Policy Writings
“Provocation without Escalation: Coping with a Darker Gray Zone in the South China Sea,” Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (IDSS) paper, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Jun. 20, 2022.
“Could the Arctic Be a Wedge to Drive Between Russia and China?” with Jeremy Greenwood, War on the Rocks, Apr. 4, 2022.
“Asean running out of time to recast role as buffer in US-China great power competition,” South China Morning Post, Dec. 4, 2021.
“China’s land border law: A preliminary assessment,” Order from Chaos, Brookings Institution, Nov. 4, 2021.
“Strengthening Crisis Prevention in Northeast Asia: A Focus on Subnational and Nonstate Actors in Maritime Crises,” Issues& Insights: Advancing Rule of Law in Maritime Asia, Vol. 21, SR2, July 2021.
“‘Strategic Competition Act’ takes aim at collaborative exchanges with China,” Responsible Statecraft, Quincy Institute, May 10, 2021.
“In dealing with China, the U.S. and Japan should avoid conflating island disputes with Hong Kong and Xinjiang,” Responsible Statecraft, Quincy Institute, Apr.16, 2021.
“China’s Coast Guard Law: Destabilizing or Reassuring?” The Diplomat, Jan. 29, 2021.
“China’s Maritime Militia and Fishing Fleets: A Primer for Operational Staffs and Tactical Leaders,” with Jonathan G. Panter, Military Review, January/February 2021.
“Confluence of Two Seas: Japan's New Strategic Partnership with the Philippines,” The United States and Japan in Global Context: 2016 Yearbook (Washington DC: The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, SAIS, 2016).
“Same Goal, Different Trajectories: China and India’s Naval Modernization from a Comparative Perspective,” issue 2, China Studies Review (Washington DC: China Studies, SAIS, 2016).
“Fishing for Ways to De-escalate South China Sea Tensions,” with Yanmei Xie, The Diplomat, Aug 3, 2015 (A Chinese version was published in the Financial Times, September 6, 2015).
“The Chinese Public Debate about North Korea,” China Brief, July 2, 2015.