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China

October 2, 2020

U.S. Foreign Policy and the Start of a New Cold War

America’s greatest error was not the Iraq war, calamitous self-inflicted wound though it was. Rather, it was adopting Francis Fukuyama’s now...

Crispin Rovere • RealClearDefense

North Korea

October 2, 2020

North Korea: The Ethics of a U.S. Military Strike

As part of a series on North Korea, I have made the strategic case for war to prevent Pyongyang’s development of a nuclear-tipped ICBM, interrogated...

Crispin Rovere • RealClearDefense

North Korea

October 2, 2020

North Korea: The Inevitability of War

This July I outlined the case for war against North Korea, contingent on the failure of diplomacy and Kim Jong-Un's continued march towards a...

Crispin Rovere • RealClearDefense

North Korea

October 2, 2020

North Korea: Trump's Terrible Binary Choice

It is critical that we understand what North Korea’s test of a thermonuclear device means. North Korea claims that the weapon is miniaturised to fit...

Crispin Rovere • RealClearDefense

North Korea

October 2, 2020

North Korea: The Flaws of Deterrence

Response to "The Case for Deterrence" by David Santoro: Moving but not persuasive David Santoro’s advocacy for deterrence over war is an essential...

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North Korea

October 2, 2020

North Korea: The Case for War

This analysis recommends war. It is shocking to put to print.

Crispin Rovere • RealClearDefense

China

October 2, 2020

Dear Foreign Policy Elite: You're Obsolete

Rex Tillerson recently completed his first trip to Beijing as Secretary of State. Since then, a slew of critics have panned Tillerson for supposedly...

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China

October 3, 2020

"War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable"

Among US analysts, war with China is no longer a taboo subject. RAND Corporation has now tackled the issue head on, publishing a lengthy analysis...

Crispin Rovere • RealClearPolitics
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Maritime Strategy

October 3, 2020

How The U.S. Should Respond in The South China Sea

The Permanent Court of Arbitration's decision places more pressure on the US than China, as Washington must now act to support this emphatic...

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China

March 16, 2015

China, Russia and India: A Budding Alliance against America?

In the continuing debate between Hugh White and Shaskank Joshi regarding US-India strategic cooperation, I would associate myself closely with the...

Crispin Rovere • RealClearDefense

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