Articles & Multimedia
Showing 941-960 of 1277 Publications
-
This Weekend’s News: Territorial Disputes Across the Indo-Pacific
This weekend’s news highlighted several ongoing territorial disputes across the Indo-Pacific region, from resource-rich Kashmir to the potentially hydrocarbon-rich South China...
-
Plugging U.S. Missile Defense Gaps
It would be a mistake to assume that we dodged a bullet with the fiery end to North Korea’s Unha-3 missile launch at the Dongchang-ri facility one minute into its fight. In fa...
By Patrick M. Cronin
-
This Weekend’s News: China’s Caribbean Interests
The New York Times reported yesterday that China is increasing its economic ties with the Caribbean, raising concerns among some U.S. diplomats and others that Beijing may be ...
-
America in Australia
The U.S. occupation of Australia has begun. U.S. officials claim the occupation has nothing to do with the behavior of China, leading defense analysts to conclude this has mor...
-
Law of the Sea Ratification Central to Securing U.S. Maritime Interests
Debate over ratifying the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is ramping up in Washington. There has been a lot of attention given to how the treaty can help the Un...
-
President's Executive Order Elevates Importance of Natural Resources
Last Tuesday, President Obama announced that the United States, the European Union and Japan filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China for its export r...
-
Much Ado About Foreign Policy
The price of gasoline is a hot-button issue on the campaign trail as Americans across the country face more pain at the pump. Whether or not gasoline prices influence presiden...
By Will Rogers
-
China and Rare Earths
Yesterday, the United States, the European Union and Japan filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging China’s export restrictions on rare ear...
-
Read This Now: A Marshall Plan to Combat Climate Change in the Asia Pacific
As the United States continues to draw down from its current conflicts in the Middle East and South Asia and rebalance in the Asia Pacific, U.S. policymakers must think creati...
-
This Weekend’s News: The Long Wake of Deep Horizon
On Friday, BP announced a settlement with thousands of Gulf Coast individuals and businesses afflicted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. According to a report from The Wall ...
-
This Weekend’s News: The Long Wake of Deepwater Horizon
On Friday, BP announced a settlement with thousands of Gulf Coast individuals and businesses afflicted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. According to a report from The Wall ...
-
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Patrick Cronin: The South China SeaThe South China Sea is the future hot-point of conflict in the world, says CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Patrick Cronin, ...
-
Three’s Company: China, the Philippines, the United States and the South China Sea
The Philippines is pushing for private, foreign investment as opposed to joint development of the Spratly Islands. On Monday, the Philippines rejected a suggestion from China ...
-
The Economist Debate: Syria
The escalating bloodbath in Syria has long since reached the point at which the international community must act to protect Syrian civilians and to push for a political transi...
By Marc Lynch
-
This Weekend’s News: Is Iran Intentionally Breeding Uncertainty in the Global Oil Market?
Iran may be attempting to breed uncertainty in the global oil market in an effort to drive up prices and insulate itself from tightening economic sanctions, including those ag...
-
The Iran Containment Fallacy
It has become increasingly fashionable in Jerusalem and Washington to advocate a military strike on Iran. Central to the case for war is the argument that a nuclear-armed Iran...
By Colin H. Kahl
-
Cyber Security, Non-State Threats and the Electric Grid
U.S. security officials have expressed concern about the vulnerability of the electric grid to cyber attacks by non-state actors. Most experts agree that today the greatest cy...
-
This Weekend’s News: The Geopolitical Story Behind Higher Oil Prices
There is a lot of chatter this morning about the potential for gas prices to hit $4 or $5 a gallon by Memorial Day, which could undermine stronger U.S. economic growth. Here a...
-
This Weekend’s News: For the United States, a Balancing Act in the Asia Pacific
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III sees stronger U.S. –Philippine ties as an opportunity to amicably settle ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, according...
-
Beijing’s South China Sea Bet
In January, CNAS published a study on the South China Sea with a chapter examining the geopolitical role of natural resources and how those resources affect state behavior acr...