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August 15, 2022

Cybersecurity
What Are the Implications of the Cyber Dimension of the China-Taiwan Crisis?

China's actions in cyberspace after Speaker Pelosi's visit to Taiwan have been relatively muted. However, there are a number of ways China could use cyberspace in the run up to a conflict in Taiwan.

Tsai Ing-wen stands at a lectern with a microphone and a Taiwanese flag in the background.

August 31, 2024

Military Operations
"The Houthis Have Defeated the U.S. Navy," or, What is a Navy For?

The mission of the U.S. Navy has for centuries been to keep the sea lines of communication open, but the United States is abandoning that task in the Middle East today.

August 2, 2022

China
Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit, With Bonnie S. Glaser

James M. Lindsay sits down with Bonnie S. Glaser, director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, to discuss House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and its impact…

Podcast U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taipei

July 6, 2021

China
What Xi Jinping’s Major Speech Means For Taiwan

Xi Jinping's speech marking the one hundredth anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party demonstrated China is unlikely to drastically change its approach to Taiwan anytime soon.  

Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, China, on July 1, 2021.

June 19, 2019

Iran
Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and Hard Power

I woke up this morning thinking I would write a blog explaining just how challenging it would be for Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz for a prolonged period of time. This is not to say that there c…

Explosions that damaged two tankers south of the Strait of Hormuz on June 13, 2019 come a month after four vessels were targeted in "sabotage attacks" off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.

May 3, 2022

China
The Ukraine War, China, and Taiwan            

What lessons will Xi Jinping learn from the war in Ukraine?