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The U.S. Could Knock the Chinese Balloon out the Sky, but It’s Risky
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The United States has missiles in its arsenal capable of obliterating the balloon even at an altitude of 60,000 feet, but the falling wreckage could pose a danger to people on...
By Joshua Fitt
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U.S., Pacific Islands Summit Strengthen Partnership, Experts Say Will Help Taiwan Protect Diplomatic Ties
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Jacob Stokes, a researcher at the Center for a New American Security, a think tank in Washington, believes that if the United States can compete with China for influence in th...
By Jacob Stokes
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US, China Trade Accusations Over Beijing’s Military Action Around Taiwan
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Jacob Stokes, a fellow for the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., told VOA Mandarin the canceled talks are the lower-...
By Jacob Stokes
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Will the US military intervene in China's military exercises? Experts: in a "delicate balance"
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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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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
China’s Financial FoilChina’s desire to escape the shadow of the U.S. dollar and build an alternative infrastructure for global finance is being stymied by one major factor: Its reluctance to loose...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Ukraine war: Biden will tell Xi any support of Russia comes with ‘costs’, top US diplomat saysUS President Joe Biden plans to tell his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that he will “impose costs” for any support Beijing provides to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Washingto...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Opens Direct Line to Xi Amid Taiwan Tensions
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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
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Pentagon predicts 5 times increase in China's nuclear weapons over next 10 years
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That focus on Taiwan and the South China Sea has tempered some ambitions for the Chinese army to become a more global force that can operate outside the first island chain...
By Jacob Stokes
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Joe Biden's policy is based on "competitive coexistence with China"
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Jacob Stokes, a fellow for the Indo-Pacific Security Program is interviewed by Le Point, and explains the Biden administration's posture towards China, and how it differs from...
By Jacob Stokes
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
To Invade Taiwan, The Chinese Navy Could Mobilize The World’s Biggest Transport FleetThe Chinese navy now has access to 1.5 million tons of shipping that could carry an assault force across the Taiwan Strait and initiate an invasion of Taiwan. For those of you...
By Tom Shugart
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It’s unforgivable to hold the Olympics in Beijing
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It was a forgivable mistake to award an Olympics to Beijing in 2008. It’s unforgivable to hold one there now. If you want a world pocked by concentration camps, in which Xi Ji...
By David Feith
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
A New Tunnel Is Spotted At A Chinese Nuclear Test SiteChina appears to be expanding its sprawling nuclear weapons testing complex in the nation's western desert. Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR shows a possible new ...
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Fed up with the U.S., Ukraine cuts deals with China and shuts up about the UyghursFrustrated with the U.S., Ukraine is cutting deals with a rival superpower, inviting China to build infrastructure while holding back criticism of Beijing's human rights recor...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden opens new cyber fight with China
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President Biden is putting new pressure on China by publicly attributing the wide-ranging Microsoft Exchange Server cyberattack to hackers affiliated with Beijing. The coordin...
By Lisa Curtis
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Fifty years since Kissinger's secret visit, Sino-U.S. ties now fraying fast
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Fifty years since a secret visit to Beijing by then-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger paved the way for American engagement with communist China, ties between the two ri...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden administration looks to set up 'red phone' to China for emergency communications
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The Biden administration is examining the possibility of setting up an emergency hotline with the Chinese government similar to the so-called "red phone" established between t...
By David Feith
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Five things to watch on Biden's first foreign tripPresident Biden’s first international trip is intended to shore up alliances amid rising challenges to the United States from Russia and China. It comes after divis...
By Lisa Curtis
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Where’s Biden’s China Strategy?
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Still, it’s about the planning, not the plan. Jacob Stokes, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and former national security staffer for Biden during the Obama ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Rising China hovers over G-7 summitAll eyes will be on Britain when the leaders of the G-7 convene Friday on the shores of Carbis Bay in Cornwall. They won’t be at the table, but the specter looming over the fe...
By Martijn Rasser
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Xi Jinping Is Tightening His Grip on China, Joe Biden Adviser Warns
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Xi Jinping is taking steps to solidify his position as China's central decision-maker, potentially isolating himself from moderate voices that might advise against more assert...
By Kurt Campbell
