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US Flexes Muscles in Asia as Tensions Flare around Tsai Visit
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At the same time, Washington has been using its military to do most of the talking, according to Jacob Stokes, senior fellow for the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Cente...
By Jacob Stokes
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Analysis: China, Taiwan, US Share Interest in Avoiding Crisis over California Visit
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A spokesperson for China's Washington embassy said that "no matter how packaged," the McCarthy meeting would be a serious violation of China’s sovereignty and "do great harm t...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. Alarmed over Russia's Support of China Nuclear Buildup
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The Biden administration has found that China is dramatically expanding its nuclear capabilities. In an annual report released last November, the Pentagon estimated that China...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden’s AUKUS Point Man to Exit
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"What makes AUKUS so challenging is you have to coordinate with the defense industrial base, Pentagon, the armed services, the Hill, the State Department, and these countries ...
By Jacob Stokes
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US-China Downward Spiral Raises Fresh Fears of Eventual Conflict
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The dueling narratives brought into sharp focus how the US and China increasingly have one thing in common: a growing distrust of the other side. Even worse, the escalating rh...
By Jacob Stokes
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After Brief Window, US-China Relationship Back On Rocky Path
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The meeting on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit came three months after China staged major military exercises in fury after Nancy Pelosi, then US House speaker, defiantly...
By Jacob Stokes
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China Feels Squeeze from Both Sides of Ukraine
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"Beijing worries about a total defeat of Moscow, which would leave China without its most powerful and committed partner in global affairs," said Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow...
By Jacob Stokes
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Putin-Xi Meeting Threatens Chinese Curveball in Russia’s War
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Xi may also recognize that his closest partner on the world stage needs some propping up, Jacob Stokes, a former national security aide to Biden and former acting special advi...
By Jacob Stokes
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Before They Floated Abroad, China’s Spy Balloons Were Already Used at Home
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In 2018, the Academy of Opto-Electronics organized the China Aerostat Conference in Beijing with the theme of “military-civilian integration”; in 2017, the academy attended a ...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. Shoots Down Fourth Object as China Levels New Accusation
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“We have probably reached peak media and political frenzy related to the PRC spy balloon,” said Jacob Stokes, a former Obama administration foreign policy adviser who is now a...
By Jacob Stokes
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China ‘Spy Balloon’ Wakes Up World to New Era of War at Edge of Space
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Jacob Stokes, senior fellow for the Indo-Pacific security programme at the Centre for a New American Security in Washington, also suggested that surveillance may turn out to b...
By Jacob Stokes
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Rep. Houlahan on How to End the China ‘Hullaballoon’
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Amid fallout from that Chinese spy balloon transversing the U.S. and the new GOP-led House hinting at broad spending cuts, lawmakers will need to figure out how to strategical...
By Jacob Stokes
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China Rushes to Cap Damage over Suspected Spy Balloon as Blinken Delays Trip
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Previous visits to China by U.S. officials have also been marred by provocative moves. In 2011, hours before receiving Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Beijing, the People’s ...
By Jacob Stokes
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How a Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana Has Thrown a Wrench in US-China Relations
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Grid spoke with Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific security program at the Center for a New American Security, to get at the questions — about the balloon, the ...
By Jacob Stokes
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A Balloon Clouds U.S. View on Xi’s China
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Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said that a balloon floating over US airspace was a more tangible concern for Americans than the myria...
By Jacob Stokes
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Blinken postpones China trip as suspected spy balloon detected over U.S.
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“All countries, especially competitors like the United States and China, spy on each other. It’s a fact of international relations, and has been forever,” said Jacob Stokes, a...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Wants to Avoid a Clash with China. Can His Top Diplomat Succeed?
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“The administration’s goals of risk reduction are pretty straight forward: Whether they’ll be able to achieve it is the real question,” said Jacob Stokes, a China expert at th...
By Jacob Stokes
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General’s Memo Spurs Debate: Could China Invade Taiwan by 2025?
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Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow focused on U.S.-China relations at the Center for a New American Security, also viewed the memo as a call to prepare for any scenario, whenever i...
By Jacob Stokes
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Why the Discovery of a Chinese Balloon in Us Skies Is Such a Big Deal
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The discovery is a severe incident, said Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security, and one that is testing how the U.S. and Chinese can cool t...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Aims to Deter China with Greater U.S. Military Presence in Philippines
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The announcement, made in Manila by Lloyd J. Austin III, the U.S. defense secretary, was only the latest in a series of moves by the Biden administration to strengthen militar...
By Jacob Stokes
