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NEW: China is framing the transit of Taiwan's Vice President (and DPP presidential candidate) Lai Ching-te through the United States on August 12 and 16 as a provocative crisis to justify greater Chinese military activity around Taiwan. Read our complete assessment of Lai’s transit here: https://lnkd.in/e5pvMV8u

The U.S. did not systematically use Manifest Destiny to justify repeated military interventions in neighboring countries, as the Soviets did in Eastern Europe under the Brezhnev Doctrine. While Manifest Destiny was used to rationalize the displacement of Native Americans, it did not involve the direct military occupation and suppression of independent governments, as the Brezhnev Doctrine did in Eastern Europe.

How do the United States and China use international military bases as a part of their grander security strategies? National Committee Public Intellectuals Program Fellow Isaac Kardon (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) discusses how U.S. bases in Asia, and China's own military bases, factor into broader military relations between the two countries for our new series, U.S.-China Counterpoints. ▶️ Watch: https://lnkd.in/ejkbWGjE #US #China #USChina #military

We must understand the threat from the Communist Chinese government at the military and intelligence level. This story should be read to understand that the Chinese communist government is working hard to surpass the US military in capabilities. https://lnkd.in/ger482kn

The Root Cause of Ukraine-Russia War: Understand it with Mexico--- Mexico has plenty of freedoms in the international system, but it does not have the freedom to join a Chinese-led military alliance or to host Chinese military bases. The idealist argument that Mexico can do as it pleases implies ignoring US security concerns, and the result would likely be the US destruction of Mexico.

Check out an interesting article by our CCRS' Research Fellow Rim Sokvy on this important regional development.

Our Research Fellow, Rim Sokvy published an op-ed on "Is China concerned about North Korea and Russia’s growing military alliance?". He laid out the recent North Korea and Russia's growing military cooperation and attempted to examine if China is concerned by this alliance. Read Full: https://lnkd.in/gpats5Re

Chairman Xi Jinping Guts the Chinese Military - Zeihan on Geopolitics I'll let you judge what that means for the future of the Chinese military Here at Zeihan On Geopolitics we select ... More Info. https://lnkd.in/dAd5Xxmb #geopolitics#TheAsiaHawk

📢 The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. #BalticSpotlight: “Shaping American Attitudes: From Re-Independence to NATO Accession," is featuring Dr Sandis Sraders, Lecturer of Russian Strategic and Military Studies Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL). 💡 The upcoming United States presidential election, United States foreign policy thus far, and what the Baltic states could expect from cooperation with the United States are among the topics to be discussed.