China

This theater covers China’s sphere of influence.

Analysis within this category examines China’s global strategic footprint and theater-level subversion tactics. Focus areas include munition attrition modeling, rare earth economic vetoes, maritime “gray-zone” operations, and the integration of civil-military fusion in modern asymmetric warfare.

China
Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired)

America Thinks Pakistan Should Do More

Let’s recall our memories of a speech of a senior Pak Army official that he delivered as the chief guest at a military educational institution in Rawalpindi on India’s Republic Day in 2014, asserting that India poses no greater threat to Pakistan but extremism/terrorism does.

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China
Zohaib Leghari

Afghanistan Turmoil: Why Internal Factors Are Not Being Addressed?

Following the 9/11 incident in 2001, US and its allied forces invaded Afghanistan in a bid to eliminate Al-Qaida and Taliban, their safe-heavens and free the country from their “oppression.” Apart from providing billons of aids for reconstruction and development of Afghanistan, the United States have spent $70 billion thus far to build 350,000 strong Afghan National Army and Police to fight against terrorism and provide better security to the people.

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China
Andrew Korybko

The Chinese-Indian New Cold War

Relations between China and India have been souring over the past year since New Delhi agreed to an unprecedented military-strategic partnership last summer with Washington through LEMOA. The US long planned to use India as its “Lead from Behind” proxy in countering China, hoping to set the two Asian Great Powers against one in the ultimate divide-and-rule strategy of the 21st century.

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