China
What’s Next for U.S.-China Military Relations?
Robert D. Williams Mon, Mar 22, 2021, 11:38 AM
Can the world’s most powerful militaries make progress on improving operational safety and preventing miscalculation?
Latest in naval power
Water Wars
Rim of the Pacific and Its Discontents
Sean Quirk Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 8:01 AM
The past month in the Indo-Pacific saw flyovers of military exercises, anti-ship ballistic missiles and rising Taiwan tensions.
Water Wars
Water Wars: Lines in the Great Wall of Sand
Sean Quirk Mon, Aug 17, 2020, 8:01 AM
Summer in the South China Sea—a hardened U.S. policy, extensive naval operations and a Twitter skirmish.
International Law
Submarine Cables in the Law of Naval Warfare
James Kraska Fri, Jul 10, 2020, 8:01 AM
The interdependence of global submarine communication systems means that a break in the vast network of seabed cables during armed conflict could have cascading effects on internet access. Yet the law of naval warfare is underdeveloped in this area.
Readings
Strategic Effects of Proliferating Military UAVs in the Asia Pacific Region
Kenneth Anderson Fri, Jun 24, 2016, 2:44 PM
Although drone warfare to date has overwhelmingly been analyzed in the context of US operations against non-state actors - Al Qaeda or affiliated groups or, more recently, ISIS - much of the impact of drones on warfare is likely to come in the markedly different environment of state-to-state conflict (or near conflict) in the Asia Pacific ocean. The conflict environment, not to put too fine a point on it, of China versus, well, everyone or anyone else in the waters that China regards as its near-abroad and everyone one else regards as, more or less, the high seas.
South China Sea
Isolating China: Why the Latest U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operation May Have Already Succeeded
Julian Ku Mon, Feb 1, 2016, 12:55 PM
Over the weekend, the U.S. Navy conducted another “freedom of navigation” operation (FONOP) in the South China Sea. This time, the U.S. Navy destroyer Curtis Wilbur entered waters within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island in the Paracels. And as with the previous South China Sea FONOP, China has reacted with “resolute opposition” to the U.S.
Foreign Policy Essay
Reconceptualizing the Link between Energy and Security
Llewelyn Hughes, Austin Long Sun, Sep 6, 2015, 10:35 AM
Editor’s Note: Energy markets are at the core of many national security debates. Whether it’s a discussion about Iran’s nuclear program, the importance of Libya, or China’s role in the world, questions about the security implications of energy are always raised. Llewelyn Hughes of Australian National University and Austin Long of Columbia are skeptical of many of the fears raised in national security debates. They argue that one of the key threats to energy markets is whether an actor can constrict a country’s supply of oil—and here U.S.