The Chinese are persistent and intelligent, and they have said where they intend to end up ー including taking territory that currently belongs to other countries.
Beijing may reckon it has underestimated Western backbone, the difficulties of seizing Taiwan, cost as measured in lives, economic and reputational harm to China.
If it takes Taiwan, the PRC would effectively outflank Japanese defenses and be positioned to dominate and seize Japanese maritime and island territory.
It’s like predicting who will win the 2022 Super Bowl. If Beijing moves too fast on Taiwan, it could force the Americans into a fight that...
These days, China is out for blood. It wants Taiwan, but it won’t stop with Taiwan.
Don’t expect real world effects anytime soon. The Japanese still need to study revising laws to permit the Marines to deploy. And then they will have...
Indeed, it’s hard to imagine anyone less suited for dealing with the Japanese. Still, there have been other apparently poor choices that turned out to be...
The only country that is going all out to recreate the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere? The People’s Republic of China (PRC), to dominate Asia.
Logic suggests Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) should cooperate well. Emotion ensures that they don’t. Here’s why this poses a security problem for the...
It’s time for the United States, Japan, and other security allies in the Indo-Pacific to consider the growing capabilities — and global reach — of China’s...
World War II ended 75 years ago - it's a different Asia and a different Japan. Indeed, today it is the PRC that is hell-bent on...
Our estimate is, Japan needs at least $91 billion USD in extra spending to get its defense where it needs to be. By the way, China...