Nirav Patel
Topics: Regional Security Challenges, U.S. Foreign Policy, WMD & Nuclear Proliferation Projects: Asia-Pacific Security
Nirav Patel is a Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) where he oversees the Center’s Asia Initiative '09 projects. Prior to working at CNAS, Patel was a research analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies where he focused on global proliferation syndicates and non-proliferation strategy. He has contributed to numerous journals and his writings have appeared in dozens of newspapers around the world, including The Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Straits Times, and Asia Times. He is also a guest author to the South Asia Analysts Group and is a frequent commentator on international security issues for both TV and print media. Patel holds an M.A. in international security studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Author(s): Al Pessin
Source: VOA News
Date: 09/24/2009
September 24, 2009 - During a conference launching CNAS's new report China's Arrival, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg called on China to provide "strategic reassurance" to the U.S. "Just as we and our allies must make clear that we are prepared to welcome China's arrival as a prosperous and successful power, China must reassure the rest of the world that its development and growing global role will not come at the expense of security and well-being of others," said Steinberg.
| more |Author(s): Tabassum Zakaria
Source: Reuters
Date: 09/24/2009
September 24, 2009 - In his keynote address at the launch of CNAS's new report China's Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global Relationship, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg discussed a dispute over tire imports from China. "U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said on Thursday he believed that China and the United States did not want a trade dispute on tires to spark a trade war."
| more |Author(s): Barry Schweid
Source: AP
Date: 09/22/2009
September 22, 2009 - CNAS released a major report on U.S.-China relations. AP reporter Barry Schweid writes about the strategic influence of the report: "The Center for a New American Security, in a study prepared by a panel of 10 academics, declared Tuesday that the first principle of China policy should be: 'China should not be treated as a threat.'"
| more |Author(s): Van Jackson
Source: Examiner
Date: 07/24/2009
July 24, 2009 - Van Jackson, Asia reporter for the Examiner, discusses the recently-released CNAS report on North Korea and its "novel" recommendation for building a regional security mechanism such as the Five-Party Talks. "North Korea’s current unwillingness to return to the Six-Party Talks framework actually opens a window of opportunity to initiate a coordinating mechanism such as the Five-Party Talks."
| more |Author(s): Lee Jong-Heon
Source: UPI Asia
Date: 06/23/2009
June 23, 2009 - UPI Asia cites CNAS's recently-released report on North Korea and its argument that the "proposed five-party dialogue could help the Obama administration achieve two strategic goals – strengthening its commitment to Northeast Asian allies and denuclearizing the Korean peninsula."
| more |Author(s): Kim Ji-hyun , Ahn Hyo-rim
Source: The Korea Herald
Date: 06/18/2009
June 18, 2009 - The Korea Herald cites the recently released CNAS report on North Korea and its recommendations to the Obama Administration on how to strategically manage the North Korea crisis.
| more |Author(s): Mark Thompson
Source: Time Magazine
Date: 06/17/2009
June 17, 2009 - TIME Magazine cites the new CNAS report on the North Korea crisis in a recent analysis. "While North Korea's most recent aggression has not yet led to violent outbreaks in the region, such clashes are a distinct possibility in the near future," says the report.
| more |Author(s): Nirav Patel , David Capezza
Source: Small Wars Journal:
Date: 04/01/2009
April 1, 2009 - Nirav Patel, CNAS' Bacevich Fellow, and David Capezza, a CNAS consultant, write about the role China can play in helping the United States stabilize Afghanistan and enhance development in the country. "If America is to succeed in Afghanistan it must begin to think beyond how Europe fits into the equation and start a process of better integrating emerging powers, particularly China into its strategic process," they write.
| more |Author(s): Nirav Patel
Source: World Politics Review
Date: 03/31/2009
March 31, 2009 - Nirav Patel, CNAS' Bacevich Fellow, writes in World Politics Review about the future of the military alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea. "The U.S.-ROK alliance has the potential to be one of the bedrock partnerships of U.S. and international security for decades to come, one of intrinsic rather than narrowly strategic value," Patel writes.
