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China Makes Polar Plunge in Brazen Land-Grab as It Eyes Expansion to Antarctica
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On the other side of the world, China is expanding its footprint in Antarctica to become a “polar great power” by the end of the decade. “China has an interest in being seen a...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. Targets Chinese Company in Broader Russia Sanctions Push
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Officials are still trying to gauge how China might respond to evidence of Chinese companies aiding the Russian war effort, said Jacob Stokes, a former Obama administration fo...
By Jacob Stokes
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China’s Frozen Frontier: Antarctica Next on List in Quest for Pole-to-Pole Power
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Beijing has used its economic clout and growing military strength to assert a role as a “near-Arctic” state to seek a security and economic role as a warming globe makes Arcti...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. Expands Training of Taiwanese Military with National Guard
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The Wall Street Journal reported in October 2021 that a U.S. special operation unit and a contingent of Marines were training the Taiwanese military in Taiwan for at least a y...
By Jacob Stokes
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Japan Sells Tokyo as Us Linchpin of Security against China, Russia
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Jacob Stokes, senior fellow for the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, called it “an incredibly important time” in Japan’s defense policy...
By Jacob Stokes
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China’s COVID Narrative Is Backfiring
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The Chinese government wanted “to make an argument that in the capitalist United States, in democracy, they let loose because the government needed to force you back to work, ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Treads Lightly in Response to COVID Protests in China
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Outside observers and analysts are categorizing the outbreak of protests as an unprecedented rebuke of Xi’s rule, after he secured in October an unprecedented third, five-year...
By Jacob Stokes
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China’s Freeze on Taiwan Contact Fuels Worry as Tensions Build
The lack of dialogue has become more concerning as cross-strait tensions have intensified, said Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. "We ne...
By Jacob Stokes
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Factbox: Top Takeaways from the Biden-Xi Meeting in Bali
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On North Korea, Biden said he made it clear to Xi that China had an obligation to make sure North Korea did not resume nuclear testing, although it was difficult to determine ...
By Jacob Stokes
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China’s Global Security Initiative: Xi’s Wedge in the U.S.-Led Order
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In Chinese state media, the GSI is described as "another global public good offered by China" that will contribute "Chinese solutions and wisdom for solving security challenge...
By Jacob Stokes
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Analysts Discuss China Coup That Wasn't
Most outside analysts believe that by sidelining people like Li and Wang, who favored a greater role for market forces in the Chinese economy, Xi has cleared the way for bring...
By Jacob Stokes
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Taiwan National Day: Tsai Ing-wen Takes On The Giant with American Backing
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Not long after Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei, the US State Department, headed by Antony Blinken, announced the sale of more than a billion dollars worth of military equipment...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. Aims to Turn Taiwan into Giant Weapons Depot
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The United States would not be able to resupply Taiwan as easily as Ukraine because of the lack of ground routes from neighboring countries. The goal now, officials say, is to...
By Jacob Stokes
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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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Biden Pushes Limits of Taiwan Policy, despite Chinese Outrage
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The administration is sensitive to China’s opposition to the proposed legislation, introduced by Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe...
By Jacob Stokes
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Japan’s Defense Minister Urges the United States to Stand Firm on Taiwan
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Last week, the head of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, Minister Chiu Tai-san, warned policymakers in Washington that China is preparing to attack the island and spoke of se...
By Jacob Stokes
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Taiwan Officials Call on Beijing to Ease Regional Military, Economic Tensions
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Taiwan’s minister of mainland affairs on Wednesday called on the People’s Republic of China to to ease tensions in the region to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Stra...
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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Pelosi’s Taiwan trip ratchets up US-China tensions
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There is bipartisan support for Pelosi’s trip, with more than two dozen Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), backing her visit in a s...
By Jacob Stokes
