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An Unnatural Partnership? The Future Of U.S.-India Strategic Cooperation, Samit Ganguly, M. Chris Mason May 2019

An Unnatural Partnership? The Future Of U.S.-India Strategic Cooperation, Samit Ganguly, M. Chris Mason

Books, Monographs & Collaborative Studies

As global competition with an increasingly assertive Chinese Government expands, the strategic relationship between India and the United States is assuming ever-greater importance. From a superficial perspective, a strategic partnership seems to make a great deal of sense for both countries. Yet, enormous political, cultural, and structural obstacles remain between them, which continue to slow the progress in security cooperation to a crawl, relative to China’s economic and military advances. The authors explore these impediments frankly and suggest practical ways to build trust and establish confidence.


The Wealth Of Nations And The Advancement Of Collective Security, Kerry Daniel Good Apr 2019

The Wealth Of Nations And The Advancement Of Collective Security, Kerry Daniel Good

Senior Honors Theses

This thesis will address the economic development of countries from the strategic perspective of the United States, and consider how this development will progress overlaid in the context of the Chinese framework for the projection of national power. Using an inter-disciplinary approach, this research will synthesize sources on national security policy and economics, while seeking a Christian apologetic framework to answer these questions: How can the United States promote the economic development of countries in the Asia-Pacific region using a biblical economic-development model, as a part of its national strategy? This thesis focuses on some of the political and socio-economic …


The Changing Dynamics Of Twenty-First-Century Space Power, James Clay Moltz Apr 2019

The Changing Dynamics Of Twenty-First-Century Space Power, James Clay Moltz

Journal of Strategic Security

Many recent assessments of space power have posited a US decline and predicted a gloomy future in comparison to China and Russia. However, such analyses—based almost exclusively on state-run activities—present only part of the picture. In the twenty-first century, a new form of bottom-up, net-centric, commercially led space innovation is emerging that promises cheaper and more timely technological developments to those nations that can effectively tap into them, thus reshaping traditional definitions of space power. This study first sets a baseline by focusing on Cold War space power determinants, next analyzes recent changes among the three leading spacefaring nations, and …


A Critical Political Geography Of China And The South China Sea Islands Dispute, Alejandro Christian D. Soler Mar 2019

A Critical Political Geography Of China And The South China Sea Islands Dispute, Alejandro Christian D. Soler

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

This paper aims to provide an alternative viewpoint on China and the South China Sea islands dispute through the use of political geography. Specifically, this piece employs a world-systems approach and critical political geography [or critical geopolitics] to understand four phenomena: first, the political-economic rationale behind China’s territorial ambitions through the nexus of its political ideology and position in the world economy; second, these ambitions using the “One Belt, One Road initiative;” third, its rise as a potential global hegemon; and lastly, the narratives behind its actions in the South China Sea islands dispute. The paper makes no claims about …


U.S. Conventional Access Strategy: Denying China A Conventional First-Strike Capability, Sam Goldsmith Mar 2019

U.S. Conventional Access Strategy: Denying China A Conventional First-Strike Capability, Sam Goldsmith

Naval War College Review

In the most likely scenario, a high-intensity conflict between the United States and China would be confined to conventional weapons, owing to Beijing’s desire to avoid nuclear escalation. To protect the global security order and the tenuous balance of power on the world stage, the United States and its allies must craft a strategy to deny China this conventional first-strike option.


The New-Breed, “Die-Hard” Chinese Lawyer: A Comparison With American Civil Rights Cause Lawyers, James E. Moliterno, Rongjie Lan Mar 2019

The New-Breed, “Die-Hard” Chinese Lawyer: A Comparison With American Civil Rights Cause Lawyers, James E. Moliterno, Rongjie Lan

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

In times of social upheaval, lawyers can mark the way toward social change. In particular, when lawyers become more aggressive than traditional lawyers in the cause of fighting injustice, they face backlash from multiple sources, including government and their own profession. Such was the case during the U.S. civil rights movement. Unusually aggressive behavior by cause lawyers was met with hostility from their own profession and from government action. Those lawyers, while battered at times with physical violence, bar ethics charges, contempt of court, and state hostility, survived and changed social conditions at the same time they altered the culture …


Anti-Access Strategies In The Pacific: The United States And China, Sam J. Tangredi Mar 2019

Anti-Access Strategies In The Pacific: The United States And China, Sam J. Tangredi

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


The Making Of A New Superpower: An Examination Of China's Journey To Superpower Status, Sabrina Abigail Focht Feb 2019

The Making Of A New Superpower: An Examination Of China's Journey To Superpower Status, Sabrina Abigail Focht

Senior Theses

This thesis aims to determine China’s current role within the international system and whether or not it has achieved the status of a superpower nation and thus, the ability to shift global polarity. Due to China’s recent economic success, scholars have been debating if China has already become a superpower, will become one in the future, or if it will never attain this status. This thesis will suggest that by observing the United States’ journey to becoming a sole superpower after the end of the Cold War, and its consequential shifting of global polarity, it is possible to determine where …


