The Strategist
Beijing Aims its Economic Influence at Strategic Pacific Island of Palau
[By Jessica Caterson] Palau is finding itself increasingly entangled in China’s economic web—in...
China Could Restrict India's Water Supply With World's Largest Dam
[By Neely Haby] The Tibetan Plateau is the largest source of freshwater in the Indo-Pacific region, support...
Op-Ed: South Korea's Navy is Too Good to Leave Out of AUKUS
[By Jihoon Yu] The members of AUKUS should expand the security pact to include South Korea. If they do, they will dee...
Preparing the U.S. Coast Guard for China's Gray-Zone Operations
[By Molly Pflaum] America’s allies in the Indo-Pacific are getting pretty familiar with China’s grey-zone...
High Noon at Second Thomas Shoal
[By Euan Graham] China has identified the beleaguered garrison at Second Thomas Shoal as a weak link among the South...
Op-Ed: Countering China's Dominance in Rare-Earth Minerals
[By Ian Satchwell] Markets for critical minerals are no longer shaping up to be the next components of the global eco...
Achilles' Heel of a Digital Nation: Australia's Reliance on Subsea Cables
[By Andrew Horton] Australia’s digital sovereignty is at risk of disaster, held hostage by a network of vulnera...
American and Chinese Militaries Start Talking Again at Shangri-La Dialogue
[By Graeme Dobell] The annual Singapore sound-off between the defence ministers of China and the US had a l...
Opinion: U.S. Should Not Waver on Ties to Strategic Pacific Islands
After more than four years of negotiation, economic assistance funding has been approved under the Compacts of Associati...
China's Arctic Ambitions are Less Grand Than They Appear
Western analysts risk overestimating China’s emergence as an Arctic power, spurred by fears that they initially ne...