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Pentagon: Chinese naval ship seized an unmanned U.S. underwater vehicle in South China Sea
A Chinese naval ship seized an underwater naval drone that was being used by the U.S. Navy to test water conditions in the South China Sea, the Pentagon said Friday. Navy Cap...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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China seizes U.S. underwater drone in South China Sea
A Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by a U.S. oceanographic vessel in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its re...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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China Arms Its Great Wall of Sand
For a man who stood at the White House in September 2015 and promised not to militarize the South China Sea, Xi Jinping is sure doing a lot of militarizing. Satellite photos r...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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Trump ups US ante on Taiwan, but China has leverage too
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump sounds ready to use U.S. policy toward Taiwan as a bargaining chip to extract concessions from China, but both of the world powe...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Is Taiwan a bargaining-chip for Trump on China?
The president-elect upset almost 40 years of US practice in the region by taking a call from the Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen. It was an unprecedented breach of the protocol...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s choice for top China diplomat has long ties to Xi
DES MOINES, Iowa — It may seem odd for the governor of a lightly populated agricultural state to be chosen as U.S. ambassador to China, especially amid escalating talk of a tr...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump and China on collision course
In speaking on the telephone with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and lashing out at China on Twitter over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump did more than bewilder lea...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s ‘Unpredictable Starting Now’ Foreign Policy Is Here
More than six weeks before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump is already carrying out his promise to make U.S. foreign policy less predictable with a series of mov...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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CNAS Press Note: Trump’s Taiwan Call
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Asia-Pacific Security Program Director P...
By Patrick M. Cronin, Mira Rapp-Hooper & Harry Krejsa
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CNAS Releases New Report on the Future Defense of Korea
Washington, November 21 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Asia-Pacific Security Program has released a new edited volume on the future defense of Korea. The volu...
By Neal Urwitz
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CNAS Releases New Report, “Counterbalance: Red Teaming the Rebalance in the Asia-Pacific”
Washington, November 14 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Asia-Pacific Security Program has released a new report providing prescriptions to reinforce the Depart...
By Neal Urwitz
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China wedge ‘could damage US alliance’
The US election campaign could reinforce the perception growing in the Asia-Pacific region that America is in decline, posing a risk to the alliance that underpins Australia’s...
By Richard Fontaine
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North Korea is ‘racing towards the nuclear finish line’
In The Washington Post, senior adjunct fellow Van Jackson discusses North Korea's eager need to progress their nuclear weapons program....
By Van Jackson
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US seeks to avoid clash with Duterte over alliance
In the Financial Times, senior fellow Patrick Cronin suggests what steps the U.S. must take to develop a new approach with the Philippines....
By Patrick Cronin
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Prospect of Philippine Thaw Slows China’s Plans in South China Sea
In The New York Times, senior military fellow Thomas Shugart discusses the military threat of the Chinese artificial islands in the South China Sea....
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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Audio: Philippine President Urges U.S. To Remove Military Advisers
Senior fellow Patrick Cronin appears on NPR to discuss the recent actions of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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South China Sea: Philippines And Washington Should Give China Some Space
In Forbes, senior fellow Mira Rapp-Hooper discusses the Hague ruling on the South China Sea and the possible consequences. ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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CNAS Press Note: North Korea’s Nuclear Test
On news that North Korea had conducted a nuclear test, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow Elbridge Colby and Asia-Pacific Security Program Senior Fellow Mira Rapp-Hooper have writ...
By Elbridge Colby & Mira Rapp-Hooper
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With latest North Korea test, U.S. again seeks elusive Chinese help
In Reuters, senior fellow Mira Rapp-Hooper discusses closing loopholes in sanctions against North Korea....
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Obama heads to Asia with his biggest foreign policy push hanging in the balance
In The Washington Post, senior fellow Patrick Cronin discusses the current relations with Asia and the struggle for territorial power. ...
By Patrick M. Cronin