Threats
General Makes Case for Army’s Role in the Indo-Pacific
“By putting boots on the ground,” Gen. Charles Flynn said, “we're demonstrating the will of the United States.”
Ideas
How China Is Planning For a Tech Decoupling
PLA strategists are already working on counters to anticipated U.S. moves.
Policy
US Army Is Scrutinizing Itself, Must Change Swiftly to Face China, Secretary Says
“The future is a lot closer than some of us think,” Christine Wormuth said at AUSA.
Ideas
Mind the ‘Middle Powers’ Gap
While pivoting from terrorism to great powers, the U.S. should pay far more attention those countries caught in the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism.
Policy
4 C’s Drive Biden Administration’s First Naval Strategic Guidance
“Expanded” posture is needed to focus on China, Navy Secretary Del Toro writes.
Threats
CIA Creates China Center To Shift To Great Power Competition
“It’s taking the top slot from the counterterrorism mission over the past 20 years,” said John Doyon, executive vice president of INSA.
Ideas
Keep The US Retreat from Afghanistan From Emboldening China
Start by recalling precisely how deterrence works.
Ideas
It’s China, Stupid
More voters across the West are caring more about China. In the next round of elections, politicians should, too.
Ideas
AUKUS: Good Goals, Bad Implementation
Now begins the real work for the United States and its democratic allies: cooperating to strengthen their eroding deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
Ideas
To Deter China, Relearn The Lost Art of Dissuasion
Threats of denial or punishment will not deter a peer adversary fighting at home.
Threats
Biden Counters China’s Allegations Of A New ‘Cold War’ In UN Speech
The president’s remarks on human rights, freedom of navigation, and authoritarianism were a thinly veiled message to Beijing.
Ideas
AFA Conference Wire: China Warnings and B-21 Numbers
News and notes from the 2021 Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber conference.
Threats
Air Force Secretary Warns of China’s Burgeoning Nuclear Arsenal, Reveals B-21 Detail
Frank Kendall also criticized Congress for not allowing the Air Force to retire old, unneeded warplanes and questioned the need for hypersonic weapons.
Science & Tech
US Air Force Developing Combat Tanker-Airlifter that Can Land on Water
In a conflict with China, aircraft will need flexibility in basing, and that means water takeoffs, landings.
Ideas
Trade Versus Subs: The Risky U.S. Tradeoff in the Asia-Pacific
Which will matter more, a dozen more nuclear subs on the U.S. side of the ledger or a trade pact that could draw many of the world's largest economies ever-closer toward China?
Ideas
How Chinese Strategists Think AI Will Power a Military Leap Ahead
The U.S. military should ready itself for a warfighting environment in which the PLA’s realizes its vision of "intelligenization."
Threats
Australia Will Get Nuclear-Powered Subs In New Partnership With US, UK
Dubbed AUKUS, the new security partnership will increase focus on the Indo-Pacific.
Threats
Milley’s China Calls During Trump Defeat Were ‘Lawful,’ Conveyed Reassurance, Pentagon Says
Some Republicans are seeking his ouster, but the Joint Chiefs chairman is the first to serve a guaranteed four years.
Ideas
The U.S. Should Get Serious About Submarine Cable Security
Three trends are accelerating risks to underwater cables’ security and resilience.
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