Brent Sadler, Heritage
Since 2015, the Heritage Foundation has compiled an annual Index of Military Strength assessing each of the armed service's ability to execute warfighting.
Peter Pomerantsev, Coda Story
"Dear Peter. I have been waiting to write to you for a long time, but the latest news has made it clear that it is simply dangerous to remain silent."
Juan Palacios, EA Forum
China's recent CPTPP bid has many dimensions, one of which is its trans-Pacific character and the potential for expanding ties with Latin America.
Yuan Jiang, The Diplomat
Conventional wisdom holds that best friends make the worst enemies. Should China keep this saying in mind regarding its relationship with Russia?
John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs
It was a momentous choice. Three decades ago, the Cold War ended, and the United States had won. It was now the sole great power on the planet. Scanning the horizon for threats, U.S. policymakers seemed to have little cause for concern—and especially not about China, a weak and impoverished country that had been aligned with the United States against the Soviet Union for over a decade. But there were some ominous signs: China had nearly five times as many people as the United States... Читать дальше...
Lea Saad & David Wood, Newlines
Nation's economic woes spell further trouble for a centuries-old tradition already in steep decline
B. Nicholson, ASPI
A multi-disciplinary taskforce is recruiting ‘Australia's sharpest minds' to tackle the herculean task of providing the Royal Australian Navy with eight nuclear-powered submarines, acquiring the technical skills the nation doesn't yet have to maintain them, and training highly specialised crews to drive them.
Ken Endo, Kyodo
Diplomatic bargaining over interests in the Pacific Rim has been intensifying of late.
Lahouari Addi, The National
The memories between the two nations are intimate, but read very differently
