Dragon’s Gambit: China’s Gray Zone Strategy In The South China Sea
Irregular Warfare continues to struggle with the proper balance between traditional concerns, as embodied in the five core activities –
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REGIONAL ASIA
Illicit Gain: Gold Smuggling Political-Criminal Nexus in Nepal
Arrested in 2003 for a number of earlier murders, Charles Sobhraj served 19 years before being extradited to France in
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Nepal: North Korea Pulls in its Diplomatic Horns
By Rajaram Gautam After nearly five decades of diplomaticrelations with Nepal, North Korea has decided to close its embassy in
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Balochistan: Pakistan And China Struggle
With Smoldering Insurgency
By Patrick Yeager, USG Long an afterthought, Balochistan – Pakistan’s largest province geographically yet its smallest in terms of population
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China’s Soft Takeover of Taiwan
By Olivier Guitta Two years ago, Taiwan was a purely Chinese issue but the invasion by Russia of Ukraine and
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North Korea: Crypto’s Biggest Loser
By Luke Bencie and Elissa Johnson With the two trillion-dollar crash of cryptocurrency in 2022, most casual observers would be
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Malign Activity: Chinese Intelligence Operatives Uncovered In The U.S.
By Paul Davis On November 16th, the U.S. Justice Department announced that a Chinese spy was sentenced to 20 years
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) transits the Taiwan Strait while conducting routine underway operations. Benfold is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Deanna C. Gonzales)
What if China Conducted A CARVER Assessment Of Taiwan?
By Luke Bencie and Eric Dorn In recent months, the ever-concerning discussion of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) potential
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A Filipino Muslim vigilante prays at a mosque in Talipao village a few kilometres away from the suspected hideout of
the Islamic fundamentalist Abu Sayyaf rebels in Jolo island in southern Philippines April 28. More than 1000 soldiers
are chasing the Abu Sayyaf islamic rebels who claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of 21 hostages including 10
foreign tourists from a Malaysian dive resort last weekend. The hostages are believed to be taken to an interior part of
Jolo island, up in rugged hilly territory.REUTERS/ ERIK DE CASTRO
The Philippines: Defeating Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
By Ronel Manalo Despite being the focus of counterinsurgency for four decades, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) continues to pose severe
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Gray Zone In Red: The Threat From China’s Political Warfare Past
By Thomas A. Marks & David H. Ucko With the United States having shifted its defense emphasis to peer and
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Radicalization in Georgia: The Impact of the Chechen Wars
By Elena Pokalova Sharing a border with a territory experiencing an insurgency poses numerous risks for the government. Neighboring violence
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China Cannot Be Left Unchecked
By Olivier Guitta When Xi Jinping came to power in China in 2013, he made crystal clear that he was
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Red on Red: Security Situation in Nepal
Recent political violence in Nepal by the radical Chand aka Biplav faction should not have come as a surprise. Behind the national self-congratulation at ending the insurgency in November 2006 through negotiation, all Maoist factions continued to use terrorism to ensure the outcome of polls and to dominate local areas, thus to recruit and amass the funds needed for political action. In fact, turning a blind-eye to such violence has been a hallmark of the post-conflict order.
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