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Will the US military intervene in China's military exercises? Experts: in a "delicate balance"
In The News
International concern is whether the situation in the Taiwan Strait may go awry and lead to a crisis, and whether the US military will intervene. Jacob Stokes, an Indo-Pacific...
By Jacob Stokes
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Pelosi visit underscores cyber threat to Taiwan
In The News
In 2021, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testified to Congress that China hopes to be militarily capable of taking Taiwan by 2027. While it may be a few years ...
By Richard Fontaine
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South Korea Leader Snubs Pelosi Over Holiday, Adding to His Woes
In The News
Although Yoon has pledged to rebuild security ties with the country’s long-standing American ally and take a tough line with China, his popularity has swiftly fallen in recent...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Pelosi’s Taiwan trip ratchets up US-China tensions
In The News
There is bipartisan support for Pelosi’s trip, with more than two dozen Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), backing her visit in a s...
By Jacob Stokes
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Press Note
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
CNAS Responds: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in drone strikeCenter for a New American Security experts offer insight into the ramifications of the CIA-led killing of al Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri and the lasting legacy of the global war ...
By Richard Fontaine, Paul Scharre, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Christopher D. Kolenda & Dr. Jason Dempsey
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What Zawahri’s killing means for Afghanistan’s frozen $3.5B
In The News
A consequence of killing al Qaeda leader AYMAN AL-ZAWAHRI in Kabul is that the Biden administration may not soon return the $3.5 billion it took from the Afghan people. In Feb...
By Lisa Curtis
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Pelosi’s Last Cold War & The Griner Prisoner Dilemma
In The News
After weeks of speculation and fears that she might launch World War III, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally touched down Tuesday night in Taipei, for an official visit to Tai...
By Richard Fontaine
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Nancy Pelosi’s expected Taiwan trip and her ‘hate-hate’ relationship with BeijingIn the year 1991, a relatively new Congresswoman from California, Nancy Pelosi stunned the Chinese authorities when she spread out a banner in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square dedic...
By Daniel Silverberg
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Pelosi’s Visit Risks Turning Taiwan Into a Political Football, Aides Worry
In The News
After weeks of mounting speculation, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to visit Taiwan this week during her trip through Asia, prompting a caustic response from officials...
By Jacob Stokes
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Despite Xi's 'fire', call with Biden avoided Taiwan escalation
In The News
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping managed largely to steer clear of escalatory rhetoric on Taiwan in a Thursday call, suggesting that neither side – pr...
By Jacob Stokes
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Bolster maritime ties in the Indo-Pacific
The Stratbase Albert Del Rosario Institute commemorated the sixth anniversary of the July 12 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague by holding an internatio...
By Lisa Curtis
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Yoon and the Future of Korea-Europe Relations
In The News
The inclusion of four Indo-Pacific states demonstrates the NATO alliance’s adaptation to a new security environment three decades since the end of the Cold War. Back in Februa...
By Jacob Stokes
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Hong Kong 25 years later: Why it matters for the US
In The News
Jacob Stokes, fellow for the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, said that China’s breach of “one country, two systems” for Hong Kong has ...
By Jacob Stokes
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National Security Daily: The Supreme Court is hurting Biden’s foreign policy, too
In The News
XI VISITS HONG KONG: Chinese leader XI JINPING left mainland China for the first time since the start of the pandemic to effectively sound the death knell for Hong Kong’s demo...
By Jacob Stokes
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The Last Days of the Afghan Embassy
In January 2002, shortly after the fall of the first Taliban government in Kabul, then-Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai flew to Washington. There, he met with then-U.S. Pres...
By Lisa Curtis
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China secretly building naval facility in Cambodia, Western officials say
China is secretly building a naval facility in Cambodia for the exclusive use of its military, with both countries denying that is the case and taking extraordinary measures t...
By Richard Fontaine
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New CNAS Report: "Revitalizing the U.S.-Philippines Alliance to Address Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific"
Press Release
Washington, June 2, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) U.S.-Philippines Alliance Task Force released a new report, "Revitalizing the U.S.-Philippines Al...
By CNAS U.S.-Philippines Alliance Task Force, Lisa Curtis, Joshua Fitt & Zachary Durkee
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Afghanistan's Taliban urged by UN Security Council to lift restrictions on women, girls
In The News
The U.N. Security Council this week urged Taliban leaders to "swiftly reverse" policies and practices toward Afghanistan women and girls restricting their rights and freedoms ...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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Blinken Aims at Xi in Speech Vowing to Shape Global Order
In The News
Beyond the blunt talk, there was little new in the speech, and the biggest hole in the strategy continues to be its economic vision—despite President Joe Biden’s unveiling of ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Was Biden's Taiwan statement scripted? 5 takeaways from his Asia trip
In The News
U.S. President Joe Biden's five-day trip to Asia was an attempt to show the world, and especially China, that the Indo-Pacific is the priority region for his administration. ...
By Richard Fontaine
