Global Islamism Monitor No. 129
FInally, Hamas in Financial Crisis;
Bangladeshi Islamists Come In From the Cold;
Syria's Foreign Jihadists Get A New Vocation;
France Raises the Alarm;
Want these sent to your inbox?
Subscribe
Publications
China Policy Monitor No. 1635
Rogue Devices Found in Chinese Solar Power Inverters;
U.S. To Revoke Visas of Students With CCP Connections;
PRC Institutions Lure Chinese Researchers From U.S. Universities;
China Issues New Policies To Channel Capital Into Tech Innovation;
Pakistan Uses PRC Hypersonic Missiles To Hit India's Air Defenses;
The Nine Gates of Power: China’s Passageways to the World Ocean
In December 2010, the Asahi Shimbun published a remarkable roadmap laying out the future trajectory of Chinese maritime expansion. In its analysis, the Shimbun outlined a geographically contingent thesis of Chinese geopolitical strategy—one on which the scholar Tetsuo Kotani elaborated further in a 2019 academic paper. Both publications argue that Chinese maritime access to the Pacific and Indian Oceans is effectively constrained through a series of islands and straits in the First Island Chain. These potential chokepoints constitute the “Nine Gates” through which Chinese maritime commerce and sea power must flow.
Defending the Future: Space, Technology and Strategy
Missile Defense and Space: The Next Frontier for Strategic Advantage
Slaying the Hypersonic Beast
Missile Defense Must Go Back to the Future
Integrating Air and Missile Defense in Regional Conflicts
Prioritizing Air and Missile Defense Spending in the Broader Budget Debate
Europe Should Build a Monument to Vladimir Putin
It is not too early to start thinking about monuments to those personages associated with Russia’s war on Ukraine.