First they told you we needed a war to protect the supremacy of the Aryan race in the Ukraine. Now they’re telling you it’s time to go to war to protect Filipino fishing rights. Meanwhile, our own cities are being rapidly conquered by violent barbarian hordes. The situation in the South China Sea is heating... Read More

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s extremely warm reception of President Vladimir Putin yesterday in Beijing sealed the increasingly formidable Russia-China strategic relationship. It amounts to a tectonic shift in the world balance of power. The Russia-China entente also sounds the death knell for attempts by U.S. foreign policy neophytes to drive a wedge between the two... Read More

To clearly explain a series of essential facts (including not widely noticed facts) about the relations between Taiwan Province, China, and the USA, one need to know the following basic facts: Recently, a number of street interviews were conducted in Taiwan province asking young Taiwanese “Do you know the relationship between the Republic of China... Read More

Over the last couple of years I'd begun seeing our growing conflict with China described as an inevitable consequence of "the Thucydides trap" but hadn't been entirely sure of the source of that idea. Decades ago, I'd had a very strong interest in Classical Greek history, so the reference was obvious to me: the bitter... Read More

American relations with China in regards to Taiwan have been dictated by years of ambiguous statements and commitments. Now this rhetoric is breaking down and armed conflict seems closer than ever – but is Washington ready to fight over Taiwan, or capable of winning? Assurances and commitments Officially, US policy toward Taiwan is guided by... Read More

“When elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.� So warned Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte in his address to the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2020. He was referring to the consequences for East Asia of a conflict between the US and China. Fast forward to October 2, 2021, about one year later,... Read More

Imagine being an Australian and being completely invaded by the Chinese. Like, literally everything in your country is owned by the Chinese, and they’re building colonies inside your country, because your government legalized selling national resources to foreigners. Then imagine that while you’re being told that it is racist to complain about your country being... Read More

I will now explain war, or some of it. If you wonder how some mutt in Mexico with a computer thinks he knows about strategy, well, look at what we have in Washington. How could I be worse? In geopolitical circles, blather swirls over whether the United States can defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion... Read More

The Correlation of Armed Forces: U.S. goods and services trade with China totaled an estimated $634.8 billion in 2019. Exports were $163.0 billion; imports were $471.8 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with China was $308.8 billion in 2019. Trade in services with China (exports and imports) totaled an estimated $76.7 billion in... Read More