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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 03, 2014

The US and China Are Right to Distrust Each Other

By Zachary Keck
Trust is a rare commodity in international politics, and Beijing and Washington aren’t likely to be an exception.
January 31, 2014

How Richard Nixon Would Deter China

By Zachary Keck
By using the “madman theory,” the U.S. and its allies could inject a degree of risk into China’s strategic calculus.

January 31, 2014

China’s Drafting a South China Sea ADIZ

By Zachary Keck
China reportedly began drawing up plans for a South China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone as early as May 2013.

January 31, 2014

China Secretly Sold Saudi Arabia DF-21 Missiles With CIA Approval

By Zachary Keck
The CIA secretly approved of China selling Saudi Arabia advanced missiles.

January 30, 2014

The New Age of Nationalism

By Zachary Keck
The 21st century will be defined by nationalism; not religion or culture.
January 29, 2014

China Punts on Financial Reform?

By Zachary Keck
A number of developments suggest Chinese leaders are souring on implementing financial reforms.

January 29, 2014

US Navy Faces Aircraft Carrier Cuts

By Zachary Keck
Even as China moves to quadruple its carrier fleet, the US may reduce the number of carriers it fields and deploys.
January 28, 2014

Chinese Elites: The Real Threat to the Communist Party

By Zachary Keck
How can the CCP retain members’ loyalty at a time when their economic benefits are beginning to decline?

January 28, 2014

US-China Rivalry More Dangerous Than Cold War?

By Zachary Keck
Mearsheimer says a war between the US and China will be more likely than a US-Soviet one was during the Cold War.

January 24, 2014

Saudi Arabia May Buy Pakistani-Chinese Fighter Jets

By Zachary Keck
Riyadh is reportedly interested in purchasing the JF-17 Thunder fighters that China and Pakistan jointly produced.

January 24, 2014

America’s Relative Decline: Should We Panic?

By Zachary Keck
The end of the unipolar era will create new dangers that the world mustn’t overlook.
January 24, 2014

China Reveals Members of New Leading Group on Reform

By Zachary Keck
The leading group tasked with overseeing economic reform in China met for the first time on Wednesday.

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