Scott N. Romaniuk & Marinko Bobić

China 2015 Counterterrorism Law: Playing High Politics at the Expense of the Low

Xi Jinping, cc UK Foreign office, modified, President of China, Xi Jinping arrives in London, 19 October 2015. / https://www.flickr.com/photos/foreignoffice/21706073543

China’s new counterterrorism law is drawing a lot of criticism from Washington, but for all the wrong reasons.

Is Symmetric Warfare Coming Back?

cc Official U.S. Navy Page, modified, https://flickr.com/photos/usnavy/49675861518/in/photolist-2iFFLX1-F8NLgc-PozBQM-Ju3bWH-2hneDat-RmnHci-SLcy6E-2kSK7uc-2hvFBUV-fGeiKN-Q7V1a9-2kJWQpx-2m7yrdn-BZMwu1-NgH37b-NyhJZa-D2tyKH-2kQBB4R-2kPRiNY-2ivSVwt-2ipTqqa-2jrDBW4-2m9Gma5-JG4Xp8-EU5NB6-THE5HE-GdM99E-Qd3XT8-AJAGcq-HjeCjK-G6itLu-2kRN14S-Qem2o1-2iGZfCW-2kvU9df-2jo4DwW-2kLwssY-KRZwBm-2jc97WY-2oHGaeP-RkGSaJ-2hmAEs7-PwkpX7-DqDUyY-2mju4p7-2ky3Khr-2mb7ekP-RMFwdX-2iVhnzB-2iYVvGz

After a brief absence following 9/11, it appears that symmetric warfare has returned.

Challenging US Preeminence: China Grand Strategy and the Monroe Doctrine

SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 14, 2010) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), left, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Osumi-class amphibious assault ship JDS Kunisaki (LST 4003), center, and two landing craft air cushions assigned to Kunisaki transit through the South China Sea to Cambodia. Mercy is deployed as part of Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance endeavors to strengthen regional partnerships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jon Husman/Released) / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_100614-N-6597H-681_The_Military_Sealift_Command_hospital_ship_USNS_Mercy_%28T-AH_19%29,_left,_the_Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force_Osumi-class_amphibious_assault_ship_JDS_Kunisaki_%28LST_4003%29.jpg

What do plans to build a Chinese rival to the Panama Canal in Nicaragua say about the fall of the Monroe Doctrine and the rise of China as a global power?

Terror without Borders: Boko Haram’s Pledge to ISIS

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Nigeria’s Boko Haram has joined the growing list of regional terrorist outfits pledging allegiance to Islamic State. But just how sustainable is the partnership?

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