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Divide between President Trump and US Congress on Hong Kong widens as violence rises
In The News
The escalating violence in Hong Kong is spurring the United States Congress to push harder for a law that would support pro-democracy protesters, a rare bipartisan momentum th...
By Daniel Kliman
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US urges Taiwan to curb chip exports to China
In The News
The US government is pushing Taiwan to restrict its biggest chipmaker from producing semiconductors for Huawei, the Chinese telecoms group, and to institute stricter controls ...
By Eric Sayers
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Outfoxed and Outgunned: How China Routed the U.S. in a U.N. Agency
In The News
In mid-January, Kevin Moley, the senior State Department official responsible for overseeing U.S. relations with the United Nations and other international organizations, issu...
By Kristine Lee
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CNAS Selected by Defense Department to Conduct Congressionally Mandated Study on U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced that it was selected by the Department of Defense to conduct a study on the future of U.S. policy in the Indo-Pac...
By Cole Stevens
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CNAS Responds: Trump Addresses China, Iran, Climate Change in UNGA Speech
Press Note
At the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) this morning, President Trump addressed world leaders on his vision of the United States' role on the global stage. Covering a range of fla...
By Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Kristine Lee, Sam Dorshimer & Emma Moore
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Trump at this week’s U.N.: Diplomacy’s largest stage amid a cascade of crises
In The News
President Trump returns to diplomacy’s largest stage this week, facing the possibility of a spiraling conflict with Iran but with few prospects for finding the friends he need...
By Kristine Lee
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Senior Officials Concede Loss of U.S. Clout as Trump Prepares For U.N. Summit
In The News
On the eve of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, two top State Department officials voiced alarm about America’s loss of diplomatic influence as Chin...
By Kristine Lee
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New US military bases in Asia-Pacific ‘likely to be temporary’ for troop flexibility
In The News
Any new US military bases in the Asia-Pacific region are likely to be “temporary” to maximise troop flexibility and in line with the Pentagon’s agreement with Manila, accordin...
By Eric Sayers
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Esper calls for new basing investments in the Pacific
In The News
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper today called for expanding base locations in the Pacific while continuing regular freedom of navigation operations in the region, as part of a ...
By Eric Sayers
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The U.S. wants Japan's help to close its 'missile gap' with China. Is Tokyo up for it?
In The News
After formally withdrawing from a landmark arms-control treaty earlier this month, the United States now hopes it can better counter its geopolitical rival China by closing wh...
By Eric Sayers
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2 US allies in Asia are at each other's throats, and it's a big win for China
In The News
Two US allies in East Asia are at odds, delivering a serious blow to US security interests while potentially handing a big win to China. South Korea said Thursday that it plan...
By Kristine Lee
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Generational clash emerges among U.S. experts in China policy debate
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An emerging generation of China policy experts is advocating a much sharper tone and approach toward Beijing, in contrast with a number of veteran China hands whose careers we...
By Ely Ratner
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The question of ‘patriotism’ in U.S.-China tech collaboration
In The News
In July, billionaire investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel called for an FBI and CIA investigation of Google, saying the company was “treasonous” for allegedly working with th...
By Kara Frederick & Elsa B. Kania
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Currency War With China Dooms Trade Talks
President Donald Trump’s trade war with China is turning into a currency war—dooming prospects for any sort of trade agreement between Washington and Beijing and ratcheting up...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China eyes high-tech military, says US undermines global stability
In The News
China outlined plans to build a modern, high-tech army in a national defence plan published Wednesday, while accusing Washington of undermining global strategic stability and ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Army Readies Long-Range Missile Tests — Post INF
In The News
The Army has moved flight testing of its new long-range missile from this summer until after the drop-dead date for US withdrawal from the INF treaty with Russia. That will me...
By Eric Sayers
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‘We are being outspent. We are being outpaced’: Is America ceding the future of AI to China?
In The News
The last time a rival power tried to out-innovate the U.S. and marshaled a whole-of-government approach to doing it, the Soviet Union startled Americans by deploying the first...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump team weighs giving China a get-out-of-jail free card on Iran
In The News
The State Department is seriously considering using an Obama-era loophole to allow China to import oil from Iran, violating the Trump administration’s pledge to bring Iranian ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump’s Huawei ‘Reversal’ Means Nothing – Yet
In The News
This weekend, President Donald Trump gave the world whiplash once again, pledging to lift the ban he himself imposed just last month on US sales to Chinese tech giant Huawei, ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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U.S. and China agree to restart trade negotiations following meeting between Trump and Xi at Group of 20 summit
In The News
President Trump’s decision Saturday to relax limits on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and to delay new tariffs on Chinese goods may revive stalled trade talks with Be...
By Ely Ratner
