Modernizing China’s Military

Targeting China’s third-largest oil company highlights the South China Sea’s importance to U.S. strategy, which is unlikely to change under Biden.

China’s reassertion of its 1959 border line with India has left little room for compromise, which will enable Beijing to reinforce its claims in the Himalayan region come spring.

Duterte’s South China Sea policy is becoming less conciliatory toward China amid growing political pressure to shore up Manila’s maritime claims, as well as its U.S. security alliance.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Donahue speaks to the author of a new report on Chinese infrastructure buildup at the Indian border. Sim Tack, Stratfor senior global analyst, discusses the regional rivalry and how Stratfor advanced understanding of strategic calculations by India and China.

The success of the White House’s attempt to score a pre-election policy win by shifting its position in favor of extending the nuclear arms control treaty will depend on Moscow playing along.

Recent claims of exchanged gunfire reflect a growing risk of military escalation on the border, where China's growing presence is prompting India to more assertively defend its claimed territory.

While the U.S. TikTok sale may have been the trigger, Beijing’s expanded export controls also signal a long-term strategy to counter U.S. efforts to limit China’s tech rise.