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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program pens an op-ed discussing the state of U.S.-Japan Relations.At 9:30 AM on April 28, 1952 the U.S.-Japan alliance stood up as the U.S. occupation of Japan stood down. At the end of this month, the U.S.-Japan alliance will step up as Jap...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Japan Leads a New Asian OrderPrime Minister Shinzo Abe’s address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress later this month will mark the first time a Japanese leader has spoken before America’s premier ven...
By Richard Fontaine
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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 / Technology & National Security
Counter-Swarm: A Guide to Defeating Robotic SwarmsSwarming with a large number of low-cost autonomous systems can be useful for a wide range of applications in warfare, and the U.S. military should move to harness the advanta...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Let’s Lock in the Rebalance to AsiaAmerica’s rebalance to Asia is real today. Whether it endures as a permanent feature of U.S. foreign and defense policy very much depends on the next several years. A bit of m...
By Shawn Brimley & Jerry Hendrix
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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
Video: Sullivan Discusses Joko Widodo’s Visit To Japan And The New Japan-Indonesia Security Cooperation AgreementBy Alexander Sullivan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: Sullivan Discusses Japan's Strategic Outreach To Southeast Asia And Indonesia's Role In The South China Sea.By Alexander Sullivan
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Commanding the SwarmToday’s uninhabited vehicles are largely tele-operated, with a person piloting or driving the vehicle remotely, but tomorrow’s won’t be. They will incorporate increasing auton...
By Paul Scharre
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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
Why North Korea Is So Freaked out by US-ROK DrillsSpring is a season for cherry blossoms. However, for many of the 28,500 of American military personnel forward deploying in the Republic of Korea (ROK), this is the season for...
By David Eunpyoung Jee
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Dr. Jerry Hendrix on A Strategy for Sustainment and Fiscal Security
Defense Strategies and Assessments Director Dr. Jerry Hendrix discusses his new report, "Avoiding Trivia: A Strategy for Sustainment and Fiscal Security" with Neal Urwitz, dir...
By Neal Urwitz & Jerry Hendrix
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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 / Technology & National Security
Commentary: The Imperative of Long-Range StrikeLater this spring, the Department of Defense will unveil its decision for the new long-range strike bomber. The program, designed to supplement aging bomber inventories and re...
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
A Matter of National Security: America Must Support TPPSome business analysts are stressing that the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership between the United States and 10 other countries promises smaller rewards—if also fewer risks—t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
It’s MathGreg Easterbrook’s recent column “Our Navy is Big Enough” in the New York Times demonstrates that one lecture at the Naval War College does not a naval expert make. Easterbroo...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Human Element in Robotic WarfareThe first rule of unmanned aircraft is, don’t call them unmanned aircraft. And whatever you do, don’t call them drones. The U.S. Air Force prefers the term “remotely pil...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Why China's Growing Defense Budget MattersSo what does this tell us? Obviously nothing definitive, given that such an inherently indeterminate question as the nature and contours of China’s future behavior cannot be r...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
U.S. Security ChallengesOn This Week in Defense News, Asia-Pacific Security Senior Director Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses the fight against the Islamic State group, Russia's aggression in Ukraine an...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
A New Model of U.S. Defense CooperationHow are our European allies meant to cope with the predations of Russia, Middle East friends with the Islamic State, and Asian partners with the gray-zone challenges of China?...
By Patrick M. Cronin