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US eyes using Japan's submarines to 'choke' Chinese navy
For all its massive military buildup, China has some weaknesses that are hard to overcome. One of them is geography. "When you look at China's submarine bases, every single on...
By Tom Shugart
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Australia Draws A Line on China
Australian defense officials and politicians alike are striking an increasingly hawkish tone on China. This week, it was revealed that a former top general warned his troops l...
By Tom Shugart
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Is Washington prepared for a geopolitical ‘tech race’?
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sat down with Chinese officials in Anchorage, Alaska for the first high-level bilateral summ...
By Jordan Schneider
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CNAS Responds: Assessing the Biden Administration's First 100 Days
President Biden will mark his first 100 days in office with a joint session address to Congress this evening. In the press note below, CNAS experts offer insights and reflecti...
By Richard Fontaine, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Ilan Goldenberg, Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Jacob Stokes, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth, Nathalie Grogan & Jim Townsend
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The Legacy of Wartime Atrocities Still Loom Over Asian Alliances
Lee Yong-soo seemed to shiver with frustration as an activist wheeled her out of the Seoul Central District Court in a wheelchair. The 92-year-old Korean woman, who survived J...
By Jacob Stokes
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After troops leave Afghanistan, U.S. will face challenges maintaining counterterrorism capability
The military and intelligence agencies are racing to refine plans for countering extremist groups in Afghanistan following President Biden’s planned troop withdrawal, but curr...
By Lisa Curtis
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On foreign policy decisions, Biden faces drag of pragmatism
President Joe Biden this past week found himself in search of a foreign policy sweet spot: somewhere between pulling a screeching U-turn on four years of Trumpism and cautious...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S., NATO troops pulling out of Afghanistan will raise concerns for India, say experts
In the aftermath of the U.S. and the NATO withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, India will have tremendous concern on the resurgence of the Taliban and its territory being ...
By Lisa Curtis
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CNAS Responds: Biden Announces Full U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
President Biden has announced that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. CNAS experts unpack what to watch for....
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CNAS Responds: Biden Announces Full U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
President Biden has announced that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021. CNAS experts unpack what to watch for....
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President Joe Biden Is Withdrawing U.S. Forces from Afghanistan. What Happens Now?
After nearly 20 years, more than 2,300 U.S. troops dead, more than 20,000 wounded, hundreds of thousands of Afghans maimed or killed and $2 trillion spent, President Joe Biden...
By Lisa Curtis
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Senate committee prepares to vote on sweeping bill to counter China
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is preparing to vote on a 280-page bipartisan bill that aims to counter the Chinese Communist Party's global influence. Why it matters: ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Joe Biden gives up on the war in Afghanistan, leaving a weak ally
The first American forces to enter Afghanistan in 2001 arrived on September 26th when a CIA team dropped into the Panjshir Valley in the north of the country. At the peak of t...
By Lisa Curtis
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Pentagon turns to the stars to survive China's electronic warfare
Every newly commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy's surface fleet carries a copy of Nathaniel Bowditch's "The American Practical Navigator" (1802) on its bridge. This thick encyc...
By Billy Fabian
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Following withdrawal announcement, battle to determine Afghanistan war’s legacy begins
The easy, obvious and probably inevitable legacy of America’s two-decade-long war in Afghanistan is the recognition that there are limits to U.S. military power, especially wh...
By Eliot Cohen
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Taliban Boycotts Key Peace Talks After U.S. Pull-Out Delay
Hours after the Biden administration announced that the remaining 3,500 American troops will return from Afghanistan by the twentieth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a Ta...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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With Afghan Decision, Biden Seeks to Focus U.S. on New Challenges
President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 was rooted in his belief that there is no room for continuing 20 years of failed efforts to...
By Lisa Curtis
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China flanks Taiwan with military exercises in air and sea
China's armed forces conducted simultaneous military exercises to the west and east of Taiwan on Monday in a move analysts said was a warning to the self-ruled island and its ...
By Tom Shugart
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Beijing Continues Its Steady But Uneven Rise In the World
Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior officials touted China’s ascent at the political gathering, setting up declared victories at home over the coronavirus and extrem...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden About to Make Huge, Last-Second Gamble on Afghanistan
With less than a month to go before a diplomatic accord with the Taliban requires U.S. forces to withdraw from their longest-ever overseas war, the Biden administration is now...
By Christopher D. Kolenda