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N.Korea Fires Missiles, Drawing Both U.S. Condemnation and Appeal for Talks
North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles on Friday, drawing both condemnation and an appeal for dialogue from a U.S. administration that has imposed new sanctions ove...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Fires Missiles From Train in Third Launch of 2022
North Korea’s latest launch involved a pair of missiles fired from a train, North Korean state media reported, offering details about what was already its third launch this ye...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Biden Strategy on North Korea Under Pressure Over Missile Launches
President Biden may soon be forced to take action amid threats from an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has flexed its military might in recent days with provocative...
By Jacob Stokes
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Threat of Retaliation Looms Large Over U.S.-China Relationship in 2022
With tensions unlikely to abate in 2022, the U.S.-China relationship over the next year is likely to be colored by the omnipresent threat of Chinese retaliation against a vari...
By Jacob Stokes
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Congressional Probe Over Afghan Withdrawal Turns Partisan
Congressional Republicans are concerned that the Biden administration is stonewalling their investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of Congres...
By Lisa Curtis
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Ten Years of Kim Jong-un as North Korean Leader: How Has He Transformed the Country in His First Decade in Power?
North Korea this week marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, who ruled the country from 1994 to 2011, when he was relieved by his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, w...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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From ‘Tempestuous’ Child to Little Rocket Man: 10 Years of Kim Jong-un
It was not, perhaps, the image Kim Jong-un would have wanted to project in his first public appearance as the latest authoritarian leader of North Korea in 2011. As wailing ci...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
The FY2022 National Defense Authorization ActAfter weeks of delay, the United States Congress passed the long-awaited $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—setting the nation’s defense expenditures and p...
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Is South Korea Close to Officially Ending the Korean War?
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said this week that the U.S., China and North Korea agreed in principle on declaring a formal end to the Korean War, replacing an armistice ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Analysis-N.Korea After 10 years of Kim Jong Un: Better Armed but More Isolated Than Ever
Ten years after Kim Jong Un assumed power North Korea is better armed but deeply isolated and more dependent on China, despite actions by the young leader that raised - and da...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Democracy vs. China: Biden’s Top Priorities Are Sometimes in Conflict
President Biden has described the global competition between the U.S. and China as a battle of democracy vs. autocracy. The reality is often murkier. Reality check: “If we onl...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S., Japan Set to Enhance Cooperation on Military R&D
The United States and Japan are already close military allies, but those ties could become even tighter in coming years as the two nations explore more opportunities to cooper...
By Jacob Stokes
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Summit for Democracy (Virtually) Takes WashingtonTomorrow, the White House convenes over 100 governments for its long-promised Summit for Democracy—an event that has already elicited much discussion from supporters and criti...
By Richard Fontaine, Carrie Cordero, Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Laura G. Brent, Carisa Nietsche & Nicholas Lokker
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
CNAS Launches New Set of Research Projects on U.S. and Allied Economic and Technological Competition with ChinaWashington, December 7, 2021—The Center for a New American Security is pleased to announce the launch of three new U.S.-government supported research projects on U.S. and alli...
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What Will America Fight For?
As the world’s great power, America ends up having to deal with all its problems, from North Korea to the war in Ethiopia and, more directly, the instability in Latin America ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden’s Beijing Bind
Although the administration has made it clear that the U.S.-China relationship is the most consequential foreign policy challenge of our time, Biden has yet to release a compr...
By Jacob Stokes
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US-China Standoff
The Biden administration has placed a dozen Chinese companies on its trade blacklist on November 23, 2021, citing US national security as well as foreign policy logics. The la...
By Jacob Stokes
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In Peng Shuai Case, Critics See History of IOC Treating Authoritarian Hosts with Kid Gloves
When Olympics organizers held a video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, many activists and experts said it was merely a continuation of a decadeslong trend in which th...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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12 More Chinese Companies Are Placed on US Export Blacklist
Jacob Stokes, a fellow at the Centre for a New American Security, a think tank in Washington, said the hypersonic missile test underscored “the massive stakes in the military-...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Opens Direct Line to Xi Amid Taiwan Tensions
The world became a little bit safer this week, especially for anyone living in or near the Asia-Pacific, a part of the world increasingly anxious about a confrontation between...
By Richard Fontaine