Incidents At Sea: American Confrontation And Cooperation With Russia And China, 1945–2016, James P. Mcgrath Iii, David F. Winkler Jan 2019

Incidents At Sea: American Confrontation And Cooperation With Russia And China, 1945–2016, James P. Mcgrath Iii, David F. Winkler

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Everything Under The Heavens: How The Past Helps Shape China’S Push For Global Power, Sam J. Tangredi, Howard W. French Jan 2019

Everything Under The Heavens: How The Past Helps Shape China’S Push For Global Power, Sam J. Tangredi, Howard W. French

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Asia Rising: China’S Global Naval Strategy And Expanding Force Structure, James E. Fanell Jan 2019

Asia Rising: China’S Global Naval Strategy And Expanding Force Structure, James E. Fanell

Naval War College Review

The balance of power in the Indo-Pacific is shifting as China spends its national treasure to build a modern, blue-water navy and exerts its influence around the region, and the world, through economic investment and military power projection. Beijing’s pursuit of the China Dream is pushing America and its allies toward a decade of concern, when the already tenuous situation may experience further destabilization.


Imagining Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Asia And The Women Of The Black Panther Party, Benjamin Young Jan 2019

Imagining Revolutionary Feminism: Communist Asia And The Women Of The Black Panther Party, Benjamin Young

Research & Publications

Using newspapers, autobiographies, and interviews, this article examines the ways in which women of the Black Panther Party imagined the women of Vietnam, China, and North Korea as radical archetypes during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Using Judy Wu’s theory of “radical orientalism” in conversation with Ashley Farmer’s concept of the “gendered imaginary,” I argue that the Panther women imagined the women of “the East” as pioneers in world revolution and women’s liberation in order to protest against gendered injustices within the Party and broader U.S. society. This article also investigates the realities on the ground for the women …


Taiwan’S Offshore Islands, Pathway Or Barrier?, Bruce A. Elleman Jan 2019

Taiwan’S Offshore Islands, Pathway Or Barrier?, Bruce A. Elleman

Newport Papers

This Newport Paper will examine the role of offshore islands in twentieth-century East Asian history, in particular those islands in the Taiwan Strait that were disputed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) during the 1950s and afterward, and how these apparently insignificant islands impacted Cold War history.


Amdo Politics And Religion—Tuken Losang Choki Nyima (Thu’U Bkwan Blo Bzang Chos Kyi Nyi Ma, 1737-1802)1, Paul K. Nietupski Jan 2019

Amdo Politics And Religion—Tuken Losang Choki Nyima (Thu’U Bkwan Blo Bzang Chos Kyi Nyi Ma, 1737-1802)1, Paul K. Nietupski

2019 Faculty Bibliography

No abstract provided.


High-Energy Laser Weapons: Overpromising Readiness, Ash Rossiter Dec 2018

High-Energy Laser Weapons: Overpromising Readiness, Ash Rossiter

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


China Maritime Report No. 3: China’S Distant-Ocean Survey Activities: Implications For U.S. National Security, Ryan D. Martinson, Peter A. Dutton Nov 2018

China Maritime Report No. 3: China’S Distant-Ocean Survey Activities: Implications For U.S. National Security, Ryan D. Martinson, Peter A. Dutton

CMSI China Maritime Reports

Today, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is investing in marine scientific research on a massive scale. This investment supports an oceanographic research agenda that is increasingly global in scope. One key indicator of this trend is the expanding operations of China’s oceanographic research fleet. On any given day, 5-10 Chinese “scientific research vessels” (科学考查船) may be found operating beyond Chinese jurisdictional waters, in strategically-important areas of the Indo-Pacific. Overshadowed by the dramatic growth in China’s naval footprint, their presence largely goes unnoticed. Yet the activities of these ships and the scientists and engineers they embark have major implications for …


Haldore Hanson In China, The 80th Anniversary: A Case Study Of A Digitization Project, Kristi Wermager, Hsianghui Liu-Spencer Oct 2018

Haldore Hanson In China, The 80th Anniversary: A Case Study Of A Digitization Project, Kristi Wermager, Hsianghui Liu-Spencer

Journal of East Asian Libraries

Carleton College is home to a collection of photographs, Haldore Hanson’s China Collection (1937-1938), that an alumnus took in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 2008 Carleton staff digitized the China Collection and made it available to researchers online. In our paper, we introduce the Collection and discuss its historical significance, in particular for the history of guerrilla warfare during the early days of the conflict. Following our introductory overview of the Collection, we report on our use of web usage mining to track use of the Collection over the last ten years. We also discuss the …


Mackinder And The Arctic's Emerging Geopolitics: Recommendations For The U.S. And Its Nato Allies, Bert Chapman Oct 2018

Mackinder And The Arctic's Emerging Geopolitics: Recommendations For The U.S. And Its Nato Allies, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

This presentation shows how Halford Mackinder (1861-1947) described Canada and the Arctic region in his geopolitical writings. It goes on to stress how the Arctic is becoming increasingly important in international geopolitical policymaking due to its significant oil and natural gas resources, how warming temperatures are increasing international access to its waters, and the how countries as diverse as Canada, China, Russia, and the U.S. see the Arctic region in their strategic policymaking. It concludes by stressing that the Arctic can no longer be viewed as a region immune from international conflict and presents recommendations for the U.S. and its …


