Publications

America’s Strategic Play in the Pacific

November 24, 2020 RealClearDefense

While pundits and policymakers in Washington lock horns over a new strategic direction to counter China, the Department of Defense (DoD) is quietly working to blunt the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) advance into the Pacific Ocean.

China Reform Monitor No. 1442

November 24, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse;
PRC should publicize its "human rights stories": CPCC chair;
Pompeo: "Taiwan has not been a part of China";
Xi halts Ant's financial $37 billion IPO;
GUO calls for safeguarding regime "safety"

The case for applied history

November 23, 2020 Engelsberg Ideas

Forget the seduction of grand theories and presentist moral judgments. To learn the lessons of the past, the great foreign policy analysts of our age must rediscover the art of historical discernment.

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 13

November 23, 2020

No end in sight for Thai protests;
Burmese elections disenfranchise minorities, despite high turnout;
Duterte waits for Biden;
China doubles down on Australia pressure campaign