Realist international relations theorists usually would predict that the basic pressures of the international system will force the United States and China into

Despite the mostly friendly nature of President Hu Jintao’s state visit to Washington last month, the potential still exists for the US-China relationship to b

Cooperation on security matters is an important dimension of the relationships between China and the United States. From noticeably cooling in the aftermath of

Washington's 2011 National Military Strategy, unveiled by the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Navy Admiral Michael Mullen on Feb 8, is aimed at reshap

It has been “normal” for  China-US relations to  suffer from turbulence over the past few decades. The two countries have often collaborated on  common int

US support for China’s new nuclear centre, formalized in a recent bilateral agreement, highlights how, even in the absence of an official China-US nuclear arms

Let me make a few comments on the North Korean artillery shelling of a South Korean island, the Yeonpyeong Island, which happened on November 23rd, just 17 days

N. Korea drastically upped the ante on 23 November 2010 by using artillery to attack the Yeongpyeong Islands, killing 2 civilians and 2 S. Korean marines and wo

The Obama administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) makes some encouraging changes. The reorientation of threat perception provides the basis for further n

Alfred T. Mahan’s theory of Sea Power has a long historic impact on Chinese Maritime Strategic Thinking. When modern China struggled for its survival from fore