China has the most powerful military in the world with the US in second place and the UK trailing in ninth, a study has revealed. But Britain’s Armed Forces still managed to finish ahead of... Read more
Surprise Attack: How China Could Start A War Against Taiwan
There are many in Washington today debating the merits of abandoning the decades-long concept of “strategic ambiguity” and instead issuing explicit security guarantees to Taiwan. Whatever be... Read more
Russia Wants To Be A Power To Be Reckoned With In The Indian Ocean
February this year was marked by a heightened Russian naval activity in the Indian Ocean. Russian naval task groups drawn from the Baltic and Black Sea fleets took part in two international... Read more
On The Digital Brink
The world stands on the brink of a new way of war, as digital technology takes over the military just like it has taken over entire industries in the civilian sector — the retail business, f... Read more
Despite Transatlantic ‘Love Fest’, EU Charts Third Way In Ties With US And China
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s first videoconference with European Union foreign ministers last month was so good humoured that some diplomats in Europe described it as a... Read more
China’s Hydro Hegemony Is Overstated. But India Needs A Plan
China’s upstream position is a reality, but its dominance on the Brahmaputra is overstated. It’s time to de-emphasise China’s hydro-hegemony. Pursuing a more meaningful water dialogue on hyd... Read more
Beijing is ready to face the short-term pain and possible backlash from the West to reform Hong Kong’s political system, which it sees as a chink in China’s national security armour, mainlan... Read more
At Top Commanders’ Meet, PM Modi Calls For Army To Become ‘Future Force’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed the need to optimise manpower planning in both military and civilian parts of the national security architecture, according to the Prime Minister’s Offi... Read more
Building A China Strategy Starts By Answering These Questions
The book Chinese Characteristics makes many insightful and important observations. Based on our interactions with Chinese counterparts over a two-year period — as the Indo-Pacific Command’s... Read more
Analysis: China Firms Up Plan For 2035 Road And Railway To Taiwan
Katsuji Nakazawa is a Tokyo-based senior staff writer and editorial writer at Nikkei. He spent seven years in China as a correspondent and later as China bureau chief. He is the 2014 recipie... Read more