Li Yan, Deputy Director of Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Jia Chunyang, Assistant Research Fellow, CICIR
Li Zheng, Assistant Research Processor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Apr 18, 2017
Trump’s eagerness to boost the military’s role in his foreign strategy may well mean tougher positions or even adventurous moves in the South China Sea and on the DPRK nuclear issue, which will not only stimulate sensitive regional situations but also increase risks of an arms race or even confrontation with China.
Steven Stashwick , Independent writer and researcher
Apr 13, 2017
An influential Washington think tank, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), released a new report, Restoring American Seapower – A Ne
Wu Zurong, Research Fellow, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
Mar 27, 2017
China clearly has no intention to engage in a military competition with the U.S. — Beijing has slowed down its growth rate of defense spending while Washington is trying to increase it. Increasing military spending is entirely unnecessary if the U.S. is truly strengthening military and security cooperation with all other major powers in the world.
Franz-Stefan Gady, Associate Editor, Diplomat
Mar 03, 2017
The People’s Liberation Army could become more powerful than the U.S. military. But not for the reasons you might think.
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Mar 15, 2017
Despite China’s economic slowdown, the Chinese government has plans under its "Made in China 2025" program to spend $300 billion by 2025 to become self-sufficient in critical technologies and strategic emerging industries. U.S. unease at the size and opaqueness of China’s large military buildup are well-known. The latest developments will likely lead the Trump administration to continue efforts to reduce Russian defense technology transfers to China, sustain the EU arms embargo on China, and make U.S. weapons and other U.S. exports more competitive in global markets.
Fan Gaoyue, Guest Professor at Sichuan University, Former Chief Specialist at PLA Academy of Military Science
Jan 19, 2017
If the new president’s military and budget priorities don’t change, the U.S. is likely to lose the leverage it has with allies by underwriting their defense and to start a new arms race when a stronger U.S. military upends the current balance of power.
Franz-Stefan Gady, Associate Editor, Diplomat
Dec 15, 2016
President Barack Obama came into office in 2009 with roughly 180,000 Americans fighting insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 44th President of the United States was elected to put an end to the long war and reorient U.S. defense policy away towards smaller scale operations and “national building at home.” 8 years later, what will President Barack Obama’s war legacy be?
Jun 08, 2016
U.S. says one of the jets closed on plane at ‘unsafe excessive speed’; second such incident in a month
Wu Zurong, Research Fellow, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
May 06, 2016
The obstinate pursuit of US military hegemony in Asia will inevitably harm interests of both the US and Asian countries. The fundamentally flawed strategy could neither enhance the confidence of US allies, nor give any chance of US victory in any accidental conflicts or unfortunate wars in Asia. In any cost-benefit analysis, the effort is a waste of taxpayers’ money with no possible prospect of playing a constructive role in the region.
Feb 02, 2016
The Pentagon will unveil a proposal this week to boost spending on advanced weaponry and the U.S. footprint in Europe, part of a plan to refocus the defense budget to counter technological and military advances by Russia and China.