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Guest Post: The Last Argument of Tyrants
Captain Brett Friedman is an active duty field artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps. He is currently attending Expeditionary Warfare School in Quantico, Virgini...
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A Case For Continued 'Forward Engagement'
In an interview with NPR, CNAS co-founder and board member Michèle Flournoy argues that despite difficult economic circumstances the US must pursue a policy of forward engagem...
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Will America Thrive?
Director of Studies Dr. Kristin Lord advances six recommendations for America to retain its preeminence during an age of global power transition and declining domestic economi...
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China Approves City Council, Military Base in Disputed Islands
Fellow Oriana Skylar Mastro discusses the recent Chinese decision to construct a military base in the disputed islands of the South China Sea, and what this means for the bala...
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Rocking the Boat in the Potentially Energy Rich South China Sea
Note: This post originally appeared on the Choke Points blog at ConsumerEnergyReport.com on July 2, 2012. Beijing is flexing some more muscle to protect its energy interests i...
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5 big questions for U.S. strategy
Although domestic issues may continue to dominate the presidential campaign, eventually the candidates will be called upon to give a comprehensive view of U.S. national securi...
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Below the Radar: Rising Tensions in the East China Sea
While there has been a lot of attention given to China’s territorial contests with its Asian neighbors in the South China Sea, just as important is the dispute between Japan a...
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Why U.S. should be all in with Myanmar
Myanmar’s nascent liberalization is at a critical juncture. In the next few months we will know whether or not President Thein Sein’s attempt to transform his country from par...
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Moving to Cooler Temperatures
As we in the United States are struggling with massive heat waves, others are moving to cooler temperatures – including the Chinese. Last week, the Chinese icebreaker, Xue Lo...
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Jacob Stokes
Jacob Stokes is a senior fellow and deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where his work focuses on U.S.-China...
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U.S. Lawmakers Must Fix Pentagon’s China Report
Calibrating a long-range China policy may be the greatest challenge for the U.S. administration’s pivot to the Asia-Pacific region. And that challenge has become even more dif...
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Iranian Oil and the Politics of Economic Sanctions
There is a good debate underway at the National Journal’s Energy Experts blog this week on economic sanctions against Iranian oil. In particular, there’s an ongoing discussion...
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Consensus cracking on US policy toward Myanmar
Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses U.S. policy towards Myanmar, examining how an easing of sanctions will affect the course of r...
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Airpower in Small Wars: S.S.D.D.
Last week, CJ Chivers fied a riveting briefing about airpower: It’s far from perfect, though when a modern Joint Terminal Attack Controller is working with a well-trained pil...
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Politics Delays the Inevitable In South Korea-Japan Security Pact
Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses the landmark South Korea-Japan security pact with World Politics Review....
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Economics, Security and Law of the Sea
This morning, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold its third hearing on the Law of the Sea Convention that will focus exclusively on the economic benefits of ratif...
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Existential Threats and Policy Pt III: Welcome to the Thunderdome
I'll conclude my (unplanned) three-part series on existential threats, existential risks, and policy with a some concluding observations. It is useful to understand the conce...
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U.S. eyes return to some Southeast Asia military bases
In The Washington Post, CNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin comments on the administration's new Asia strategy and the consideration o...
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The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Patrick Cronin: Asia Pivots West
On TVO, Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses geo-political shifts in Southeast Asia in the face of growing Chinese power and influ...
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A Burmese Solution to Beijing's South China Sea Behavior?
Burma’s Shwe Pipeline project could begin delivering oil and natural gas to China as early as 2013, providing China some relief from its so-called Malacca Dilemma and potentia...