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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Top White House Official Criticizes ‘Totalitarian’ Xi in ChineseA senior White House official delivered a speech in Mandarin attacking Xi Jinping’s “totalitarianism” and calling on the Chinese people to research the “truth” about the count...
By Jordan Schneider
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As US Military Moves Into Palau, China Watches Intently
The United States is stepping up its military presence and activity in and around the small island nation of Palau in the Philippine Sea, a strategic location coveted by Penta...
By Eric Sayers
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US policy toward North Korea under Joe Biden: pageantry out, pragmatism in
US President Donald Trump’s unorthodox approach to North Korea saw him threaten “fire and fury” and ramp up sanctions, then meet dictator Kim Jong-un and exchange “beautiful” ...
By Van Jackson
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North Korea detention like the ‘dark ages’, report says
North Korea’s pretrial detention system is rife with forced labour, sexual abuse and filthy prison conditions, according to testimony obtained by Human Rights Watch. The new ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea parades huge new ICBM, but Kim Jong Un stresses deterrent nature
North Korea showed off what appeared to be a huge, new intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade Saturday, although leader Kim Jong Un stressed the deterrent nat...
By Duyeon Kim
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Trump's Afghanistan withdrawal announcement takes US officials by surpriseDonald Trump has announced on Twitter that he wants to bring all US troops home from Afghanistan by Christmas – a plan that came as a surprise to administration officials and ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Inside the US campaign to cut China out of the tech supply chainIt was a hot summer morning in Taipei when several officials from the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. embassy, visited the top management of a major tech compa...
By Martijn Rasser
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In Wake of Recent India-China Conflict, U.S. Sees Opportunity
Weeks after India and China engaged in their deadliest border clash in decades, the sight of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entering the Bay of Bengal drew atten...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Beijing blocking Wikipedia from United Nations intellectual property agency over Taiwan is resistance against ‘Western values’, analysts sayBeijing’s move effectively blocking Wikipedia from gaining observer status at a United Nations agency last week on the grounds that it has a Taiwan subsidiary serves at least ...
By Kristine Lee
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Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Trump foreign policies Biden might keepIt’s the type of question that does not land well with advisers to Joe Biden: Aren’t there some Donald Trump foreign policy decisions they should keep, and maybe even build up...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China’s coronavirus vaccine shows military’s growing role in medical researchThe largest armed force in the world, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), is not known for its cutting edge medical research. But since 2015, it has ramped up recruitment ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
America’s problem is much bigger than TikTokChina watchers are waiting to see how, and whether, Chinese company ByteDance sells its wildly popular social media app TikTok to a U.S. buyer by Sept. 15, as the Trump admini...
By Kara Frederick, Elsa B. Kania & Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What war with China could look likePentagon war planners can envision a conflict with China starting in any number of ways. For example, they fear a scenario that might involve a mass of Chinese military force...
By Chris Dougherty
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
3 Afghans accused of links to insider attacks that killed U.S. troops are among Taliban prisoners to be releasedThree Afghans accused of involvement in the deaths of U.S. troops in so-called insider attacks are among more than 300 high-value Taliban prisoners that the Afghan government ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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China Wins Seat at International Tribunal on Law of the Sea
China’s candidate has won an election to be a judge on a key United Nations-affiliated agency responsible for hearing cases concerning the Law of the Sea, despite U.S. opposit...
By Kristine Lee
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China Thinks It Has Found a Way To Surpass the U.S. Military Through AI, Experts WarnChina is trying to “leapfrog” U.S. superpower strength through increased use of military artificial intelligence. The U.S. and China have increased development of artificial ...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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The stage is set for Afghan government-Taliban peace talks
Last week the Afghan government approved the release of 400 Taliban fighters, setting the stage for negotiations with the terrorist group which are due to begin imminently. Wi...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
In a U.S.-China Tech Divorce, Businesses Would Have to Pick SidesLike a celebrity couple splitting on account of irreconcilable differences, China and the U.S. might be leaving a huge mess in their wake as they go their separate ways. The l...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Slaughter in the East China SeaThe year is 2030. Chinese troops seize a Japanese island in the South China Sea. Japan dispatches an amphibious task force to retake the island. Soon, U.S. warships and aircra...
By Chris Dougherty, Susanna V. Blume, Becca Wasser & Dr. ED McGrady
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. imposes sanctions on Hong Kong's Lam, other officials over crackdownThe United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the territory’s current and former police chiefs and eight other top officials for what ...
By Peter Harrell