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Time for the U.S. to Learn Its Lessons from Afghanistan
Commentary
The United States failed in Afghanistan. The only points of debate left for analysts and historians are by how much and who is to blame. With negotiations and withdrawal plans...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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How China and the U.S. Are Competing for Young Minds in Southeast Asia
Business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month warned that China has overtaken the United States in the development of artificial intelligence and other emer...
By Kristine Lee
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Testimony on "What Keeps Xi Up at Night: Beijing’s Internal and External Challenges"
Congressional Testimony
Introduction China’s political system is currently undergoing a dramatic structural transformation, the most pronounced element of which is the Communist Party of China’s (CCP...
By Jude D. Blanchette
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To Compete with China, Get the New U.S. Development Finance Corporation Right
Commentary
By Dan Kliman: China’s economic statecraft advances its broader vision of a future defined by great power spheres of influence, rigged economic interactions, and creeping auth...
By Daniel Kliman
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To succeed with North Korea, prepare for failure
Commentary
Last year Kim Jong Un wagered that he could transform North Korea’s relations with the United States, South Korea and other powers. Despite months of flashy diplomacy, North K...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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North Korea and America’s Second Summit: Here’s What Ashley Feng Thinks Will Happen
Commentary
At the end of February, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un will reportedly meet for the second time. The summit promises to be much like the fir...
By Ashley Feng
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Preparing for a “Decent Chance” of Success and Failure with North Korea
Commentary
In a presidential tweet on Wednesday, President Donald Trump sounded cautiously hopeful regarding negotiations with North Korea. “Decent chance of Denuclearization,” he announ...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Blunting China’s Illiberal Order: The Vital Role of Congress in U.S. Strategic Competition with China
How the United States fares in its strategic competition with China will ultimately depend on our own competitiveness, which means we need to be committed and focused on enhan...
By Ely Ratner
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Is Afghanistan's 17-year war coming to an end?
Video
Both the Taliban and US officials have said "progress" was made in the latest set of talks in Qatar, and despite continuing violence on the ground in Afghanistan, there seems ...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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U.S.-India Relations: The Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy Bright Spot
Commentary
It’s customary these days to lament U.S. relations with allied countries like Germany and Canada, or to worry about warmth with unfriendly ones like Russia and North Korea. Ti...
By Richard Fontaine
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What North Korea wants from the next US summit
Commentary
Following their historic meeting in Singapore last June, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are preparing for another summit in late February. Their...
By Duyeon Kim
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Jaw-Jaw: How America Got China Wrong
Podcast
How did American analysts seem to get China so “wrong”? Why wasn’t there more of a debate until fairly recently inside the halls of power? What concerns drove the Obama admini...
By Ely Ratner
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Time to Make Good on the U.S.-Philippine Alliance
Commentary
A storm is brewing in America’s oldest security alliance in the Indo-Pacific and the administration needs to act quickly to head it off. On December 20, Philippine Secretary o...
By Gregory Poling & Eric Sayers
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It's Time for the U.S.-South Korea Alliance to Evolve
Commentary
The alliance between the United States and South Korea has, for the past six decades, been a core pillar of the U.S.-led security architecture in Northeast Asia—but in recent ...
By Kristine Lee
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Afghanistan Strategy on Stage: Five Key Questions for the Administration
The upcoming congressional testimony of the administration’s national security team on Afghanistan may be the most pivotal since September 2007, when General David Petraeus an...
By John A. Nagl & Richard Fontaine
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A New Cold War Has Begun
Commentary
In June 2005, I published a cover story in the Atlantic, “How We Would Fight China.” I wrote that, “The American military contest with China … will define the twenty-first cen...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
The decision by President Trump to withdraw 7,000 of the roughly 14,000 American troops left in Afghanistan, possibly by summer, has raised new concerns about his impulsive be...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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In an Era of Divided Government, China Can Unite
The televised bickering between President Trump and top Democratic leaders illustrates that, if political leaders find any consensus in 2019, it won’t be on the border wall. N...
By Richard Fontaine
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Can the U.S. Reinstate “Maximum Pressure” on North Korea?
Commentary
The diplomatic sprint to North Korean denuclearization has slowed to a crawl. Earlier last month, North Korea abruptly canceled talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,...
By Eric Brewer
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Watch: WION Dispatch, November 30, 2018
Video
Abigail Grace joins WION to survey the meetings, statements, and other actions of President Trump at the G20 Summit....
By Abigail Grace
