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Asia Reassurance Initiative Act passed by US Senate will beef up engagement across Indo-Pacific
In The News
An Act that is seen as a significant indication of bipartisan support for deepening US engagement in the Indo-Pacific region is quietly making its way through Congress amid Wa...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Eric Sayers
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With eyes on China and Trump, Japan to invest in ‘aircraft carrier,’ F-35 fighters
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to give this island nation what effectively is its first aircraft carrier since World War II and will announce plans to purchase dozen...
By Richard Fontaine
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Senate Bill Targets Chinese Economic Espionage
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A new Senate bill would expand the ability of American prosecutors to go after hackers abroad who attempt to steal trade secrets from U.S. firms, in the latest effort in Washi...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump administration to condemn China over hacking and economic espionage, escalating tensions between superpowers
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The Trump administration is preparing actions this week to call out Beijing for what it says are China’s continued efforts to steal American trade secrets and advanced technol...
By Ely Ratner
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China mutes volume on Thousand Talents Plan as US spy concerns rise but scientists still covet funding
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Australian quantum physicist Tim Byrnes happily accepted a faculty post to work in China about five years ago, swapping the barbecue for dumplings. But for someone whose work ...
By Abigail Grace
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Trump’s Tough China Tack Wins Over Skeptical CEOs
When President Trump first threatened to levy major tariffs on China, business leaders worried the administration was using the wrong weapon on the right target. It wasn’t th...
By Abigail Grace
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New Taliban Attack Prompts Familiar Question: What's Next In Afghanistan?
The Taliban staged a coordinated attack overnight on two Afghan army outposts, killing 14 Afghan soldiers. It's the latest attack by insurgents on the country's beleaguered na...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Russia isn’t complying with an arms control treaty — so the US is threatening to rip it up
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The Trump administration just announced that it will give Russia 60 days to comply with a decades-old missile treaty or the US will withdraw from it — potentially kickstarting...
By Eric Sayers
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Trump and Xi face hurdles in trade talks after fragile tariffs truce
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Donald Trump, the US president, and Xi Jinping, China’s president, are facing hurdles in building on the fragile truce they reached in their trade war, after the two countries...
By Abigail Grace
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Afghanistan's Forever War
In The News
It's been another violent week in Afghanistan. Former U.S. Army Col. Chris Kolenda, who helped set up a back channel with the Taliban, discusses what it will take to get all s...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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The US and China relationship is in shambles. It could get worse at G20.
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President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for a working dinner during the G20 summit this week, and it looks like it will be a missed chance to improve sou...
By Abigail Grace
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17 years in, Afghan war at a 'stalemate'
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More than a year after President Donald Trump announced his administration's new strategy for achieving success in Afghanistan and the wider region, the situation remains deci...
By Stephen Tankel
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Southeast Asia Needs to Choose Between the US, China on Principles, Experts Say
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With the intensifying rivalry between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, Southeast Asian countries can no longer sit on the fence, and have a tough choice t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Whether it's a hollow truce or a handshake agreement, the G-20 will likely hurt the yuan
China's currency will likely continue its slide against the U.S. dollar— possibly falling below the key 7.00 yuan per dollar level — if Washington and Beijing fail to step bac...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Takes a Tougher Line on Pakistan, but the 2008 Mumbai Attack Goes Unpunished
In a sharp break from the caution and inertia of his predecessors, President Donald Trump has slashed U.S. military aid to Pakistan and warned that Washington will take furthe...
By Stephen Tankel
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Washington Scrambles to Slow Seoul’s Roll
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As the United States’ diplomatic opening with North Korea has largely stalled in recent months, South Korea has pressed ahead with its own effort to improve ties with the Nort...
By Kristine Lee
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U.S. Prosecutors Are Said to Be Investigating Japan’s Largest Bank
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Japan’s largest bank has already been penalized by the State of New York for letting countries on sanctions lists like Iran and Myanmar route payments through its systems, but...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Southeast Asian Nations Wary of Choosing Sides in Rift Between U.S., China
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Although China is exerting pressure on the nations in Southeast Asia to side with it in the growing global struggle with the United States, most of them want to avoid having t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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At APEC, Pence Has Unique Opportunity to Advance U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
Press Note
This is a make or break week for the Trump administration’s economic approach to Asia. A year ago at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) – the region’s premier ...
By Daniel Kliman
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Kim Jong Un is doing what he said he would
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As Today’s WorldView noted last week, talks between the United States and North Korea have hit a rut. Now a new report from a respected Washington think tank that identified h...
By Duyeon Kim