| more |Author(s): Colin Clark
Source: DoD Buzz
Date: 03/16/2009
March 16, 2009 - CNAS hosted an event last week to highlight a new report on what the Obama administration's Asia strategy should look like. Michael McDevitt, who spoke at the event, talks to DoD Buzz about whether the U.S. should pursue more talks with China on maritime issues.
| more |Author(s): Abraham Denmark, Nirav Patel, Linton Brooks, Joshua W. Busby, Lindsey Ford, Michael J. Green, G. John Ikenberry, Robert D. Kaplan, Daniel Twining, Richard Weitz
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 09/22/2009
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 22, 2009 - China’s rise is one of the most significant geopolitical events in modern history, with important ramifications for U.S. interests, regional power balances, and the international order. As the Obama administration confronts a broad set of worldwide challenges, questions remain as to how the United States should engage China amidst uncertainty about its long-term intentions and how to balance this important relationship against concerns regarding China’s behavior in the international community.
| more |Author(s): Abraham M. Denmark, Nirav Patel, Lindsey Ford, Michael Zubrow, Zachary M. Hosford
Type of Publication: Working Papers
Date: 06/11/2009
Pyongyang has spoken: North Korea has chosen the path of confrontation. Despite a series of agreements orchestrated by the Clinton and Bush administrations, North Korea has made no progress toward engagement and denuclearization, and has abdicated its commitments to the international community.
| more |Author(s): Sharon Burke, Jay Gulledge, Michael Horowitz, Christine Parthemore, Nirav Patel
Type of Publication: Working Papers
Date: 03/30/2009
In the summer of 2008, Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead, asked the Center for a New American Security to conduct a brief survey of the challenges global climate change may pose for the U.S. Navy over the next 30 years.
| more |Author(s): Ralph A. Cossa, Brad Glosserman, Michael A. McDevitt, Nirav Patel, James Przystup, Brad Roberts
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 02/24/2009
February 2009 - Ongoing shifts in geopolitical power from West to East make the Asia-Pacific region more important to the United States today than ever before. The region is already an engine of the global economy, and major Asian countries are becoming global economic and political actors. Yet, as Asia’s importance has grown over the last decade, Washington has often been focused elsewhere. The Obama administration needs a more active approach to the Asia-Pacific region that recognizes the new geopolitical realities and positions the United States to deal effectively with the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
| more |Author(s): Kurt M. Campbell, Victor D. Cha, Lindsey Ford, Nirav Patel, Randy Schriver, Vikram J. Singh, Kazuyo Kato
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 02/23/2009
February 2009 - The United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have one of the most formidable and durable military alliances in the world. This alliance has preserved peace and stability in Northeast Asia and ensured nuclear restraint among Asian powers. It has weathered extreme domestic unpopularity in South Korea and pressures to reduce U.S. overseas defense obligations.
| more |Author(s): Kurt Campbell, Nirav Patel, Richard Weitz
Type of Publication: Working Papers
Date: 10/15/2008
America’s military intervention in Iraq has catalyzed major changes in the Middle East, but the ramifications of its military campaigns around the world, particularly in Asia, remain understudied. This is most evident in China where strategists and policymakers are attempting to articulate how Chinese power and influence should be exerted in this strategic environment. Chinese officials, strategists, and academics have followed the Iraq war very carefully; however, their views have yet to be thoroughly explored.
| more |Author(s): Kurt Campbell, Nirav Patel, Richard Weitz
Type of Publication: Working Papers
Date: 10/15/2008
America’s military intervention in Iraq has catalyzed major changes in the Middle East, but the ramifications of its military campaigns around the world, particularly in Asia, remain understudied. Throughout major capitals in Asia discussions relating to America’s staying power and influence are becoming more pronounced.
Author(s): Kurt Campbell, Nirav Patel, Richard Weitz
Type of Publication: Working Papers
Date: 10/15/2008
America’s military intervention in Iraq has catalyzed major changes in the Middle East, but the ramifications of its military campaigns around the world, particularly in Asia, remain understudied. Throughout major capitals in Asia discussions relating to America’s staying power and influence are becoming more pronounced.
| more |Author(s): Kurt M. Campbell, Nirav Patel, Vikram J. Singh
Type of Publication: Report
Date: 06/11/2008
As the tides of influence and power shift from Atlantic to Pacific shores – propelled by the remarkable ascents of China and India and the economic growth of an entire region that now accounts for over 30 percent of global GDP – America must reassert its strategic presence in Asia.
