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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
From Political Taboo to Strategic Hedge: A US Perspective on Ballistic Missile DefenseBallistic missile defense (BMD) is both expensive and largely unproven;1 so on what basis might we judge its value? This article offers a US perspective about the utility of B...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Is North Korea a Nuclear State?If the global norm against nuclear proliferation is to retain meaning, North Korea must remain isolated from the international community in certain respects. But that doesn’t...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Will Asia's Peace Last?Will Asia’s peace endure? The answer depends on how policymakers cope with growing structural pressures that increasingly encourage miscalculations, arms races, and reckless f...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Visiting Fellow Dr. Van Jackson discusses Japan’s militarizationIs Japan striving for military “normalcy,” hedging against uncertainty, or balancing a more assertive China? Under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan has increased defense spen...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Dr. Van Jackson before the House Subcommittee on Asia and the PacificVisiting Fellow Dr. Van Jackson testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific on U.S. Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia P...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Note to Ash Carter: Make the Rebalance a RealityThe new secretary of defense needs to make the United States’ “rebalance to the Asia-Pacific” an indisputable fact. Even in the face of global challenges and constrained resou...
By Alexander Sullivan, Patrick M. Cronin & Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Release the dronesThis week, the Obama administration announced a new policy loosening export restrictions for military and commercial drones. This policy shift represents a responsible first s...
By Kelley Sayler, Paul Scharre & Van Jackson
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Putin and the Hermit Kingdom
If the rumors are true, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia in May during a commemoration of World War II in Moscow. Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander ...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: CONFIGURING THE U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE FOR A CHANGING ASIAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENTBy Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Local Flavor: What Asia’s Hedging Trend Tells Us about Asia, and StrategyWhen modern scholars and strategists discuss trends as a hook to some larger observation or policy argument, they typically do so with an eye to trends at the global level — t...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Kim Jong Un's Tin Can Air ForceNorth Korea's resistance to change is punchline-worthy. It still operates a command economy, its population remains largely cut off from the Internet, and, with few exceptions...
By Van Jackson
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Technology & National Security
Superiority at any Price? Political Consequences of the First Offset StrategyMilitary strategies serve political ends. Judgments about their effectiveness cannot be separated from the historical and geopolitical context in which they exist. The first U...
By Van Jackson
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Attack of the Drones: Responding to the Newest Type of Provocation
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Preventing violence in a post-Kim NorthHow would Kim Jong Un’s removal from power affect the likelihood of North Korean violence against the United States or South Korea, and what might be done to prevent such viol...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Does Kim Really Run North Korea? Find Out with Military DiplomacyRecent rumors of Kim Jong-un’s whereabouts and whether a coup had occurred put our ignorance about what goes on in North Korea on full display. Speculation is natural when it ...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
An "App" For Peace?: Technology's Role in Asia’s Balance of PowerAsian geopolitics needs tech solutions to help manage the shifting regional balance of power and prevent war. For the past generation, Asia has known greater peace for a long...
By Van Jackson