The Official Blog of Amb. David H. Shinn

 The American Security Project published on 23 September 2026 an article titled " Two Shores, One Chokepoint: The Houthi-al-Shabaab Nex...

The Diplomat published on 10 January 2014 an analysis titled " China and the Far Seas " by Andrew Erickson and Austin Strange.  T...

The National Bureau of Asian Research published on 7 January 2014 a brief commentary titled " UN Operations in Africa Provide a Mechani...

The International Affairs Forum asked me to write a short piece on China's Security Policy in Africa and the Western Indian Ocean . My...