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Ely Ratner, Executive Vice President & Director of Studies at CNAS, and Evan Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Podcast
In the second episode, Hank speaks with two leading experts on US-China relations, Ely Ratner and Evan Feigenbaum. They discuss a current framework for the US-China relationsh...
By Ely Ratner
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The U.S.-China confrontation is not another Cold War. It’s something new.
Commentary
With U.S.-China relations in free fall, the Trump administration’s chief arms control negotiator recently proclaimed that "we know how to win these races and we know how to sp...
By Richard Fontaine & Ely Ratner
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CNAS: Bold Ideas for National Security
Video
This year, CNAS experts brought bold ideas and bipartisan cooperation to the national security conversation. In 2020, the CNAS team will continue tackling the biggest security...
By Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Kayla M. Williams, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Richard Fontaine, Kristine Lee, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Ely Ratner, Paul Scharre, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Carrie Cordero
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Beyond the Trade War
Commentary
In an essay for Foreign Affairs, Ely Ratner, Elizabeth Rosenberg, and Paul Scharre write that "the United States needs a fundamentally different approach to economic competiti...
By Ely Ratner, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Paul Scharre
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The Low Road: Charting China's Digital Expansion
Video
As Beijing tightens control of the Internet within its own borders, what consequences lie ahead for people living under other authoritarian regimes and fragile democracies?...
By Kara Frederick, Daniel Kliman & Ely Ratner
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Conscious Decoupling: Are the United States and China Parting Ways?
Video
What steps are Washington and Beijing taking to undo decades of economic integration?...
By Ely Ratner, Tom Donilon, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Derek M. Scissors
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Blunting China’s Illiberal Order: The Vital Role of Congress in U.S. Strategic Competition with China
How the United States fares in its strategic competition with China will ultimately depend on our own competitiveness, which means we need to be committed and focused on enhan...
By Ely Ratner
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Jaw-Jaw: How America Got China Wrong
Podcast
How did American analysts seem to get China so “wrong”? Why wasn’t there more of a debate until fairly recently inside the halls of power? What concerns drove the Obama admini...
By Ely Ratner
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There Is No Grand Bargain With China
Commentary
In true showmanship fashion, U.S. President Donald Trump is keeping the world in suspense about whether he will soon double down on the United States’ trade war with China or ...
By Ely Ratner
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Superpower Standoff: The U.S.-Chinese Battle for Global Supremacy
Video
Is the United States looking for a fight or a deal? That’s the fundamental question that a mystified Chinese scholar and former government official posed to me when we met rec...
By Ely Ratner
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McCain Institute's In The Arena Podcast - Ely Ratner
Podcast
Ely Ratner, Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security, sat down to discuss his time as National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe B...
By Ely Ratner
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Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional Testimony
A video of the entire hearing is available online....
By Ely Ratner
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The China Challenge
Commentary
[remarks as prepared for delivery at the CNAS Annual Conference, June 21, 2018] [Ely Ratner] Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for being here today. My name is Ely Ratner...
By Ely Ratner, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Daniel Kliman
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Trump's coming hard line on China
US President Donald Trump’s first visit to Beijing was an exhibition of mutual flattery. China rolled out the red carpet for what it termed a 'state visit plus', replete with ...
By Ely Ratner
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ARGUMENT China’s Middle East Tightrope
To understand China’s role in the Middle East, consider one recent event, and one recent non-event. In late March, Beijing made headlines by sending warships to rescue hundred...
By Ely Ratner & Ilan Goldenberg
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China's Middle East Tightrope
To understand China’s role in the Middle East, consider one recent event, and one recent non-event. In late March, Beijing made headlines by sending warships to rescue hundred...
By Ely Ratner & Ilan Goldenberg
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A Trade Deal With a Bonus For National Security
On the Big Island of Hawaii beginning Monday, U.S. officials will host trade negotiators from 11 nations spanning Asia and the Americas to work toward completing what could be...
By Ely Ratner & Michèle Flournoy
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Can Washington do more to stop PRC land reclamation?
Efforts by the Obama administration to enhance America’s strategic position in Southeast Asia have been considerable: expanding and diversifying U.S. force posture, strengthen...
By Ely Ratner
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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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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
