Center for Strategic Communication

No Shangri-La in South China Sea

by | Jun 2, 2015 | Monitor

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter arrives at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, for the 14th Asia Security Summit, Friday, May 29, 2015, in Singapore. TPhoto: Wong Maye-E, AP On Saturday in Singapore, U.S. Defense...

U.S. Confronts China Over Airspace in South China Sea

by | May 26, 2015 | Monitor

Chinese construction on the previously submerged Hughes Reef. Photo: Tuoi Tre I had not given much thought to the flight plan of the airline I recently booked to go back to the U.S. from Vietnam, but recent events in the airspace over the South China Sea prompted an...

What We Are Reading

by | Feb 5, 2015 | Monitor

International News Coverage     Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism    Jordanian jets hit Islamic State targets in Syria Doug Stanglin and Jane Onyanga-Omara / USA Today Jordanian jets carried out airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday...

The Straits Forum, Thawing China-Taiwan Relations?

by | Jun 19, 2013 | Monitor

The Fifth Straits Forum opened in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian province on June 15 and will run until June 21.  The goal of the forum is “to promote people-to-people exchanges across the Taiwan Strait amid deep-rooted distrust.”  While China maintains an arsenal...