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The Wires of War – Technology and the Global Struggle for Power

The Wires of War – Technology and the Global Struggle for Power

A cyberwar is at the heart of the great power struggle between the US and China, writes John West, Executive Director, Asian Century Institute.
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How China sees things

How China sees things

Here’s a book that looks not in at China but out from China. Read more...
The Taiwan Story: how a small island will dictate the global future

The Taiwan Story: how a small island will dictate the global future

Among the most complex foreign policy challenges facing President Donald Trump following his inauguration on 20 January will be relations with China and the US’s position relative to Taiwan.

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On Xi Jinping – How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World

On Xi Jinping – How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World

Kevin Rudd’s book, “On Xi Jinping,” offers insights on the transformation of Chinese politics, economics, and foreign policy under Xi Jinping, highlighting the renewed role of ideology, Read more...
New Cold Wars – China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

New Cold Wars – China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

The US has stumbled into at least two “New Cold Wars,” according to David Sanger. And as he writes, this was not supposed to happen, and there is no obvious or easy way out. Read more...
Lost Decade: The U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power

Lost Decade: The U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power

President Obama's Pivot to Asia was never implemented, with the result that the US now finds itself in a weaker position vis-a-vis China in Asia.

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No Echidna Strategy for Australia

No Echidna Strategy for Australia

Sam Roggeveen’s proposal for an Echidna Strategy is not the right one for Australia’s national security. Read more...
The China/Russia Axis

The China/Russia Axis

How can we understand the China/Russia axis? How solid is this partnership? What does the future hold? Read more...
Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History

Taiwan Lives: A Social and Political History

Niki Alsford’s recent book, “Taiwan Lives,” explores how the Taiwanese people have transformed their home into one of the world’s most high-tech economies, with a successful and vibrant democracy. Read more...
Taiwan’s precarious autonomy in the shadow of China

Taiwan’s precarious autonomy in the shadow of China

Taiwan's autonomy is under threat from China. Read more...
The end of the China miracle?

The end of the China miracle?

John West writes about the choices China’s faced with given Xi Jinping’s leadership objectives. Read more...
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

Under Xi Jinping, China has returned to ideology-based policies and abandoned collective leadership, according to Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung. Read more...
US/China relations

US/China relations

Putin and Xi Meet in Beijing: Another chance for American realists to get it wrong? Some perspectives from Duncan McCampbell. Read more...
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Semiconductors moved to the heart of geopolitics during the postwar period. As Chris Miller documents in “Chip War,” semiconductors are playing a major role in today's great power competition. Read more...
The Battle Over Taiwan

The Battle Over Taiwan

Presidential elections in Taiwan and the U.S. in 2024 could add some spice to the geopolitical battle over Taiwan. Read more...
What’s the future for the “factory of the world”?

What’s the future for the “factory of the world”?

China’s economy steamed along until Covid. But government policies decades old are pulling it down. It might already be past its peak. Read more...
What happened to China’s peaceful rise?

What happened to China’s peaceful rise?

Today, US/China relations are at virtually their lowest ebb since US President Nixon went to China in 1972. How did relations end up in such a parlous state? What does the future hold? Read more...
The challenge of “China, Inc.”

The challenge of “China, Inc.”

The Chinese Communist Party has transformed China into a giant corporation, which has made it a formidable geopolitical competitor Read more...
Australia’s Security in China’s Shadow

Australia’s Security in China’s Shadow

John West's review of Euan Graham's book, Australia’s Security in China’s Shadow. Read more...
Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China

Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China

Hal Brands and Michael Beckley argue that China is passing its economic peak. It is this factor that may be more dangerous than a rising China, and that conflict may happen sooner than most believe. Read more...
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