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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea BarriersChina quietly mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers of at least 200 miles long, showing a new level of coordination that...
By Tom Shugart
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China’s Plans to Dominate at Sea in 2026China, a top maritime rival of the United States, is expected to continue rapid naval modernization and expand its presence at sea in the new year, following the fielding of n...
By Tom Shugart
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Chinese Military Threat Grows, According to Pentagon ReportChairman Xi Jinping continues to invest heavily in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), as China's military approaches his 2027 "centennial military building goal"....
By Tom Shugart
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Has Made U.S.-China Relations All About TradeUnder Trump, trade has come to be the dominant theme of the relationship between the United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies....
By Richard Fontaine
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‘Xi Is Watching’: How Trump’s Aid Cuts Have Left Australia ‘Holding the Bag’
In The News
A testing fortnight for Anthony Albanese in the Pacific underscores the importance of challenging Chinese influence in the region. But the “America First” drawdown in aid make...
By Lisa Curtis
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Nvidia, AMD to Pay 15% of China Chip Sale Revenue to U.S., Official SaysNvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab and AMD (AMD.O), opens new tab have agreed to give the U.S. government 15% of revenue from sales to China of advanced computer chips, a U.S. off...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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The Pentagon’s Policy Guy Is All In on China
In The News
Elbridge Colby believes that China is the only country on the planet that has the ambition, resources, and military might to knock the United States off its pedestal as the wo...
By Richard Fontaine
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Trump Just Handed China a Major Advantage on AILate on Monday night, July 14, 2025, the ninth richest man in the world broke some momentous news: The US government would allow him, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, to sell H20 proc...
By Tim Fist
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Major Focus of Trump’s Foreign Policy to Be on China Challenge: Lisa Curtis
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A major focus of President-elect Donald Trump‘s foreign policy will likely be on the China challenge; and will likely involve building stronger strategic ties with India, an i...
By Lisa Curtis
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Lost Decade — How the U.S. Fell Behind in Checking China
In The News
Precious little unites the clashing sides of American politics. But as they square off in the upcoming U.S. election, likely candidates Joe Biden and ex-president Donald Trump...
By Richard Fontaine
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Noteworthy
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Noteworthy: House Select Committee on CCP Report on Economic CompetitionKey Findings and Recommendations Pillar I: Reset the Terms of Our Economic Relationship With the People’s Republic of China For decades, the PRC has failed to live up to its W...
By Emily Kilcrease, Vivek Chilukuri, Andrew Metrick, Tim Fist & Caleb Withers
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U.S. and China Resume Military Contacts at the Highest Level
In The News
The renewed talks come as Beijing and Washington seek to thaw icy bilateral relations and both governments deal with a series of crises buffeting their leadership. The White H...
By Jacob Stokes
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Plans to Counter China’s Influence in the Pacific Suffers SetbackSpeaking on the sidelines of the summit in San Francisco this week, Farrell had a slightly different view telling this masthead that he was “disappointed that we are not going...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Press Note
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: APEC SummitToday, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit commenced in San Francisco, California, kicking off with a four-hour meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Ge...
By Emily Kilcrease & Jacob Stokes
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New CNAS Report: “U.S.-China Competition and Military AI: How Washington Can Manage Strategic Risks amid Rivalry with Beijing”
Press Release
Washington, July 25, 2023 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, “U.S.-China Competition and Military AI: How Washington Can Manage Stra...
By Jacob Stokes, Alexander Sullivan & Noah Greene
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Lawmakers will (literally) game out a Chinese attack on TaiwanUnder the watchful eye of “game-master” Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the CNAS defense program, the lawmakers will play advisers to the president, a.k.a. the Blue Team.Becca W...
By Becca Wasser, Stacie Pettyjohn & Andrew Metrick
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Press Note
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
CNAS Defense Team Conducts Tabletop Exercise for the House Select Committee on the CCPWatch:...
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What the U.S. Is Doing to Curtail Chinese Land OwnershipChina has maintained the first aircraft was a wayward civilian weather balloon and has not been named by U.S. officials as the source of the others. Tom Shugart, a senior fell...
By Tom Shugart
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The U.S. Could Knock the Chinese Balloon out the Sky, but It’s Risky
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The United States has missiles in its arsenal capable of obliterating the balloon even at an altitude of 60,000 feet, but the falling wreckage could pose a danger to people on...
By Joshua Fitt
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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
