Chinese Military Power – Geopolitical Monitor https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com Military, Politics, Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Commodities Geopolitical Analysis & Forecasting Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:18:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 China’s PLA Navy: A Peer Competitor Emerges https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/backgrounder-chinas-pla-navy-comes-of-age/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/backgrounder-chinas-pla-navy-comes-of-age/#disqus_thread Wed, 13 Nov 2024 14:06:20 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=45564 Examining the force structure, doctrine, and capabilities of China’s PLA Navy after decades of modernization and rapid shipbuilding.

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/backgrounder-chinas-pla-navy-comes-of-age/feed/ 0 China’s Solomon Islands Deal and the New Geopolitics https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/chinas-solomon-islands-deal-and-the-new-geopolitics/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/chinas-solomon-islands-deal-and-the-new-geopolitics/#disqus_thread Wed, 27 Apr 2022 04:13:03 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=41442 A new security deal between China and the Solomon Islands is the latest reflection of a global order in flux.

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/chinas-solomon-islands-deal-and-the-new-geopolitics/feed/ 0 China Seeks Atlantic Ocean Military Base https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/china-seeks-atlantic-ocean-military-base/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/china-seeks-atlantic-ocean-military-base/#disqus_thread Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:31:00 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=41049 US efforts to rebuff China’s geopolitical advances in Equatorial Guinea are highly reminiscent of the Cold War.

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/china-seeks-atlantic-ocean-military-base/feed/ 0 Is China Trying to Draw the United States into Imperial Overstretch? https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/is-china-trying-to-draw-the-united-states-into-imperial-overstretch/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/is-china-trying-to-draw-the-united-states-into-imperial-overstretch/#disqus_thread Wed, 13 May 2020 13:26:51 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=38059 In its competition with the United States, Beijing might be attempting to win without firing a shot.

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/is-china-trying-to-draw-the-united-states-into-imperial-overstretch/feed/ 0 After Duterte Scraps VFA, What’s Next for the US-Philippine Alliance? https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/after-duterte-scraps-vfa-whats-next-for-the-us-philippine-alliance/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/after-duterte-scraps-vfa-whats-next-for-the-us-philippine-alliance/#disqus_thread Thu, 05 Mar 2020 13:18:06 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=37778 The Visiting Forces Agreement was the glue that held the US-Philippines security relationship together.

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/after-duterte-scraps-vfa-whats-next-for-the-us-philippine-alliance/feed/ 0 The Bering Strait: A New Chokepoint for Great Power Competition https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-bering-strait-a-new-chokepoint-for-great-power-competition/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-bering-strait-a-new-chokepoint-for-great-power-competition/#disqus_thread Fri, 27 Dec 2019 13:00:09 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=35682 The Northern Sea Route through the Arctic will alter global trade flows and in doing so create new geopolitical chokepoints. Chief among them is the Bering Strait, where US, Russian, and Chinese interests converge.

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/the-bering-strait-a-new-chokepoint-for-great-power-competition/feed/ 0 Game of Straits: Chinese Military Bases and the SLOC Dilemma https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/game-of-straits-chinese-military-bases-and-the-sloc-dilemma/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/game-of-straits-chinese-military-bases-and-the-sloc-dilemma/#disqus_thread Mon, 27 May 2019 13:09:50 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=36695 If Beijing is serious about securing the SLOC, the construction of new overseas military bases is a matter of ‘when,’ not ‘if.’

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/game-of-straits-chinese-military-bases-and-the-sloc-dilemma/feed/ 0 Troubled Waters: The US Navy and the Return of Great Power Politics https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/troubled-waters-the-us-navy-and-the-return-of-great-power-politics/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/troubled-waters-the-us-navy-and-the-return-of-great-power-politics/#disqus_thread Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:35:55 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=36131 Naval power has been a key element of great power conflict in the past, and growing hostility between the United States and China won’t prove an exception.

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/troubled-waters-the-us-navy-and-the-return-of-great-power-politics/feed/ 1 China-India Relations: A Pearl Is Unstrung in the Maldives https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/china-india-relations-a-pearl-is-unstrung-in-the-maldives/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/china-india-relations-a-pearl-is-unstrung-in-the-maldives/#disqus_thread Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:28:47 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=35653 Opposition politician Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the Maldives’ general election, putting China’s latest foray into India’s backyard in jeopardy.

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]]> https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/china-india-relations-a-pearl-is-unstrung-in-the-maldives/feed/ 0 Djibouti’s Attempts to Vanquish Dubai Ports Operator Spells Trouble for Washington https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/djiboutis-attempts-to-vanquish-dubai-ports-operator-spells-trouble-for-the-u-s/ https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/djiboutis-attempts-to-vanquish-dubai-ports-operator-spells-trouble-for-the-u-s/#disqus_thread Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:57:02 +0000 https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/?p=35502 If Doraleh port goes the way of Hambantota in Sri Lanka and is ceded to China for non-payment of debt, the United States sprawling Camp Lemonnier could be rendered militarily unviable.

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