A Road to Nowhere? U.S. Strategies in the Shadow of China’s Belt and Road
One of many internet sensations surrounding former President Donald Trump was his eccentric pronunciation of “China” as “Jina.” Trump has...
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Mason
Jul 33 min read
Approaching India
At its peak, the British Empire controlled more than a quarter of the world’s territory, coining the phrase: the sun never set upon the...
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Mia Westfere
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Challenges Still Facing U.S.-South Korea-Japan Trilateral Relations
Relations between the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan are reportedly friendlier than ever. While both South Korea and...
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Mason
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A Better Response to the Myanmar Crisis
Like most countries in East Asia, Myanmar is torn between allying with the two superpowers of the modern world, the United States and...
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Alison Bouchard
May 122 min read
The Clock is Ticking for TikTok: Why a TikTok Ban is Not Helping Anyone
Social media activity erupted in late April when it was announced that President Biden had signed a law banning Chinese-owned TikTok...
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Ryan Dulaney
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Explaining the $95 Billion in Foreign Aid
President Biden signed the $95 billion foreign aid package into law that was passed by Congress this week. The package comes after the...
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Ryan Dulaney
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Putting out Fires with Gasoline
“A Good Day for World Peace” That is the sentence President Biden used to describe the day he signed into law the $95 billion aid package...
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Nicholas Sharifi
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From Kiev to Beijing
Hegemonic Tensions In the Summer of 1989, Deng Xiaoping, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission in China, put forth a powerful...
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Cole Kinder
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Pacific Delays Render U.S.-partisanship our Greatest Enemy
2019: U.S. Navy Information Systems Technician 2nd Class K.N. Nethon from Uman, Chuuk State, F.S. Micronesia meets President Peter...
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Cole Kinder
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U.S. Signs COFA Deals after more than a Year Delay
February of 2023 saw the Marshall Islands (RMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Palau sign a memorandum of understanding...
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Ryan Dulaney
Mar 213 min read
NATO is an Obsolete and Expensive Relic
NATO is inflated, over-expensive and should be dissolved. It has outlived its original purpose, and instead of working to include the...
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Advaita Sood
Jan 222 min read
Taiwan's 2024 Presidential Election
On January 13, 2024, Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party as President (DPP). Lai - who served as...
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Advaita Sood
Jan 223 min read
The Implications of Taiwan's 2024 Election
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a historic third consecutive term in Taiwan's 2024 presidential elections—much to the dismay...
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Ryan Dulaney
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Plan to Prevent War Over Taiwan
Big Picture: As a multipolar world order emerges, the U.S. relationship with Taiwan has become more complicated. Ostensibly, the U.S....
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Connor Chung
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Combating the Spread of Chinese Socialism
Exploring America's duty to combat the spread of Chinese autocracy.
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Connor Chung
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The Rise of China
China: a country once disregarded as agrarian and poor. That’s changed. China’s meteoric rise has captured international attention. The...
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Anika Sharma
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Private-Public Collaboration on Space Exploration
In the past, we seem to have operated under the assumption that governments would drive space exploration. That’s changing — a fact we...
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Cole Kinder
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We Need to Respect Oceania More
When we think of the regions that are most important in U.S. national security, our minds will generally land on the Americas or...
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