Volume 19 Issue 10

Articles from Volume 19 Issue 10

What Derailed the U.S.-China Trade Talks?

05.29.2019 John Dotson

Introduction: The U.S.-China “Trade War” Since Early 2018 For over a year, the United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been engaged...

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The People’s Liberation Army Strategic Support Force: Update 2019

05.29.2019 Adam Ni

Introduction China established the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force (SSF) (zhanlue zhiyuan budui, 战略支援部队) in late 2015 as part of a sweeping military...

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The “16+1” Becomes the “17+1”: Greece Joins China’s Dwindling Cooperation Framework in Central and Eastern Europe

05.29.2019 Horia Ciurtin

Introduction: China’s (Junior) European Partners in the “16+1” On the heels of People’s Republic of China (PRC) President Xi Jinping’s busy bilateral tour in Western...

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Japan Considers a New Security Relationship Via “Networking” with Taiwan

05.29.2019 Howard Wang

Introduction—Japan Seeks “Networking” with Regional Allies In early May 2019, Japanese Foreign Minister (FM) Taro Kono tweeted support for Taiwan’s bid to attend the World...

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