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Could the trade war with China topple the US oil sanctions framework?
Podcast
Tariffs, retaliatory tariffs and currency fights, the US and China are locked in a trade war with massive consequences for the global economy. What impact will this fight h...
By Neil Bhatiya & Ashley Feng
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The Old World and the Middle Kingdom
Commentary
Europe is beginning to face up to the challenges posed by a rising China. From the political debates roiling European capitals over the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei...
By Julianne Smith & Torrey Taussig
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Two Years of North Korean Coal Export Restrictions
Video
Two years have passed since the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2371, which prohibits North Korea from exporting coal. Yet there has been a big shift in China's imports...
By Ashley Feng
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The U.S. Abandoned Iraq. Don’t Repeat History in Afghanistan
Commentary
The announcement of a peace agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban is said to be imminent, after years of combat and months of negotiation. The U.S. will reportedly promis...
By David H. Petraeus & Vance Serchuk
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Why North Korea is going ballistic with short-range missiles
Commentary
North Korea is on an arms-testing binge. It began to fire short-range ballistic missiles in May, flaunted what apparently is a ballistic missile-carrying submarine on July 23,...
By Duyeon Kim
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America should apply Cold War lessons to China: Compete hard, hold fast to our values
Commentary
As global stock markets gyrate in response to mounting economic tensions between Washington and Beijing, the specter of a U.S.-China Cold War looms large. The intensifying riv...
By Daniel Kliman
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Don’t Peg Troop Withdrawals to the Political Calendar
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made news this week by suggesting that President Donald Trump has instructed him to pursue troop reductions in Afghanistan by Election Day 2020....
By Richard Fontaine
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Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White Paper
Commentary
On July 24, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued its first new national defense white paper (NDWP) since 2015 (Xinhua). “China’s National Defense in a New Era” attempts...
By Elsa B. Kania & Peter Wood
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Bombshell: The One With Mara Jade
Podcast
This week on Bombshell Loren and Erin hold down the fort and ask the brilliant Elsa Kania to explain the new Chinese defense white paper. Britain has a new PM, Pakistan’s visi...
By Elsa B. Kania & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Reveal China’s Growing Role in Illicit Supply Chains
Commentary
On July 18, in the Trump administration’s first punitive measure since Iran announced earlier this month that it would exceed the levels of enriched uranium permitted under th...
By Neil Bhatiya
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The United States Must Compete to Innovate in 5G
Commentary
5G promises exciting possibilities and daunting challenges. This transformative technology will be critical to enabling the fourth industrial revolution, creating new industri...
By Elsa B. Kania
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America must invest in expertise and skills to compete with China
Commentary
For the United States, a smart and serious approach to competition with China requires improving our understanding of this key rival. American strategy must be informed by car...
By Elsa B. Kania
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North Korea's economy
Podcast
North Korea has seized a Russian fishing boat within its territorial waters. The seizure says a lot about the richness of the fisheries off North Korea but also about their im...
By Neil Bhatiya
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As Talks Stall, North Korea Appears to Expand Its Nuclear Arsenal
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Talks between the U.S. and North Korea raised hopes that Kim Jong Un will stop developing or even surrender his nuclear weapons. But security experts point to satellite images...
By Duyeon Kim
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Innovation in the New Era of Chinese Military Power
China’s State Council Information Office has just released a new national defense white paper, which is the first since the launch of major military reforms in 2015. This docu...
By Elsa B. Kania
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He served in Afghanistan and gives Trump credit for this
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Jason Dempsey, who served multiple tours in Afghanistan, discusses President Trump's relationship with the South Asian country. Watch the full conversation on CNN....
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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The US Is Unprepared to Mobilize for Great Power Conflict
The “fully mobilized Joint Force,” the National Defense Strategy tells us, will be capable of “defeating aggression by a major power; deterring opportunistic aggression elsewh...
By Elsa B. Kania & Emma Moore
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The Second Battle of Midway
Commentary
The year is 2025 and a Chinese amphibious action group has set out for Taiwan. The United States will intervene to stop this effort, but there isn’t a U.S. ship within 4,000 m...
By David Zikusoka
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Can North Korea Be Deterred?
Commentary
Each time the world witnesses cycles of North Korean provocations or nuclear diplomacy, or both, Korea watchers and specialists question whether deterrence is possible or feas...
By Duyeon Kim
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Can South Korea and America Find a Common Position on China?
Commentary
The image two weeks ago of Presidents Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in greeting Kim Jong Un in the Korean Demilitarized Zone captivated the world. The impromptu, trilateral meetin...
By Richard Fontaine, Kristine Lee & Hannah Suh
