Van Jackson

Van Jackson is a senior lecturer in international relations at Victoria University of Wellington, a distinguished fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, and a defense and strategy fellow at Victoria University of Wellington's Centre for Strategic Studies.

Articles by Van Jackson

Factory workers form a picket line outside an auto plant in Louisville, Kentucky.

How Great-Power Rivalry Hurts Ordinary Americans

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Van Jackson, Michael Brenes

January 31, 2025, 2:30 PM

U.S.-ASEAN Summit

America’s Asia Strategy Has Reached a Dead End

Argument

January 9, 2022, 6:00 PM

The South Korean Navy Aegis destroyer King Sejong the Great sails during a drill on the Dokdo/Takeshima islets on Aug. 25, 2019.

Trump, Not Biden, Wrecked American Power in the Pacific

Argument

Van Jackson, Hunter Marston

October 23, 2020, 9:48 AM

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L), chats with his Chinese counterpart Li Yuanchao

Biden’s China Policy Can’t Help but Be Incoherent

Argument

August 13, 2020, 4:43 PM

Supporters of President Donald Trump shout toward members of the press before the start of a rally at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The Trump-Kim Summit Is WrestleMania for Pundits

Argument

June 11, 2018, 1:17 PM

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Raindrops Keep Falling On My Nuclear Umbrella

Argument

May 18, 2015, 2:49 PM

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Kim Jong Un’s Tin Can Air Force

Argument

November 12, 2014, 12:58 AM

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