Japan’s Militarization: How Washington’s China Containment Strategy Risks A Regional Crisis By Uriel Araujo US-backed Japanese militarization is intensifying the rivalry with Beijing. The struggle over the first island chain exposes the limits of Washington’s containment strategy and the risks of… Read More ›
Why Putin Lamented The Worsening Of Russian-Japanese Relations By Andrew Korybko An escalation in their tensions might be inevitable as Japan assumes leadership of the Northeast Asian front of the “cordon sanitaire” that the US built around Russia over the past… Read More ›
The US Is Implementing The NATO 3.0 Concept In Asia Through AUKUS+ By Andrew Korybko The US is replicating its anti-Russian regional containment model against China. Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby gave a landmark speech in Manilla during the first… Read More ›
Japan’s New Strike Capabilities Could Tighten The Northeast Asian “Cordon Sanitaire” Around Russia By Andrew Korybko Its temporary hosting of the US’ short- and medium-range Typhon missile systems combines with its interest in Ukraine’s state-of-the-art drone technology to pose formidable threats… Read More ›
How US Militarization And European Activism Are Transforming the Philippines’ South China Sea Dispute By Uriel Araujo China’s territorial dispute with the Philippines, growing US military activity, and the EU’s increasingly assertive Indo-Pacific posture point to a changing regional balance. What… Read More ›
How Much Of A Strategic Game-Changer Would It Be If Australia Hosts US Nukes? By Andrew Korybko The unmistakable trend is that US-backed blocs are spreading across the Eurasian Rimland for containing Russia, Iran, and China. Secretary of the Russian Security… Read More ›
Japan And The Philippines Are Poised To Play Greater Roles In Containing China By Andrew Korybko Japanese-Philippine military ties are slated to become even more significant in this context once Japan begins exporting military equipment to the Philippines after recently easing… Read More ›
From Quad To “Squad”: Why The Philippines Is Becoming Washington’s New Anti-China Proxy By Uriel Araujo As the Quad struggles with internal contradictions and worsening US-India tensions, the Philippines is rapidly becoming central to Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Joint military exercises, missile… Read More ›
South Korea Will Remain A Key Part Of The US’ Chinese Containment Plans By Andrew Korybko The Sino-Russo Entente might evolve into a de facto alliance if South Korea and Japan join AUKUS+, the US’ de facto “Asian NATO”, but that… Read More ›
US Missile Deployments In The Philippines And The Rising Taiwan Crisis By Uriel Araujo The latest Balikatan military exercises exemplify a deeper transformation underway in Asia. Washington’s deployment of anti-ship missile systems near Taiwan, alongside expanding military cooperation with the Philippines… Read More ›