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With clock ticking before exit deadline, U.S. appears poised to postpone troop withdrawal from AfghanistanThe United States appears poised to extend its troop presence in Afghanistan beyond a May 1 deadline agreed to last year with the Taliban, as it races to secure an interim pea...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S., South Korea reach military cost-sharing agreement after deadlock under Trump
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The United States and South Korea announced that they have reached a cost-sharing agreement for U.S. troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula, breaking through a deadlock stem...
By Duyeon Kim
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Joe Biden enlists ‘Quad’ allies to counter China
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President Joe Biden is poised to hold the first ever quadrilateral US summit with the leaders of Japan, India and Australia, as the four countries step up co-operation in an e...
By Lisa Curtis
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
CNAS Responds: Assessing Biden's Interim National Security StrategyRichard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer: "National Security Strategies do more signaling than strategizing. They resemble not true strategies so much as really long speeches...
By Richard Fontaine, Lisa Curtis, Chris Dougherty, Martijn Rasser, Dr. Nina Kollars, Michael Kofman, Becca Wasser, Nathalie Grogan, Katie Galgano & Jennie Matuschak
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Biden pressed for tough response to China’s repression of Uighurs
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US lawmakers and human rights activists are pressing Joe Biden to make a tough response to China’s repression of 1m Uighurs in Xinjiang, which Antony Blinken, secretary of sta...
By David Shullman
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As Biden Mulls North Korea, Some Urge Arms Control Approach
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump tried threats of "fire and fury,” followed by personal letters and made-for-TV summits to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give u...
By Duyeon Kim
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China Increases Production Of AIP Submarines With Massive New ShipyardBehind the closed doors of imposing new construction halls, bedecked with a ginormous Chinese flag, workers are busy with the serial production of submarines. The subs are kno...
By Tom Shugart
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Biden Builds Out China Team With Staff Who Reflect Tougher Tone
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President Joe Biden is filling out his China policy team with staff whose past writing and speeches align with the tough tone toward Beijing that emerged under his predecessor...
By Richard Fontaine
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Sullivan is Biden's national security 'listener'
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When Hillary Clinton was deciding whether she’d run for president for a second time in 2012, she talked up Jake Sullivan, a young aide at the time who is now President Biden’s...
By Richard Fontaine
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Interview: Former NSC director Lisa Curtis on America's Indo-Pacific strategy
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In her first interview since leaving the National Security Council, where she served from 2017 to 2021 as senior director for South and Central Asia, Lisa Curtis tells Axios t...
By Lisa Curtis
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CNAS Launches Indo-Pacific Security Program, Names Lisa Curtis as Director
Washington, February 8, 2021—The Center for a New American Security today launched its new Indo-Pacific Security Program, one of seven core research programs within CNAS. Lisa...
By Cole Stevens
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Press Note
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS Responds: Week One of the Biden PresidencyA week in, the Biden administration has made a series of moves across national security policy. In the advisory below, CNAS experts unpack key developments and possible outcom...
By Richard Fontaine, Carrie Cordero, Chris Dougherty, Jason Bartlett, Nathalie Grogan, Megan Lamberth, Emma Moore, Carisa Nietsche, Ainikki Riikonen & Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Geopolitics at Stake in US Response to China’s Digital Yuan: ReportChina is leading the world in the development and piloting of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). With that lead comes increased scrutiny and concerns over the downstream ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Trump's Gone, But North Korea Tensions Still Loom in US-South Korea Alliance
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After U.S. President Joe Biden took office last week, perhaps no world leader breathed a bigger public sigh of relief than South Korean President Moon Jae-in. “America is bac...
By Duyeon Kim
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How Space Became the Next ‘Great Power’ Contest Between the U.S. and ChinaBeijing’s rush for antisatellite arms began 15 years ago. Now, it can threaten the orbital fleets that give the United States military its technological edge. Advanced weapons...
By Greg Grant
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North Korea’s Kim could be planning missile launch to welcome Biden administration
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North Korea appears to be taking steps toward a new test of a powerful submarine-launched missile, U.S. weapons experts said, as it steadily dials up the pressure on President...
By Duyeon Kim
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If Kim Jong Un destroyed North Korea's economy to keep Covid-19 out, will sanctions stop him from pursuing nuclear weapons?
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After arguably the most challenging year of his near-decade rule of North Korea, Kim Jong Un is sticking to his guns. Kim announced last week at the Eighth Workers' Party Cong...
By Duyeon Kim
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Pompeo, Who Led Trump’s Mission at State Dept., Leaves With a Dubious Legacy
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Spurned by many foreign allies, ridiculed by adversaries, disliked by a significant number of his own diplomats and trying to preserve his political future, Secretary of State...
By Richard Fontaine
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'Your move, Mr President': North Korea sets the stage for Biden
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un celebrated his birthday with a long wish-list of new weapons. It included more accurate long-range missiles, super large warheads, spy satellit...
By Duyeon Kim
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South Korea urges Kim Jong Un to return to nuclear talks
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South Korean president Moon Jae-in has urged Kim Jong Un to return to talks with Seoul and Washington, as uncertainty builds over how Joe Biden's incoming administration will ...
By Duyeon Kim
