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Trump Appointees Signal a New Hawkish China Policy
In a sweeping shift toward a hard-line approach, the new Trump administration is tipped to put some of Washington’s most ardent China critics in key foreign policy positions —...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Pentagon to Disclose More Drones in Secretive China ProgramThe Pentagon, seeking to balance deterrence of China’s Pacific ambitions, industrial base concerns, and secrecy, plans to reveal as soon as this week more details about its “R...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Loyalty Is Common Thread as Trump Fills Foreign Policy, Immigration JobsPresident-elect Donald Trump is stocking his cabinet and White House staff with loyalists with deep congressional experience who back his agenda on immigration and foreign pol...
By Richard Fontaine
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South Korean President Takes Up Golf Again to Forge a Bond with Trump
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond with President-elect Donald Trump, an avid lover of the game. The presidential...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
With Only Two Months Left, What Are Biden’s Options for Ukraine?With little more than two months left in the White House, Joe Biden is running out of time to expedite the delivery of funds and weaponry needed to ensure Ukraine can stay in ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Trump Looks to Woo — and Divide — Putin, Xi and KimPresident-elect Trump is expected to deploy his trademark mix of belligerent threats and friendly relations with some of the world’s dictators as he seeks to break up the deep...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump Claims Kim Jong Un ‘Misses’ Him. But He Faces a Very Different North Korean Leader This Time Around
No United States leader has handled relations with North Korea quite like Donald Trump. The former president went from threatening Kim Jong Un with “fire and fury” if the Nort...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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U.S. Diplomats Brace as Trump Plans Foreign Policy Shake-Up in Wider Purge of Government
The US foreign policy establishment is set for one of the biggest shake-ups in years as Donald Trump has vowed to both revamp US policy abroad and to root out the so-called “d...
By Richard Fontaine
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Years After Historic Summits, Trump Faces an Emboldened North Korea
Donald Trump has long touted his relationship with Kim Jong Un, but if the U.S. president-elect seeks another summit he will find a North Korean leader emboldened by an expand...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea’s Yoon Praises Trump in Phone Call as Trade Officials Brace for Tariffs
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol spoke with Donald Trump on Thursday and congratulated him on winning the U.S. presidency on the "Make America Great Again" slogan as offic...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea’s President Denies Wrongdoing in a Growing Scandal
On foreign policy, Yoon — who has worked closely with Washington and Tokyo to solidify security cooperation in the face of North Korean threats — expressed optimism that the t...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Satellite Photo Shows New Activity at China's Underground Submarine BaseSatellite imagery appears to have captured the activation of a possible damage control system at an underground submarine base for Chinese nuclear-powered submarines operating...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Satellite Imagery Shows Mystery Ship Built in China amid Breakneck Naval ExpansionChina appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with a potentially first-of-its-kind vessel that could further increase Beijing’s rapidly ex...
By Tom Shugart
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U.S. and China in ‘Robust Conversation’ on North Korea Sending Troops to Russia: Blinken
US and China are engaged in high-level dialogue regarding North Korea sending troops to Russia as the Kremlin wages war on Ukraine, America’s top diplomat said on Thursday.US ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Export Controls Failed to Keep Cutting-Edge AI Chips from China’s HuaweiTAIPEI, Taiwan — A few weeks ago, analysts at a specialized technological lab put a microchip from China under a powerful microscope. Something didn’t look right. Figuring out...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China Built a $50 Billion Military Stronghold in the South China SeaHainan, a palm-fringed island known as China’s Hawaii, sits in the warm tropical waters of the South China Sea east of Vietnam. It’s a popular tourist destination with soft-sa...
By Tom Shugart
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
U.S. Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are FalteringSince Donald Trump hit Xi Jinping’s government with punitive tariffs in 2018, his push to cut the trade deficit has snowballed into a full-scale bipartisan effort to stop Chin...
By Jordan Schneider
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CNAS Launches New Initiative with Support from the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation on “Realizing the Potential of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership”
Washington, October 29, 2024 – The Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) Indo-Pacific Security Program is launching a new initiative to explore opportunities to elevate ...
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Ukraine Allies Face Limited Options Over North Korea TroopsRussia’s decision to bring North Korean troops to shore up its war-weary forces has Ukraine’s allies realizing they have few options to respond without escalating the conflict...
By Richard Fontaine
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BRICS Membership Becomes a Way to Signal Non-Commitment
If the purpose of the BRICS group — originally Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is to amplify its members' global influence, it may be having some effect. Loom...
By Richard Fontaine