Xi Jinping’s Strategic Overreach

Xi Jinping’s strategic overreach in the Himalayas

New Delhi – The year 2020 will be remembered not only for the COVID-19 shock and the end of Donald Trump’s presidency in the United States, but...

Hydro-hegemony: Will China turn off Asia’s tap?

Even after Asia’s economies climb out of the COVID-19 recession, China’s strategy of frenetically building dams and reservoirs on transnational...

Will China Turn Off Asia’s Tap?

NEW DELHI – Even after Asia’s economies climb out of the COVID-19 recession, China’s strategy of frenetically building dams and reservoirs on...

Biden lacks strategic clarity on China

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has been wrong on China almost his entire career. Will he finally get it right after being sworn in as president?...

The message of Islamist beheadings

New Delhi – In October, an 18-year-old Chechen immigrant stalked, stabbed and decapitated a history teacher, Samuel Paty, in a Paris suburb near the...

The Message of Islamist Beheadings

NEW DELHI – Last month, an 18-year-old Chechen immigrant stalked, stabbed, and decapitated a history teacher, Samuel Paty, in a Paris suburb near...

Writing is on the wall for US Indo-Pacific strategy

Flip-flops are to Biden what egomania is to Trump

Why do so many Asian nations want to be in China's debt?

Beijing's debt-trap diplomacy likely to cost it dearly over the long term

The Quad Sharpens Its Edges

NEW DELHI – The Quad, a loose strategic coalition of the Indo-Pacific region’s four leading democracies, is rapidly solidifying this year in...

Chinese anxiety over Tibet fuels rising tensions with India

Xi Jinping appears to have underestimated New Delhi's capacity to fight back

Tokyo must frustrate Beijing’s Senkaku strategy

The understanding reached between Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese President Xi Jinping to pursue high-level contacts is unlikely to stem...

China is paying a high price for provoking India

New Delhi – China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, recently declared that aggression and expansionism have never been in the Chinese nation’s...

China Is Paying a High Price for Provoking India

NEW DELHI – China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, recently declared that aggression and expansionism have never been in the Chinese nation’s...

The Taliban loves China's money, but can it forget its Muslim gulags?

Beijing's harsh treatment of Uighurs likely to fuel grassroots Afghan anger

China alone: Will the prospect of isolation thwarts Beijing’s imperialist ambitions?

NEW DELHI – In his most recent New Year’s speech, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that 2020 would be “a milestone.” Xi was right, but...

China’s expansionism enters dangerous phase

New Delhi – China’s expansionism drive, from the East and South China seas to the Himalayas and Central Asia, is making Asia more volatile and...

China Alone

NEW DELHI – In his most recent New Year’s speech, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that 2020 would be “a milestone.” Xi was right, but...

Japan must curb Chinese aggression surrounding the Senkaku Islands

Tokyo should respond to future incursions by disabling ships and detaining crews

Beijing’s five-finger punch

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China’s Five-Finger Punch

NEW DELHI – As the world struggles to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, which first emerged in China, Chinese President Xi Jinping is pursuing his...

China risks imperial overstretch with post-pandemic aggression

From Hong Kong to Himalayas, Xi Jinping seizes on disarray to expand global influence

India’s appeasement policy toward China unravels

New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not in a good mood,” U.S. President Donald Trump recently declared, as he offered to mediate...

India’s Appeasement Policy Toward China Unravels

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not in a good mood,” US President Donald Trump recently declared, as he offered to mediate...

China is its own worst enemy

New Delhi – The global backlash against China over its culpability for the international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained...

China Is Its Own Worst Enemy

NEW DELHI – The global backlash against China over its culpability for the international spread of the deadly coronavirus from Wuhan has gained...

The world faces a moment of truth on China

New Delhi – The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the global geopolitical landscape, including triggering a growing backlash against China. The world...

The Chinese Health Organization?

New Delhi – The COVID-19 pandemic, much like a major war, is a defining moment for the world — one that demands major reforms of international...

The Chinese Health Organization?

NEW DELHI – The COVID-19 pandemic, much like a major war, is a defining moment for the world – one that demands major reforms of international...