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2. South China Sea Threat Assessment: Is China a Threat or a Paper Tiger?
- Author:
- Shaoyu Yuan
- Publication Date:
- 02-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- Tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s Rear Admiral Lou Yuan, regarded as a hawkish military commentator, recently proclaimed that the continuing dispute over the ownership of the South China Sea could be resolved by sinking two US aircraft carriers. Statements like these result in a legitimate fear that China’s increasing presence in the South China Sea might spark a kinetic military conflict with the United States. However, while most Western scholars and media are paying excessive attention to the rise of China, few are contemplating China’s weaknesses in the region. Despite China’s constant verbal objections and rising tensions with the United States in the last century, the world has yet to witness any major military confrontation between the two superpowers. China will continue to avoid directly confronting the United States in the South China Sea for at least another decade because China’s military remains immature and defective.
- Topic:
- Security, Power Politics, Territorial Disputes, Grand Strategy, and Conflict
- Political Geography:
- China, Asia, North America, South China, and United States of America
3. Civilians Versus Their Governments: China, the United States, and the Changing Nature of Conflict and Security in Africa
- Author:
- Obert Hodzi
- Publication Date:
- 01-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- With a few exceptions, armed civil wars are no longer commonplace in Africa, but anti-government protests are. Instead of armed rebels, unarmed civilians are challenging regimes across Africa to reconsider their governance practices and deliver both political and economic change. In their responses, regimes in countries like Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Rwanda, and Burundi have favored the combat mode—responding to dissent with military and repressive means. With few options, civilian movements look to the United States for protection and support while their governments look to China for reinforcement. If the United States seeks to reassert its influence in Africa and strengthen its democratic influence, its strategy needs to go beyond counterterrorism and respond to Africa’s pressing needs while supporting the African people in their quest for democracy and human rights.
- Topic:
- Security, Conflict, State Violence, and Civilians
- Political Geography:
- Africa, China, Asia, North America, and United States of America
4. Catching Up: China’s Developing Military Power
- Author:
- Ian Williams
- Publication Date:
- 01-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- For decades, China has engaged in a fervent game of “catch-up” with U.S. military capabilities. This effort, which has ballooned China’s defense spending to 620 percent of its 1990 level, is beginning to bear real fruit. While still far from achieving military parity, China’s military technology and doctrine are quickly coalescing into a coherent form of warfare, tailored to overpowering the U.S. military in a short, sharp conflict in the Eastern Pacific. This strategy of “informationized” warfare focuses first on eroding U.S. situational awareness, communications, and precision targeting capabilities.
- Topic:
- Security, Science and Technology, Military Affairs, Weapons, Military Spending, Conflict, and Surveillance
- Political Geography:
- China, Asia, North America, and United States of America
5. A New Type of Threat: Russia, China and Digital Authoritarianism in West Africa
- Author:
- Gabriel Delsol and Claire M. Metelits
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- For several decades, US security policy in West Africa focused on transnational terrorist organizations, domestic armed groups, and the general spread of instability. This article argues that an increase in digital authoritarianism in West Africa, facilitated by Russia and China, is an emerging threat and necessitates increased attention by the US security community.
- Topic:
- Science and Technology, Governance, Law, Authoritarianism, and Cybersecurity
- Political Geography:
- Africa, Russia, China, and West Africa
6. US Trade Policy in the Biden Administration: The Challenge of China’s Rise
- Author:
- Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- The Trump administration has left the Biden administration a number of difficult trade policy issues to deal with, but the biggest challenge is likely to be China. The Biden administration will need to find a way forward in the increasingly tense US-China relationship, which covers aspects of trade, as well as foreign policy, security, and human rights issues. This article describes the rise of China as a priority in US trade policy, reviews the current set of US-China trade issues, and makes suggestions for the Biden administration going forward.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Grand Strategy, Multilateralism, Trade, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden
- Political Geography:
- China, Asia, North America, and United States of America
7. New ESG Practices in China and its Implications for Foreign Actors
- Author:
- Reza Hasmath
- Publication Date:
- 10-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- China’s implementation of new ESG practices suggests a serious shift towards meeting global standards and domestic-level sustainable development objectives. The new ESG regime also has the potential to be a tool for Chinese foreign policy in the 2020s.
- Topic:
- Economics, Environment, Governance, Business, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- China and Asia
8. Uncertain Days for Scholars as Sino-U.S. Tensions Rise
- Author:
- Jeremy A. Murray
- Publication Date:
- 09-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- Cultural and educational exchanges between the United States and China have become pawns in an increasingly fraught relationship. But maintaining and deepening these ties will prevent a return to the dangerous mutual ignorance of the Cold War.
- Topic:
- Cold War, Education, Nationalism, Bilateral Relations, Culture, and Academia
- Political Geography:
- China, Asia, and United States of America
9. China Leverages Tibetan Plateau’s Water Wealth
- Author:
- Brahma Chellaney
- Publication Date:
- 06-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- While the international attention remains on China’s recidivist activities in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where it continues to incrementally expand its strategic footprint, Beijing is also quietly focusing its attention on the waters of rivers that originate in the resource-rich, Chinese-controlled territory of Tibet.
- Topic:
- Development, Environment, Science and Technology, Territorial Disputes, Water, and Sustainability
- Political Geography:
- China, Asia, and Tibet
10. Japan and South Korea Can Lead Post-Pandemic East Asia
- Author:
- Fumiko Sasaki
- Publication Date:
- 06-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Abstract:
- The COVID-19 pandemic has advanced two trends: the US-China confrontation and the increasing importance of soft power in the networked world. These developments present Japan and South Korea in particular—caught as they are between China and the United States—not only with serious challenges but also a grand opportunity.
- Topic:
- Governance, Grand Strategy, Multilateralism, Trade, Pandemic, COVID-19, and Health Crisis
- Political Geography:
- Japan, China, Asia, South Korea, and United States of America