Photo Credit: Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters The Chinese Communist Party since 2017 has committed genocide against its Uyghur Muslim citizens in East Turkestan (Xinjiang province). The United States should officially designate this as a genocide and spearhead an international pressure campaign against the Chinese government. With an official designation of genocide, the United States will be able … Continue reading Lest We Forget the Uyghurs

A View of Taipei with the Taipei 101 Skyscraper. Photo by Karson Elmgren. Since Tsai Ing-wen was re-elected as president of Taiwan in January of this year, long-simmering tensions with China across the Taiwan Strait have risen yet again to a near boil. Over the years, the U.S. has repeatedly expressed its strong interest in … Continue reading Bringing Clarity to “Ambiguity” on Taiwan

A corona virus model. Photo Credit: Food and Drug Administration. If you turn on the news right now, you’ll likely see stories on the scramble for face masks, images of ghost towns deserted in quarantines areas, and a steady rise of fateful numbers: as of March 5, just over 95,000 reported cases and more than … Continue reading Coronavirus Will Stall China’s Rise

Tiananmen Square. Photo Credit: Anna Liu. A global health emergency surpassing the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2002-2003, COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) now infects more than 75,000 people (as of Wednesday, February 19), with all but around 800 cases inside mainland China.[i] With countries around the world banning travel to and from China, … Continue reading China’s Coming Crisis and Deliverance

The Chinese carrier Liaoning at sea. Photo Credit: CGTN. Many Americans have assumed that China’s development of a carrier fleet is the precursor to Chinese aggression throughout East Asia. However, this view is built on a Western, Mahanian concept of sea power. It is entirely plausible that China’s current carrier fleet, and its navy more … Continue reading Assessing China’s Intentions at Sea

The Defense Department conducts a flight test of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, Calif. Photo Credit: Department of Defense/ Scott Howe. On August 2nd, the State Department issued a press release confirming the withdrawal of the United States from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty.[i] Initially signed by President Ronald Reagan … Continue reading Another Tool in the Toolbox: Using Intermediate-Range Missiles to Counter Chinese A2/AD in the Pacific

Taiwan President Tsai Yingwen shakes hands with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons. Taiwan faced two consecutive diplomatic blows in the past month when the Solomon Islands and Kiribati, two Pacific island nations, broke diplomatic ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing. Kiribati was the seventh diplomatic ally to cut ties … Continue reading Taiwan’s Allies Dropping Like Flies

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with a PLA soldier at Vostok 2018. Photo Credit: Kremlin. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) seeks to defend the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and enforce Beijing’s territorial claims and sovereignty to advance the country’s national interests. The PLA’s focus on these mandates primarily revolves around its warfighting activities, but China … Continue reading Chinese Military Diplomacy: The PLA’s Role in Beijing’s Global Outlook

Kristen Looney, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Government at Georgetown moderates the event panel. Photo Credit: Olivia Letts By Olivia Letts, Reporter Today, Taiwan is one of the highest-ranked nations in the world across several freedom indices. It has achieved this feat after a long history of internal difficulties and a period of strict … Continue reading REPORT: Democratization in Taiwan