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Hong Kong’s Uprising Rattles the Mainland
Smelling blood, the protesters thronged in greater numbers. Demonstrators against an extradition bill in Hong Kong swelled on June 16 even after the city’s political leader, C...
By Jude Blanchette
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Are Rare Earths the Next Pawn in the U.S.-China Trade War?
Since the Trump administration blocked sales by US companies to Chinese telecom giant Huawei last month, the world has waited for Beijing to retaliate. Previously, the trade c...
By Martijn Rasser
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Hong Kong’s Retreat Chips Away at Xi Jinping’s Iron Image
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, was in Tajikistan on Saturday, celebrating his 66th birthday with the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, when the political crisis in Hong Kong ...
By Jude Blanchette
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North Korea Fires Insults at U.S., Spares Trump
A year after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s historic first meeting with President Trump, his government is once again hurling insults at the U.S.—while keeping Mr. Trump ou...
By Duyeon Kim
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Hong Kong Protests Raise Stakes for Xi’s Hard-Line Agenda
Since he took power seven years ago, President Xi Jinping has faced a growing din of foreign condemnation over his government’s human rights record, a trade war that has sappe...
By Jude Blanchette
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One year since the Singapore summit: what’s changed, and what could happen next?
A year ago today, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump sat down at the Capella Hotel on Singapore's Sentosa Island for their first meeting. The talk...
By Duyeon Kim
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The Finance 202: China becomes early 2020 flashpoint as Trump and Biden trade blows
Joe Biden is getting tougher on China. Whether voters think it's tough enough could shape the direction of the 2020 race. The former vice president, leading early polling for...
By Ely Ratner
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Trump's attacks on Iran complicate trade war with ChinaThe Trump administration has abandoned Obama-era engagement of both China and Iran in favor of pressure and confrontation. This has pushed Beijing and Tehran closer together, ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. military risks falling victim to China’s effort to gain technology edge, report warnsThe U.S. military may be close to falling victim to a “deliberate, patient and robustly resourced” Chinese strategy to blunt the technological advantages of the American armed...
By Robert O. Work & Greg Grant
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China Threatens Sweeping Blacklist of Firms After Huawei Ban
China said it will establish a list of so-called “unreliable" entities it says damage the interests of domestic companies, a sweeping order that could potentially affect thous...
By Jude Blanchette
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North Korea Executed Envoy Over Trump-Kim Summit, Chosun Reports
North Korea executed its former top nuclear envoy to the U.S. and four other foreign ministry officials in March after a failed summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, So...
By Duyeon Kim
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Steve Bannon says killing Huawei more important than trade deal with China
Driving Huawei out of the United States and Europe is “10 times more important” than a trade deal with China, according to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. He...
By Jude Blanchette
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Dr. Daniel Kliman Named Director of CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program
Washington, May 22, 2019 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has named Dr. Daniel Kliman as Director of the CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program. As Director, Kliman...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?On Sept. 10, 2001, the George W. Bush administration had a view of American national security that, in 24 hours, was buried under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The day...
By Elbridge Colby
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
As Trump escalates China trade dispute, economic ties lose stabilizing force in matters of national securityThe United States for years relied on economic interdependence with China as a stabilizing force in relations with Beijing, with business between the two nations forming what ...
By Ely Ratner
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Aims to Prevent Chinese Companies From Building 5G Network in U.S.US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that could prevent Chinese companies from building 5G networks in the US.“The president has made it clear that...
By Peter Harrell
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Democrats and Republicans are freaked out by Chinese 5G technology — but are they just being paranoid?Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything, but this week, the parties united to condemn one common enemy: China. The views of President Trump and lawmakers on both si...
By Peter Harrell
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Trump Vs. Huawei: The World Is WatchingPresident Trump’s new Executive Order on imported technology bares sharp teeth at Huawei and other Chinese companies, but it doesn’t have any teeth yet. The actual impact will...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
On Huawei and Autos, Trump Aligns Trade With U.S. SecurityPresident Donald Trump is taking his trade wars into a new realm likely to both extend them and make them harder to resolve. With his crackdown on Chinese telecom giant Huawe...
By Jude D. Blanchette
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U.S. prepares to slap tariffs on remaining Chinese imports, which could add levies on roughly $300 billion in additional goods
The United States and China traded blows on Monday in the latest escalation of their tariff war, unnerving Wall Street and threatening to draw American consumers into the fray...
By Ely Ratner