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Offshore Balancing: A Grand Strategy for the China Dream

Offshore Balancing: A Grand Strategy for the China Dream

By Andrew Latham
Xi Jinping seems to have settled on a grand strategy for a risen China.

What Would a Pluralist US Asia Policy Look Like?

What Would a Pluralist US Asia Policy Look Like?

By Prashanth Parameswaran
While the concept may help soothe worries of a bipolar framing of U.S.-China rivalry, whether it can be put into practice remains to be seen.
The Political Perils of Offshore Balancing

The Political Perils of Offshore Balancing

By Chris Mclachlan
Moving U.S. forces out of range of Chinese threats could create more problems than it solves.

The US Can't Outsource Warfighting

The US Can't Outsource Warfighting

By James R. Holmes
Offshore powers have long tried to get continental powers to fight their wars. It's rarely worked.

How Much Do Strategic Thinkers Affect US Policy Anyway?

How Much Do Strategic Thinkers Affect US Policy Anyway?

By Robert Farley
Foreign policy sometimes reflects what strategic thinkers recommend, but that might be coincidence.

What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?
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What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?

Slouching Toward Offshore Balancing

Slouching Toward Offshore Balancing

By James R. Holmes
With America facing fiscal constraints, are lawmakers are absentmindedly adopting offshore balancing?

Offshore Engagement: The Right U.S. Strategy for Asia

Offshore Engagement: The Right U.S. Strategy for Asia

Offshore engagement presents a middle ground between offshore balancing and deep commitment.

Hard Times for Offshore Balancing in Philippines

Hard Times for Offshore Balancing in Philippines

The Philippines’ wishful thinking about the South China Sea is becoming dangerous.

History Lesson: The Battle of Java Sea

History Lesson: The Battle of Java Sea

On the heels of Pearl Harbor, Allied forces were handed a crushing defeat by the Japanese. The battle has lessons for today’s military planners.

Is Asia’s Balance of Power Self-Enforcing?

Is Asia’s Balance of Power Self-Enforcing?

What history says about such a concept seems telling. Will the Asia-Pacific be any different?

World War II: No Model for Contemporary U.S. Strategy

World War II: No Model for Contemporary U.S. Strategy

“If the United States wants to remain a balancer in Eurasia, better to do it from forward staging bases…”

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