The Strategist
Sensors and Mapping: What China's Survey Ship May be Up To Off Australia
[By Euan Graham and Ray Powell] Civilian exploration may be the official mission of a Chinese deep-sea research ship...
Op-Ed: U.S. Sealift Forces Are Unprepared for a Fight in the Pacific
[By Andrew Rolander] The US Transportation Command’s Military Sealift Command (MSC), the subordinate organizati...
Op-Ed: If Russia Wins in Europe, China Wins in the Pacific
The United States shocked the world last week with President Donald Trump’s very public rift with Ukrainian Presid...
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...