace Force and China’s Air Force carried out their first-ever
Debunking the Indo-Pacific Myth
The Trump administration is obsessively spinning the concept of a “free and open Indo-Pacific”. Apart from a small coterie of scholars, very few people around
What Shape will a Military Standoff Take in Asia?
Over the last 70 years, countries in APAC (Asia Pacific) have shown rapid economic growth, thereby attracting more and more interest to this region from
