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China has a lot more missiles — with US warships and bases in its sights
In The News
The "dramatic expansion" of the Chinese missile arsenal, especially MRBMs and IRBMs, is designed to threaten US forces and allies across the Indo-Pacific region, Thomas Shugar...
By Tom Shugart
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Congress Helps Steer Taiwan Toward the ‘Porcupine Strategy’
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week touched down in China for high-stakes diplomatic meetings with top Chinese officials as part of the Biden administration’s ong...
By Jacob Stokes
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Blinken in Beijing
In The News
“Some had said China was uncomfortable with North Korea’s military support of Russia. This shows that’s not the case,” JACOB STOKES, senior fellow at the Center for a New Amer...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden’s historic three-way meeting
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A senior Biden official said a joint statement between the three countries will contain “very strong language.” Following joint naval exercises this week, the three leaders wi...
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden’s ‘Coalitions of the Willing’ Foreign-Policy Doctrine
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“These minilateral meetings among three or four countries have really become a hallmark of the Biden administration’s strategy of developing a loose network of security relati...
By Lisa Curtis
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Big opposition win in South Korean parliament election poses setback to President Yoon
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“This election is an assessment of Yoon’s presidency. The stakes for him are whether he’s able to fully implement his liberal democratic agenda, which is his top priority,” Du...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Tough elections loom over Biden’s Japan summit
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Japan’s decision to boost defense spending is also a helpful rhetorical weapon for Tokyo to quell doubts about its security commitments, experts say. Japan is currently undert...
By Lisa Curtis
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CNAS Responds: Biden-Kishida Meeting
Press Note
More Insights from the Indo-Pacific Security Program:...
By Lisa Curtis, Jacob Stokes & Evan Wright
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Trump will see nuclear subs as a ‘win-win’, US foreign policy guru predicts
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One of America’s leading foreign policy thinkers has played down fears that Donald Trump could discard the AUKUS pact or seek revenge against Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Modi’s Messenger to the World
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Lisa Curtis, a former U.S. government official who dealt with Jaishankar during the 2005 nuclear deal negotiations as well as in his time at the Indian Embassy in Washington, ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Kim Jong Un Faces Annihilation in Most Korea War Scenarios
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If Kim misjudged and thought the US and South Korea were looking to end his regime — instead of just deliver a message of deterrence — he might preemptively use a nuclear weap...
By Duyeon Kim
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New CNAS Report Offers Policy Roadmap to Counter Chinese Gray Zone Activities and Bullying in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean
Press Release
Washington, March 29, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Countering Coercion: Managing Chinese Gray Zone Activity in the South ...
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New CNAS Report Highlights Historic Opportunity for Trilateral Cooperation Between U.S., Japan, and South Korea
Press Release
Washington, March 21, 2024 – Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation: Ke...
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The ‘Lost Decade’ of the US Pivot to Asia
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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia...
By Richard Fontaine
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Taiwan's new legislature, possible Trump win cast shadows over U.S.-Taipei ties
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Evan Wright, a research assistant at The Center for a New American Security, a think tank, said that Lai essentially presented himself as "Tsai 2.0." "He is, to a certain exte...
By Evan Wright
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Biden’s State of the Union comes as foreign policy consensus fractures
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Biden will also be addressing that sizable segment of the “Make America Great Again” electorate and may make the case that funding Ukraine’s defense is necessary to forestall ...
By Lisa Curtis
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The South China Sea Is the Next Test of US Resolve
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The two nations are not yet close to going to war. But collisions and clashes can easily escalate. China’s truculence therefore raises the question: Under what circumstances s...
By Jacob Stokes
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China-Taiwan Frictions Flare After Deaths of Fishermen
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The latest maritime incidents fit a pattern of China “responding to events that Beijing views as provocations by escalating the situation in its response and using those oppor...
By Jacob Stokes
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What U.S.–China cooperation on AI could look like
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At a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on Capitol Hill on Thursday, expert witnesses testified that the Chinese military places a high priority...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. and China hold defense talks ahead of Taiwan election
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China has positioned the Taiwan election as a choice between war and peace, drawing concerns among experts that Beijing might intensify its pressure campaign against the islan...
By Jacob Stokes
