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Politics of China

War From Cyberspace

Richard Clarke | Dec 22, 2009
As Obama appoints Howard A. Schmidt to a new cybersecurity post, former cyberczar Richard Clarke shows America is the most vulnerable country in the world.

Future War: Taiwan

Ted Galen Carpenter | Jun 01, 2006
A plausible scenario for a Sino-American clash in the Taiwan Strait.

Wagging the Dog

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Travis Tanner
| Sep 01, 2004
In an unequal friendship, does the weaker have the whip hand? America is the stronger partner in any relationship. But the Taiwanese, the Israelis and the Georgians don't seem to know this.

Odom's Russia: A Forum

Martin Malia
Jack Matlock, Jr.
Jerry Hough
Geoffrey Hosking
Alexey Pushkov
Robert Legvold
Henry Trofimenko
William E. Odom
| Dec 22, 2001
Seven seasoned observers react to William Odom's interpretation of post-Soviet Russian reality, and Odom replies.

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Joshua Muravchik | Jun 01, 2000
Communism and fascism, cousins in disrepute.
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Commentary

Talk to Pyongyang

David C. Kang | Apr 28, 2010
South Korea and America need to press hard for a deal with North Korea before higher tensions erupt in more violence.

The Smear Campaign

Jacob Heilbrunn | Mar 01, 2010
Charges of anti-Semitism against GOP Senate candidate Tom Campbell are completely overblown.

China's Temper Tantrum

Drew Thompson | Feb 02, 2010
The Taiwan arms sale won’t wreck our relationship with Beijing—and Chinese threats to the contrary are mostly hot air.
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Blogs

Would China Really Just Shrug at U.S.-Sponsored Taiwan Independence?

Justin Logan | Jun 24, 2011
"Strategic ambiguity" isn't perfect, but it beats plunging two countries into war.

The Ticking Taiwan Time Bomb

Ted Galen Carpenter | Apr 20, 2011
China and Taiwan may be quiet now—but it's the calm before the storm.

Globo-Cop

Doug Bandow | Aug 25, 2010
Why China can't threaten the U.S. anytime soon.

Books & Reviews

China's Power Paradox

Warren I. Cohen | Mar 01, 2006
China has striven to moderate at least the appearence of its global ambitions.

Off-Center on the Middle Kingdom; Review of Richard Bernstein's and Ross H. Munro's The Coming Conflict with China

Henry S. Rowen | Jun 01, 1997
Bernstein and Munro reject the view that Sino-American relations are fundamentally sound because China is weak, needs us as a trading partner, and relies on the United States to hold back Japan.

Beyond Bolivar

Richard Gott | Sep 01, 1994
Just why is Latin America the way it is? Indeed why is it not like anywhere else? The questions are addressed by three Latin American authors.
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