Archive
September 2017
India’s Navy Receives First Locally Produced Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The new missile system will be installed aboard the Indian Navy’s latest classes of surface warships.
Time to Consider ‘Active Deterrence’ of North Korea
By Aurelia George Mulgan
Active deterrence could be deployed against North Korea’s ballistic missile tests under specific conditions.
China’s Quiet Drive to Normalize Repression
By Arch Puddington
Leaders in Beijing have avoided opprobrium for appalling actions on their behalf.
Welcome to the H-Bomb Club, North Korea
By Ankit Panda and Vipin Narang
North Korea's pursuit of a thermonuclear weapon comports perfectly with its nuclear strategy.
New Chinese Textbooks: Now With More 'Socialist Core Values'
By Charlotte Gao
The Chinese Ministry of Education revised national liberal arts textbooks to cultivate love for the Communist Party.
The Brazil+China Challenge: Pushing Development Toward the Frontiers of Innovation
By Eduardo Baptista
How can Sino-Brazilian relations be strengthened for the benefit of Brazilian society?
A $50 Billion ‘Breakthrough’ For Timor-Leste?
By Anthony Fensom
Australia and Timor-Leste are moving toward an “historic” agreement.
How North Korea's ICBM and New 'Thermonuclear' Bomb Might 'Decouple' the US and Its Allies
By Ankit Panda
North Korea's objective is the end of the United States alliances in Northeast Asia. ICBMs and big nukes may get it there.
China's People's Liberation Army May Have a Civil-Military Relations Problem
By Robert Farley
How serious are China’s civil-military relations problems?
Is Russia's Arms Industry About to Fall Off a Cliff?
By Robert Farley
The future of Russia's arms industry appear bleak.
Solutions Remain Elusive for Solving the Problems at India’s Public Sector Banks
By Aswin Mannepalli
Bank sector consolidation could address India’s non-performing loan crisis, but political realities make resolution uncertain.
Significance of China’s Further Rise: A Chinese Model or Chinese Solutions?
By Jin Kai
A model is iconic, a solution is adaptable.