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What Would a Larger Chinese Presence Mean for the Middle East?
Commentary
The Middle East has emerged as a new theater of U.S.-China great power competition. Today, America’s military presence in the region coupled with its strong diplomatic relatio...
By Daniel Kliman
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How China's Military Is Becoming Stronger
The PRC claims that its policy for national defense is inherently defensive. However, the scope and scale of what the PLA may be called upon to defend is expanding, motivated ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The Chinese Military Reforms and Transforms in the “New Era”
Commentary
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been undergoing a far-reaching transformation with strategic implications for the military balance in the region and beyond. Sta...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Weaponizing Biotech: How China’s Military Is Preparing for a ‘New Domain of Warfare’Under Beijing's civil-military fusion strategy, the PLA is sponsoring research on gene editing, human performance enhancement, and more. We may be on the verge of a brave new...
By Elsa B. Kania & Wilson VornDick
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
The Old World and the Middle KingdomEurope 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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Podcast
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Could the trade war with China topple the US oil sanctions framework?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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Video
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Two Years of North Korean Coal Export RestrictionsTwo 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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White PaperOn 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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Podcast
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Bombshell: The One With Mara JadeThis 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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Reveal China’s Growing Role in Illicit Supply ChainsOn 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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The United States Must Compete to Innovate in 5G5G 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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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
America must invest in expertise and skills to compete with ChinaFor 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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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Innovation in the New Era of Chinese Military PowerChina’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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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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Podcast
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
North Korea's economyNorth 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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Video
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
He served in Afghanistan and gives Trump credit for thisJason 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
