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US defense leaders offer Asia reassurances in age of Trump
Defense Secretary James Mattis and numerous other U.S. lawmakers addressed allies concerned about U.S. policy in the South China Sea region this week. In Singapore, Mattis vo...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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US faces struggle to ease nervous Asian allies’ fears of a retreat
When James Mattis speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, the US defence secretary will face a very different landscape from the one that greeted his prede...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Kim Jong Un Spurs Asian Race for Missile-Defense Systems
Kim Jong Un’s near-weekly rocket launches are spurring a push for missile-defense systems across Asia that risk sharpening divisions between China and U.S. allies in the regio...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Pentagon to test new anti-missile system
In The News
In wake of North Korea's latest missile test, the Pentagon will test its ability to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. CNN's Brian Todd repor...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Pentagon Says United States Is Ahead of North Korean Nuclear Threat Through 2020
The United States contends its missile defense technology puts it roughly three years ahead of the ever-increasing nuclear threat North Korea poses. On Tuesday, the U.S. Missi...
By Richard Fontaine
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China's Growing Naval Might Challenges US Supremacy in Asia
Ship by ship, port by port, China has over the past two decades been assembling one of the essential engines of global power: a modern navy capable of projecting force far fro...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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U.S. Air Force base prepares unprecedented missile launch
Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California is preparing to launch a missile designed to shoot down an incoming warhead. CBS Los Angeles reports a Ground-based Interceptor...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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US patrol sends signal to Beijing's claims in South China Sea – but how strong?
Fifteen years ago, when China and the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations committed to establishing a code of conduct to govern actions in the South China Sea, t...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Trump told the Philippine president that he’s doing a “great job” killing drug dealers
Most American presidents wouldn’t heap praise on a foreign leader for spearheading an anti-drug campaign that has killed more than 7,000 people, including children as young as...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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The Lawfare Podcast: Mira Rapp-Hooper on the Slow-Motion Crisis in North Korea
It's been a long and stressful week on the domestic front, so we at the Lawfare Podcast are bringing you a podcast on a cheerier subject: the looming crisis on the Korean Peni...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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North Korea just conducted its scariest missile test yet
North Korea conducted its 10th missile test on Saturday. It was a major turning point in North Korea’s missile program — and potentially its nuclear program too. The tested pr...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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3 Reasons North Korea Is a Bigger Threat Than a Month Ago
It’s not just the unpredictability of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that make the volatile situation in and around the Korean Peninsula incre...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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CNAS Releases New Report “Beyond the San Hai: The Challenge of China’s Blue-Water Navy”
With China investing heavily in a blue-water navy capable of operating across open oceans and deep waters, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Asia-Pacific Security ...
By Neal Urwitz
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US, Japan, France, UK practice amphibious landings on Guam
Troops from the U.S., Japan and two European nations are gathering on remote U.S. islands in the Pacific for drills they say will show support for the free passage of vessels ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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U.S. Wants to Spend Added Billions on Military in Asia
The Pentagon has endorsed a plan to invest nearly $8 billion to bulk up the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific region over the next five years by upgrading military infrastruct...
By Richard Fontaine
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After Trump’s Phone Call to Philippines Leader, China’s President Calls Him
President Xi Jinping of China spoke by phone on Wednesday with the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, in what Chinese news media described as a friendly call that ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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What We’re Reading (and Listening to): Bombshell
Welcome to the Interpreter newsletter, by Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, who write a column by the same name. On our minds this week: Now that populism seems like the new hotn...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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North Korea defies Trump
Hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for tough new action toward North Korea on Friday, the nuclear-armed dictatorship thumbed its nose at the Trump administrat...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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McCain plan gains momentum amid North Korea threats
Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) push for a $7.5 billion fund to bulk up the U.S. military’s capabilities in the Asia-Pacific is gaining momentum as tensions with North Korea moun...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Cherry blossoms and war drums: Trump's North Korean challenge
In Washington DC this spring, it is not only the season for cherry blossoms, but also of war drums. The focus: North Korea. While war scenarios on the Korean peninsula are bei...
By Richard Fontaine