Unfortunately, many strategists shape policies toward the region through either a Cold War or anti-terrorism lens; both are limited in dealing with Asian dynamism. The region must be described in creative and forward-looking terms –Kurt Campbell and his team from the Center for a New American Security deem it iAsia – and U.S. strategy must be made anew to match.
Author(s): Vikram J. Singh, Nirav Patel
Type of Publication: Policy Brief
Date: 04/06/2008
The honeymoon between Washington and Seoul will not last long without more harmony on the most important issue for the relationship: North Korean denuclearization.
| more |Speaker(s): Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, Dennis C. Wilder, Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard
Type: Audio
Date: 06/11/2009
The full audio of the panel "No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea" from the June 11, 2009, conference is available here.
| more |Speaker(s): Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, Dennis C. Wilder, Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard
Type: Transcript
Date: 06/11/2009
The full transcript of the panel "No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea" from the June 11, 2009, conference is available here.
| more |Speaker(s): Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, Dennis C. Wilder, Ambassador Thomas C. Hubbard
Type: Video
Date: 06/11/2009
The full video of the panel "No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea" from the June 11, 2009, conference is available here.
| more |Type: Video
Date: 03/13/2009
Ongoing shifts in geopolitical power from West to East make the Asia-Pacific region more important to the United States today than ever before. The region is already an engine of the global economy, and major Asian countries are becoming global economic and political actors. Yet, as Asia’s importance has grown over the last decade, Washington has often been focused elsewhere. The Obama administration needs a more active approach to the Asia-Pacific region that recognizes the new geopolitical realities and positions the United States to deal effectively with the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
| more |Type: Video
Date: 03/13/2009
The United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have one of the most formidable and durable military alliances in the world. This alliance has preserved peace and stability in Northeast Asia and ensured nuclear restraint among Asian powers. It has weathered extreme domestic unpopularity in South Korea and pressures to reduce U.S. overseas defense obligations.
| more |Speaker(s): James A. Kelly, RADM Michael McDevitt (Ret.)
Type: Video
Date: 03/13/2009
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) cordially invites you to a panel discussion with Ralph Cossa, Patrick Cronin, RADM Michael McDevitt, and Brad Roberts. The evening's discussion, led by former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly, will celebrate the launch of a new joint report, The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration, which assesses U.S. strategic imperatives in the Asia-Pacific and provides several policy recommendations for the Obama administration. The discussion and subsequent reception will take place on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, in the Willard's Crystal Room.
| more |Speaker(s): LTG Karl Eikenberry, David E. Sanger, Dr. Kurt M. Campbell
Type: Video
Date: 06/11/2008
In session five of the conference, Dr. Campbell presented on CNAS’s new publication iAsia: the Power of Balance, followed by comments from the distinguished panelists: Robert D. Kaplan, CNAS Senior Fellow and writer for the Atlantic; Dr. Victor Cha, D.S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair and Associate Professor at Georgetown University, Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council 2004-7; LTG Karl Eikenberry, Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, formerly the Commander of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A); Moderator: David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, the New York Times, CNAS Writer-in Residence; Mr. Campbell, as the presenter, began by laying out the four insights that form the basis of the report.
| more |Speaker(s): Michèle A. Flournoy, Dr. Kurt M. Campbell
Type: Video
Date: 06/11/2008
The family of First Lieutenant Andrew J. Bacevich, Jr., USA, has allowed CNAS to dedicate an annual fellowship in his honor. First Lieutenant Bacevich lost his life on May 13, 2007 from wounds suffered during a combat patrol operation in Iraq, and co-founders Michèle Flournoy and Kurt Campbell had the honor of presenting his father with a personal plaque dedicating the fellowship and unveiled a similar plaque that will hang in the CNAS office.
| more |06/16/2009
WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 16, 2009 - The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has released a new report on North Korea, available now on the CNAS website. The report, titled No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea, offers recommendations for how the Obama Administration can manage the North Korea crisis.
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