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June 24, 2020
How Will the EU Survive the Coronavirus?
What will be the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Europe? How will the pandemic change the
June 23, 2020
An Affordable Defense of Asia
US military advantages over China are steadily eroding…For the last two decades, China has studied
June 10, 2020
China’s Inopportune Pandemic Assertiveness
For a state just beginning to recover from Covid-19, China has been remarkably active in pressing
May 11, 2020
Still First to Fight? Shaping the 21st Century Marine Corps
The headline in the New York Times on June 1, 1918, read “Marines – First to Fight.” The day before,
April 27, 2020
Beyond 1918: Bringing Pandemic Response into the Present, and Future
The current pandemic gives us an opportunity to envision new tools, methods, and response policies that leverage emerging technologies, which, if adopted and prudently employed, would enable capability to far better predict, prepare, if not prevent the “next” biosecurity war, and not merely repeat the errors of the “last”.
April 23, 2020
Today the Spratlys and Paracels, Tomorrow…
Our alliances and regional strategic partnerships must be the foundation of a concerted effort, led by the United States, to push back against China’s on-going efforts to unilaterally change the status quo and incrementally chip away at the existing international order.
April 20, 2020
An American Perspective on Post-Pandemic Geopolitics
Viewed from the other side of the Atlantic, the coronavirus crisis will have significant
April 15, 2020
Building a Marine Corps for Every Contingency, Clime, and Place
Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger’s recently published Force Design 2030 has riled up both the
April 14, 2020
Responding to the Epidemic in Wuhan: Insights into Chinese Military Logistics
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has portrayed its response to the novel coronavirus outbreak in
The Virus Of Disinformation: Echoes of Past Bioweapons Accusations in Today's Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories
Despite its moniker, the 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic almost certainly did not originate in Spain.