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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Sea-based nuclear-weapons: Military needs and political consequencesHow will the deployment of ballistic missile submarines by China and India affect the Indo-Pacific strategic landscape? What effect will these deployments have on stability in...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Testing North Korea’s IntentionsNorth Korean diplomatic offensives are usually short-lived and end in disappointment. Even so, it would be a mistake just to ignore Pyongyang’s recent signals that it would l...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Send the U.S. Navy to AustraliaAustralian cooperation with America's ongoing military and humanitarian operations in Iraq is just the latest example of a deep alliance that has flourished for over six decad...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
The Islamic State's Dangerous Influence in AsiaIn places across Indonesia, small collections of political Islamists have “openly pledged their allegiance” to the extremist terrorist group, the Islamic State (IS). One of th...
By Hannah Suh
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: ON THE LINE: The Asia PivotBy Ely Ratner
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Kim Jong-un: Starving For PowerThe world is gradually coming to the conclusion that chronic malnutrition in Kim Jong-un’s North Korea is Pyongyang’s problem. After providing the DPRK with more than 12.5 mil...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Tensions Mounting in the East China SeaWaking up to another news article about a close encounter in or above the East China Sea has become routine. But when one looks more closely at the recent developments in thes...
By Zachary Hosford
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
#ThinkDefense: CEO Michèle Flournoy and NPR's Tom Bowman's Twitter ChatCNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy (@micheleflournoy) and NPR Pentagon Reporter Tom Bowman (@TBowmanNPR) took to Twitter to chat about today's most pressing national security issues in...
By JaRel Clay
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Pointless PunishmentThe Obama administration has responded to increasing Russian aggression by stepping up its own efforts to inflict economic pain on Moscow and isolate it diplomatically. The Un...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ely Ratner
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Can America "Just Say No" to China?“One of America’s clearest and most compelling interests is to develop a positive and constructive U.S.-China relationship.” Secretary Kerry’s statement at the recent U.S.-Chi...
By Amy Chang
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Ukraine Crisis Torpedoes Russia-Japan RapprochementOne of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s main objectives since returning to office has been to improve relations with Russia, a goal also sought by Moscow. Both governments...
By Richard Weitz
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How Japan Can Raise Costs on Tailored Coercion in the East China SeaAs a previous blog post alluded to, one of the goals of the first workshop in our Maritime Strategy Project, and indeed of the entire initiative, is to understand the drivers ...
By Alexander Sullivan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A Fading Star?The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) stands at a pivotal point in its history. On the one hand, the growing ties between Russia and China as well as the withdrawal of t...
By Richard Weitz
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Dueling Narratives, Dueling Visions of ASEANChina-U.S. relations retain a high degree of stability and do not operate within a zero-sum game. They do, however, operate against the background music of dueling narratives ...
By Cecilia Zhou & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Chinese Assertiveness Has Asia on Edge: How to RespondA recent Pew Research Poll made clear that publics in East Asia are increasingly uneasy about the destabilizing effects of China’s maritime assertiveness. Among the eight coun...
By Ely Ratner
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
A Bold Maritime Strategy for TaiwanTaiwan’s future security hinges on developing a new maritime strategy of active diplomacy and asymmetric defense. Although President Ma Ying-jeou has initiated creative peace ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
A Diversified Portfolio: Regional Responses to Chinese AssertivenessA recent Pew Research Poll made clear that publics in East Asia are increasingly uneasy about the destabilizing effects of China’s maritime assertiveness. Among the eight coun...
By Ely Ratner
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China Advances on Missile Defense, With Eye on Dissuading RivalsOn July 23, China conducted its third declared ballistic missile defense (BMD) test in the past four years, with the Defense Ministry announcing afterward that the test had “a...
By Richard Weitz
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
CNAS Kicks Off Maritime Strategy Project: Imposing Costs on Bad Behavior in Maritime AsiaAsia’s relative peace and prosperity is increasingly marked by maritime tensions, especially in the East and South China Seas. Despite the obvious incentives for cooperation,...
By Alexander Sullivan
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How Russia, China and the US can denuclearize North KoreaDespite their many differences over regional security and other issues, China, Russia, and the United States continue to collaborate to counter the nuclear and missile program...
By Richard Weitz