0JJames Carter And Jacob Choe· Opinion · 5 min · May 30, 2026StoryThe US Ally That Figured Out China’s Gameplan Long Before WashingtonWashington has spent decades talking about the U.S.-Japan alliance in military terms. Carrier groups. Missile defense. Deterrence. Those things matter enormously. But the alliance runs far deeper than defense planning…0 commentsShare
0JJames Carter And Jacob Choe· Opinion · 5 min · May 17, 2026StoryWashington Has A Better Hand In Africa. But Will It Play It Against Beijing?When President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping sat down in Beijing this week, most of the world was watching for signals about tariffs, Taiwan and technology. Fair enough. But if you want to understand where the…0 commentsShare
0JJames Carter And Jacob Choe· Opinion · 4 min · Mar 11, 2026StoryJAMES CARTER And JACOB CHOE: Trump’s Doctrine, Rubio’s Moment And How America Got Serious About IranWashington has a habit of dressing up failure as sophistication. Thirty years of engagement with Iran — the diplomacy, the frameworks, the endless European intermediaries — produced a regime with more centrifuges, more…0 commentsShare
0JJames Carter And Jacob Choe· Opinion · 5 min · Mar 4, 2026StoryJAMES CARTER And JACOB CHOE: When ‘Free Markets’ Aren’t Really FreeFor years, Washington treated critical minerals as a paperwork problem. If only permits moved faster, investors would flock, and supply chains would hum. How quaint. That tidy theory has finally—and…0 commentsShare
0JJames Carter And Jacob Choe· Opinion · 4 min · Jan 28, 2026StoryJAMES CARTER And JACOB CHOE: Trump’s Board Of Peace And The Quiet Reallocation Of PowerAt this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, President Trump unveiled a new global initiative—the “ Board of Peace ”—and promoted it as a flexible mechanism for dialogue and conflict mitigation. The language soothed…0 commentsShare
0JJames Carter And Jacob Choe· Opinion · 4 min · Jan 20, 2026StoryJAMES CARTER And JACOB CHOE: MAGA Isn’t De-Globalization. It’s The Only Globalization Strategy That Still WorksFor years, critics have lazily described Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda as de-globalization — a retreat from the world, a rejection of trade, an inward turn. That charge is not merely wrong. It is…0 commentsShare
0JJames Carter And Jacob Choe· Opinion · 5 min · Nov 25, 2025StoryJACOB CHOE And JAMES CARTER: China’s Interest In Overlooked Part Of Africa Should Alarm USWashington is sleepwalking into a strategic defeat in Africa. While U.S. officials debate talking points about “supply-chain resilience,” China is moving with speed, discipline, and enormous capital to lock down the…0 commentsShare
0JJames Carter And Jacob Choe· Opinion · 5 min · Nov 4, 2025StoryJACOB CHOE And JAMES CARTER: It’s Time To Wake Up – China Is Taking Over Africa But It’s Not Too LateAfrica has become the new great-power chessboard. The pieces aren’t soldiers or diplomats—they’re ports, railways, and fiber-optic cables. And behind many of them stands China. For two decades, Beijing has poured…0 commentsShare
