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Zachary Keck

Zachary Keck

Zachary Keck was Managing Editor of The Diplomat.

Zachary Keck was formerly Managing Editor of The Diplomat where he authored The Pacific Realist blog.

Previously, he worked as Deputy Editor of e-International Relations and has interned at the Center for a New American Security and in the U.S. Congress, where he worked on defense issues.

You can follow Zachary on Twitter: @ZacharyKeck.

Posts by Zachary Keck
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February 12, 2014

Marine Corps Chief: Not Sure About Asia Force Posture

By Zachary Keck
The USMC’s top officer is uncertain about how much forward presence the U.S. needs in Asia.
February 12, 2014

US Asia Policy: Straight From the 1930s

By Zachary Keck
U.S. policy to China today closely resembles the policy it pursed toward Japan… before Pearl Harbor

February 11, 2014

A HASC Chairman for the Asian Century

By Zachary Keck
J. Randy Forbes is the best choice for the next Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

February 10, 2014

Stephen Walt is Not Obama’s George Kennan

By Zachary Keck
Commonsense and U.S. precedent are the architects of Obama’s Middle East foreign policy.

February 07, 2014

US Nixes Plan to Reduce Carrier Force

By Zachary Keck
Pressure from the White House and Congress has led the Pentagon to drop a plan to reduce the number of aircraft carriers.
February 07, 2014

Senate Confirms Baucus as Ambassador to China

By Zachary Keck
Xinhua warns Baucus that being ambassador will be “no picnic” and advises him to tone down criticism.

February 07, 2014

Will Hypersonic Capabilities Render Missile Defense Obsolete?

By Zachary Keck
Despite billions of dollars & decades of work, missile defense has produced few results. The future looks equally bleak.
February 06, 2014

China’s Military Spending VS Asia’s Military Spending

By Zachary Keck
In 2013 China continued to widen the gap between its military spending and that of its neighbors.

February 06, 2014

Will Asia Ignite a Second Arab Spring?

By Zachary Keck
Asia’s economic slowdown threatens to disrupt the Persian Gulf monarchies that were able to weather the Arab Spring.

February 05, 2014

Why Isn’t China’s Military More Transparent?

By Zachary Keck
A number of widely different reasons potentially explain why China shrouds its military modernization in secrecy.

February 05, 2014

Asia Plays the Nazi Blame Game

By Zachary Keck
After weeks of constant WWI analogies, Asia now debates which country is most like Nazi Germany.
February 04, 2014

US Navy Explores Sub-Launched Hypersonic Missiles

By Zachary Keck
The Navy is exploring the feasibility of sub-launched hypersonic missiles for conventional prompt global strike program.

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