India-Us Relations: From Distant Partners To An Alliance, Vinay Kaura Sep 2018

India-Us Relations: From Distant Partners To An Alliance, Vinay Kaura

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Coalition Coordination During The Boxer Rebellion: How Twenty-Seven “Councils Of Senior Naval Commanders” Contributed To The Conduct Of Operations, Umio Otsuka Aug 2018

Coalition Coordination During The Boxer Rebellion: How Twenty-Seven “Councils Of Senior Naval Commanders” Contributed To The Conduct Of Operations, Umio Otsuka

Naval War College Review

The military operations that foreign states conducted in response to the Boxer Rebellion were the first coalition operations of the modern era.


Nationalism, Geopolitics, And Naval Expansionism From The Nineteenth Century To The Rise Of China, Robert S. Ross Aug 2018

Nationalism, Geopolitics, And Naval Expansionism From The Nineteenth Century To The Rise Of China, Robert S. Ross

Naval War College Review

Naval nationalism can encourage expansionist maritime policies, which can force acquisitions that are not informed by strategic interests and that ultimately undermine security and contribute to unnecessary and costly great-power conflict.


School Of Naval Warfare: Sino-Indian Border Dispute—1962, Joseph R. Stauffer Jul 2018

School Of Naval Warfare: Sino-Indian Border Dispute—1962, Joseph R. Stauffer

Naval War College Review

On 20 October 1962, Chinese Communist forces launched large-scale attacks against Indian outposts at several points along the northern frontier of India.


Russia, China, And Insurgency, John H. Norton Jul 2018

Russia, China, And Insurgency, John H. Norton

Naval War College Review

Although an understanding of Communist ideology is important in any study of contemporary insurgency, concentration on the "theory of world revolution" may cause a far more basic problem to be ignored: What is the role of insurgency in the total foreign policies of the two major Communist countries?


From Fact To Fiction: The Wuxia Experience And The Wushu Practice, Kadien S. Hill Jun 2018

From Fact To Fiction: The Wuxia Experience And The Wushu Practice, Kadien S. Hill

Honors College Theses

Since its beginnings in China, martial arts have intrigued people with its mastery over mind and body, from the Shaolin monk practices of hand-to-hand combat and body conditioning to folktales of martial heroes with their mastery of swordplay and their almost superhuman-like fighting abilities. Martial arts have fascinated and astonished people in China for centuries, and since their introduction to the West they have captivated other cultures the world over. Their intrigue has caused them to penetrate entertainment circles through novelization early on. Chinese classics such as Water Margin and The Seven Heroes and the Five Gallants solidified martial arts …


International Energy Geopolitics, Bert Chapman Jun 2018

International Energy Geopolitics, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Overview of international energy geopolitical trends. Emphasizes the importance of the Persian Gulf, South China Sea, East China Sea, Russia, and the Arctic to U.S. and international economic and strategic developments. Stresses the continuing importance of fossil fuels in domestic and international energy consumption, the variety of energy sources being used by various global regions, the potential for military conflict over access to natural resources, and how emerging energy leaders will determine global energy, environmental, and international security developments.


The Killing Ground: The British Army, The Western Front And Emergence Of Modern Warfare 1900-1918, Holger H. Herwig May 2018

The Killing Ground: The British Army, The Western Front And Emergence Of Modern Warfare 1900-1918, Holger H. Herwig

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Low Intensity Warfare: Counterinsurgency, Proinsurgency, And Antiterrorism In The Eighties., R. Lynn Rylander May 2018

Low Intensity Warfare: Counterinsurgency, Proinsurgency, And Antiterrorism In The Eighties., R. Lynn Rylander

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Awaiting The Rising Dragon: Preparing For The Emboldened Aspirations Of China's Red Dynasty, Enrique Navarro-Donnellan May 2018

Awaiting The Rising Dragon: Preparing For The Emboldened Aspirations Of China's Red Dynasty, Enrique Navarro-Donnellan

Pepperdine Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Review Essay—What Are China’S Intentions?, Andrew R. Wilson, Robert Manning, Robert Montaperto, Brad Roberts Apr 2018

Review Essay—What Are China’S Intentions?, Andrew R. Wilson, Robert Manning, Robert Montaperto, Brad Roberts

Naval War College Review

"Red Dragon Rising: Communist China’s Military Threat to America" and "China, Nuclear Weapons, and Arms Control: A Preliminary Assessment"


Defending Taiwan, And Why It Matters, Chris Rahman Apr 2018

Defending Taiwan, And Why It Matters, Chris Rahman

Naval War College Review

The Chinese threat to Taiwan is the primary near-term challenge to the East Asian order. As the Taiwanese are most unlikely to surrender willingly, and as the United States has a vital national interest at stake, a strong case can be made on strategic grounds for defending Taiwan’s de facto independent status, should the need arise. An Australian scholar makes that case.