The Strategist
China Considers Joining TPP Free Trade Deal Without U.S.
[By David Uren] China is expressing an interest in joining the updated Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade agreement, which wa...
Could the India–China Border Conflict Lead to a Naval War?
The recent developments in Ladakh on the disputed border between India and China were shocking and tragic. The clash in Galwan Val...
Persian Gulf Could be a New Front in US-China Competition
[By Amin Saikal] As the rivalry between the United States and China spirals into a new cold war, it carries the potential to wi...
Op-Ed: S. China Sea Standoff is Riskiest Part of China's Adventurism
[By Mohammed Ayoob] Many local factors have contributed to the face-off between Indian and Chinese forces in Ladakh. Western...
Op-Ed: Time for a Minesweeping Force for the Strait of Malacca
[By Greg Mapson] For the better part of 50 years, NATO has maintained a standing force of mine countermeasure vessels at the re...
Oil Plummets, But the Iron Ore Trade Carries On
[By David Uren] The continued strength of the iron ore price is surprising, given the collapse of oil, which traders have recen...
Smuggling in the Time of Coronavirus
[By Gareth Rice] In a break from the usual content of the daily White House press briefings on Covid-19, on April 1 U.S. defens...
The Simple but Serious Risk of Sea Mines in Maritime Choke Points
[By Elizabeth White] When you stop and think about it for any length of time, it seems a miracle that the global economy spins...
Coronavirus Shock Cascades Through Indo-Pacific Region
[By Rory Medcalf] The Covid-19 crisis heralds a decade of strategic volatility. Now that the virus has emerged from China, s...
Optionally-Manned Systems and the Future Naval Force
[By James Goldrick] The Washington-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis recently released a thought-provoking asse...