The Strategist
Op-Ed: China is on Track for a Major Recession
[By Chris Lee] The risk of China spiralling into an unprecedentedly prolonged recession is increasing. Its economy...
Meta's Waterworth Subsea Cable is About Geopolitics and Geoeconomics
[By Ravi Nayyar] Announced on 14 February, Meta’s Project Waterworth is not just proposed to be the world&...
Op-Ed: China is Getting Stronger, But Taiwan Invasion in 2025 is Unlikely
[By Joe Keary] Despite China’s rapid military improvements, it’s unlikely to use large-scale force agains...
Op-Ed: Economic Coercion is On the Rise
[By David Uren] The rising use of economic coercion is a symptom of an increasingly unstable world that is struggling...
Brazilian Organized Crime Groups Drive Australia's Cocaine Trade
[By Rodrigo Duton] Australia faces an emerging national security threat from Brazilian crime groups. Once only a...
China's Opening Salvo Against Taiwan Will Likely Be a Partial Blockade
[By Jane Rickards] The West had better think carefully about how it would handle China imposing a nominally civi...
Op-Ed: To Counter China, Trump Should Step Up His First-Term Approach
[By Yan C. Bennett] As in his first term, Donald Trump should continue a resolute approach toward China in his second...
China's Large, Stealthy New Fighter Could Affect Power Balance in Pacific
[By Bill Sweetman] The speed, agility, range, and stealth of an individual aircraft type are still important, but the...
Op-Ed: To Compete With China, U.S. Needs a Policy on Deep-Sea Mining
[By Georgina Lancaster] Deep-sea mining is emerging as a new frontier of resource extraction. A race is underway for...
Op-Ed: Xi Jinping Wants a New World Order Centered on Chinese Trade
[By Michael Pezzullo] In October 2017, Xi Jinping declared that the world is experiencing ‘great changes u...