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China Stages Largest Show of Force in Decades After U.S. Visit by Taiwan’s Lai
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China massed dozens of navy and coast guard vessels in what appears to be the largest maritime exercises targeting Taiwan and the broader Western Pacific since 1996, a potent ...
By Jacob Stokes
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3 U.S. Aircraft Carriers to Be in Asia During Presidential Transition
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Three U.S. aircraft carriers will be in Asia by next week after months of absence amid concerns of Chinese activity in the lead up to the inauguration of President-elect Donal...
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump Revives ‘Peace Through Strength,’ but Meaning up to Debate
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Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Centre for a New American Security, said “peace through strength” can play out differently in theory and practice. Even if Mr Trump builds...
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump Pushes ‘Peace Through Strength’ Vision with Defense Picks
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Donald Trump is advancing his vision for "peace through strength" with national security and foreign policy appointments, tapping loyalists who share his views on the rivalry ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Finalizes China Measures as He Hosts His Final Quad Summit
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Biden’s team also warned Beijing not to finance Russian entities’ transactions to aid Vladimir Putin’s war machine, and the president signed an executive order that would allo...
By Jacob Stokes
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Kamala Harris Isn’t Looking to Pick New Fights with China, Unlike Donald Trump
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In another sign, Harris has picked Tim Walz as her running mate, someone with rich experience working in the Asian nation. Meanwhile, Gordon’s memo highlighted that Harris had...
By Jacob Stokes
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Inside the Leadership of President Xi Jinping
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When Australian leaders meet Premier Li Qiang on his visit here in mid-June, they will be intently focused on what he has to say, especially as this is the first time a Chines...
By Jacob Stokes
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Putin and Xi plot sanction resistance
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The potential for AI-induced chaos is real. A civilian AI system could accidentally do “something disastrous … shutting down electricity grids or changing satellite orbits in ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Congress Helps Steer Taiwan Toward the ‘Porcupine Strategy’
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week touched down in China for high-stakes diplomatic meetings with top Chinese officials as part of the Biden administration’s ong...
By Jacob Stokes
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Blinken in Beijing
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“Some had said China was uncomfortable with North Korea’s military support of Russia. This shows that’s not the case,” JACOB STOKES, senior fellow at the Center for a New Amer...
By Jacob Stokes
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The South China Sea Is the Next Test of U.S. Resolve
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The two nations are not yet close to going to war. But collisions and clashes can easily escalate. China’s truculence therefore raises the question: Under what circumstances s...
By Jacob Stokes
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China-Taiwan Frictions Flare After Deaths of Fishermen
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The latest maritime incidents fit a pattern of China “responding to events that Beijing views as provocations by escalating the situation in its response and using those oppor...
By Jacob Stokes
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What U.S.–China Cooperation on AI Could Look Like
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At a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on Capitol Hill on Thursday, expert witnesses testified that the Chinese military places a high priority...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. and China Hold Defense Talks Ahead of Taiwan Election
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China has positioned the Taiwan election as a choice between war and peace, drawing concerns among experts that Beijing might intensify its pressure campaign against the islan...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. and China Resume Military Contacts at the Highest Level
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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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U.S. to Deploy New Ground-Based Missiles to Indo-Pacific in 2024
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Jacob Stokes, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, cautioned that air, sea, space and cyber domains would be more important than land-based assets in a con...
By Jacob Stokes
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Can U.S. Maintain Focus on Asia-Pacific While Distracted by Conflicts in Ukraine, Middle East?
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Part of that influence involves better arming its allies, Nason noted. Not only is the US helping Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines – the first of which are schedul...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. Sees Wins in China Summit but Tumultuous Year Looms
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And even though they promised to resume military communication, they have not yet done so, and China does not have a sitting defense minister. "Oftentimes there's an agreement...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. and China Work to Stabilise Relationship, but Biden Still Says Xi Is a Dictator
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And in terms of China, many are uncertain about what today’s meeting will achieve. “Beijing’s actions over the coming weeks and months will ultimately prove the value of this ...
By Jacob Stokes
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China’s Xi, in Need of a Win, Appears Ready to Engage with Biden
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While Xi may be more willing to engage to stabilize relations in the short term, fundamental differences between Washington and Beijing remain — and vulnerability could mean h...
By Jacob Stokes
