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Asia’s Rise Is Rooted in Confucian Values
One of the striking elements of “The Governance of China,” a book published this past fall in several languages (including English) by Chinese President Xi Jinping , was his r...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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What Use is the National Security Strategy?
Rarely does the release of a bureaucratic document have geopolitical impact. The National Security Strategy, which the Obama administration will release on Friday, is a stark ...
By Jacob Stokes
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New Delhi and Washington’s China Convergence
Just a few years ago, Pakistan would have dominated any conversation between an Indian prime minister and an American president. During President Obama’s visit to India this w...
By Richard Fontaine
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RHETORIC AND REALITY IN THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
You would not know from last night’s State of the Union that the world is an increasingly uncertain, unstable, and, yes, likely more dangerous place for the United States. In ...
By Elbridge Colby
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SOTU: Jacob Stokes on the National Security Strategy
The national security portions of the State of the Union should preview a new National Security Strategy, the first since 2010. Both should directly address the world we live ...
By Jacob Stokes
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SOTU: Elbridge Colby on Nuclear Policy
The upcoming State of the Union offers an ideal opportunity for President Obama to underline the U.S. commitment to modernizing the nation’s nuclear arsenal. While the Preside...
By Elbridge Colby
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Warming to Iran
Foreign policy is about necessity, not desire. And multiple necessities have been driving the United States and Iran toward a détente of sorts. Indeed, the American-Iranian es...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Where Are the Spratly Islands and Why Do They Matter?
Senior Fellow Ely Ratner discusses why six nations are contesting sovereignty over the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. He speaks on “In The Loop.”...
By Ely Ratner
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Welcome to China and America's Nuclear Nightmare
For all the focus on maritime disputes in the South and East China Seas, there is an even greater peril in Asia that deserves attention. It is the rising salience of nuclear w...
By Elbridge Colby
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How the 'Internet with Chinese Characteristics' Is Rupturing the Web
China is openly undermining the United States' vision of a free and open Internet. Motivated by maintaining the fragile balance between information control, social and politic...
By Amy Chang
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Zuckerberg’s pandering to China threatens Web’s values
President Obama acknowledged Dec. 3 that the Chinese exercise of cybertheft is “indisputable.” While he encouraged American CEOs to speak out about China’s behavior, others, s...
By Amy Chang
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How to Deal with Chinese Assertiveness: It's Time to Impose Costs
China’s reemergence as a wealthy and powerful nation is a fact. In recent decades its rise has been unprecedented, moving from the tenth-largest economy in 1990, to the sixth-...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Pick Your Prism
This year has been filled with multiple, competing foreign policy crises, but 2014 has also been a year of dueling historical analogies. The trend began in January, when Japan...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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A Delicate Atomic Dance: Managing the Aftermath of the Iran Nuclear Talks
With the agreement in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 on an extension of the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, policy makers will now have to turn to the equally chal...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ilan Goldenberg
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China Scores
China is back. Nearly two centuries after it lost its traditional place at the center of Asian affairs, Beijing has begun giving shape and substance to its renewed leadership ...
By Ely Ratner
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How the United States can counter the ambitions of Russia and China
The unraveling of the Middle East under the weight of the Sunni-Shiite rivalry and the rise of the Islamic State is enough of a national security challenge to keep the United ...
By Ely Ratner
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Trading Up
Looking ahead to the next Congress, Republicans on Capitol Hill see trade as one issue where they actually, maybe, possibly might be able to compromise with the White House. I...
By Ely Ratner
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A Republican Congress Is Good News for Asia
Having attended summits in China and Burma, President Barack Obama heads to Australia this weekend for the G-20 summit, all while carrying the albatross of his party’s elector...
By Elbridge Colby & Richard Fontaine
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South Korea's ADIZ Enforcement Challenge
A recent report submitted during last month’s National Assembly Audit revealed that the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) remains largely unprepared to enforce the expanded ...
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America Needs Economic Statecraft in Asia
Few U.S. national security officials pay much attention to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum or economic statecraft in general. But they should. The APEC meet...
By Patrick M. Cronin