China needs a buffer zone it can control in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, but it has no special attachment to the current regime in Pyongyang.
Stratfor
An attempt to mitigate fishing disputes in the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands finds Taiwan trying to define its national identity.…
Geopolitics does not deny human agency but acknowledges constraints, loosely defined as fatalistic.
The new posture could benefit Taiwan if it does not challenge China or Japan.
Those calling for U.S. intervention in Syria have the luxury of overlooking the multitude of other potential crises.…
These regional conflicts are rooted in both geopolitics and history.
The fate of the South China Sea story actually lies for the most part with China.
China cannot assert its historical maritime claims while simultaneously pursuing a non-confrontational foreign policy.
Distance dictates that the U.S. use in-theater bases.
