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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
American Strategy in the South China Sea: Time to Define 'Militarization' and 'Coercion'China’s previous paucity of runways in the South China Sea is leading to a trust deficit in U.S.-China relations. Over the course of this summer, China’s military and civilian...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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It's Time For The US To Stand Up For the Rule of Law
The world desires and needs American leadership to confront the expansion of authoritarian regimes that seek to undermine the global economic system and the rule of law that s...
By Jerry Hendrix
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The Future of Japan Self-Defense Forces: Implications for the Alliance and Regional Security
The CNAS Asia team recently hosted an experts’ briefing on the future of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF). The first of our Alliance Requirements Seminar Series, the ev...
By Harry Krejsa
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Diplomacy in the Time of Repression
Note: Article originally published on Wall Street Journal Asia. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s first state visit to Washington takes place this month amid China’s fiercest crackd...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Changing Tides in South China SeaChina’s rapid effort to build artificial islands in the South China Sea is far more than a diplomatic challenge. For China’s neighbors and the United States, it could soon bec...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
It's Time to Confront Beijing About the South China SeaChina has continued its aggressive actions in the South China Sea. Events from ramming Vietnamese fishing boats to continued dredging and land reclamation demonstrate aggressi...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Don't Forget Land Wars in Asia“You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is to never get involved in a land war in Asia.” This humorous quote from the film The Princess Br...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Yes, Unmanned Combat Aircraft are the FutureWill the next U.S. fighter aircraft be manned, contrary to the predictions of technologists and policymakers like Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus? That is the prediction of Co...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What Crimea Tells Us About Asia's Future WarsCrimea and the complex military occupation that now exists in Ukraine is an all too reasonable and underexplored model for future conflict in Asia. When we think about conflic...
By Van Jackson
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The Guns of August 1990
Just after midnight on August 2, 1990, an invasion force of approximately 100,000 Iraqi troops crossed into Kuwait. As mechanized and armored Republican Guard divisions breach...
By Vance Serchuk
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National Security Human Capital Program
America's Allies Want More From the USDuring the past several years, U.S. allies got a “reset” and a “rebalance,” but what they really need and want is reassurance. During our time in the Obama administration, we ...
By Julianne Smith
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Why China likes the Iran dealAs members of Congress debate whether to back the deal over Iran's nuclear program, one source of support seems guaranteed -- China. It's one of the biggest winners in the agr...
By Alexander Sullivan & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Dr. Patrick Cronin before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Asia-Pacific Security Program Director Patrick Cronin testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on America's security role in the South China Sea....
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Forecasting the Future of US-China CompetitionChina figured prominently in this year’s annual conference conducted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), which held the massive, all-day event at the end of last...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
A historic agreementThe nuclear agreement reached in Vienna creates an unprecedented opportunity for the United States to deter Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and increase stability in the M...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ilan Goldenberg
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National Security Human Capital Program
Here Are The Highlights From The Joint Chiefs' New National Military StrategyHere’s the good news and bad news laid out in the 2015 National Military Strategy recently released by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Over the sleepy D.C. week leading up to th...
By Katherine Kidder
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The Ruins of Empire in the Middle East
Editors’ note: The original headline of Robert Kaplan’s article, chosen by the editors, generated some controversy and was subsequently changed to better reflect the argument ...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How China’s Land Reclamation Fits in its Regional Strategy for DominanceSome analysts argue that China’s new artificial land formations in the South China Sea are not worth worrying about as they could be easily “taken out” if war broke out. But t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Chinese Regional Hegemony in Slow Motion
We are in the midst of an intensifying competition in Asia. The main driver of this competition is an ever-more powerful China determined to set the rules of engagement around...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Dr. Patrick Cronin before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review CommissionAsia-Pacific Security Program Director Patrick Cronin testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on China's relations with Southeast Asia....
By Patrick M. Cronin