By Dan Gouré, RealClearDefense: "Senior U.S. defense officials have publicly stated that Russia and China are ahead of us in this new arms race.
By Adam Ni, Divergent Options: "The rise of Chinese nationalism is often seen as a cause of China’s increasing assertive foreign policy, including its approach to territorial disputes."
By Jaison D. Desai, Strategy Bridge: “The current crisis in relations between Russia and the West and the attempt to respond to it through economic sanctions illustrates how hard it is to answer a fundamental question: what does Putin really want?"