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Documents Reveal Australia’s Efforts to Stay Neutral as Donald Trump Claimed Electoral Fraud
A longtime US foreign policy official is frank when asked whether Australia should worry about risks to American democracy. “I can’t, with a straight face, say there’s nothing...
By Richard Fontaine
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Taiwan National Day: Tsai Ing-wen Takes On The Giant with American Backing
In The News
Not long after Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei, the US State Department, headed by Antony Blinken, announced the sale of more than a billion dollars worth of military equipment...
By Jacob Stokes
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Kevin Rudd on Shortlist to Become Next Ambassador to the United States
In The News
This week, visiting American foreign policy expert Richard Fontaine, from the influential Washington think tank Center for a New American Security (CNAS), added his voice to t...
By Richard Fontaine
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U.S. Aims to Turn Taiwan into Giant Weapons Depot
In The News
The United States would not be able to resupply Taiwan as easily as Ukraine because of the lack of ground routes from neighboring countries. The goal now, officials say, is to...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S., Pacific Islands Summit Strengthen Partnership, Experts Say Will Help Taiwan Protect Diplomatic Ties
In The News
Jacob Stokes, a researcher at the Center for a New American Security, a think tank in Washington, believes that if the United States can compete with China for influence in th...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Pushes Limits of Taiwan Policy, despite Chinese Outrage
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The administration is sensitive to China’s opposition to the proposed legislation, introduced by Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. and Philippines Increase Military Ties over China Threat
Lisa Curtis, an Indo-Pacific expert at the CNAS think-tank in Washington, said Manila was “wary of getting stuck in the middle of increasing US-China competition” but the new ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Japan’s Defense Minister Urges the United States to Stand Firm on Taiwan
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Last week, the head of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, Minister Chiu Tai-san, warned policymakers in Washington that China is preparing to attack the island and spoke of se...
By Jacob Stokes
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Taiwan Officials Call on Beijing to Ease Regional Military, Economic Tensions
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Taiwan’s minister of mainland affairs on Wednesday called on the People’s Republic of China to to ease tensions in the region to maintain security and peace in the Taiwan Stra...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan accelerated downward spiral in polls
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The perception that the administration was shifting the goalposts further dented public confidence, said Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security and an...
By Richard Fontaine
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Taliban haven’t changed, resistance by Afghans to grow, says ex-US security official Lisa Curtis
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Afghans will gradually push back against the Taliban, and this will strengthen the national resistance movement against the regime, according to Lisa Curtis, a former US Natio...
By Lisa Curtis
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Republican report details Biden administration failings in Afghanistan
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For Lisa Curtis, senior fellow and director of the Centre for a New American Security's Indo-Pacific Security Programme, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan will haunt Mr Biden...
By Lisa Curtis
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US, China Trade Accusations Over Beijing’s Military Action Around Taiwan
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Jacob Stokes, a fellow for the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., told VOA Mandarin the canceled talks are the lower-...
By Jacob Stokes
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North Korea’s increasing use of crypto heists to fund nukes worries US
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North Korea began aggressively targeting the financial sector, specifically digital currency, following the rise of bitcoin in the mid-2010s and the expansion of U.S. and U.N....
By Jason Bartlett
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Will the US military intervene in China's military exercises? Experts: in a "delicate balance"
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International concern is whether the situation in the Taiwan Strait may go awry and lead to a crisis, and whether the US military will intervene. Jacob Stokes, an Indo-Pacific...
By Jacob Stokes
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Pelosi visit underscores cyber threat to Taiwan
In The News
In 2021, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testified to Congress that China hopes to be militarily capable of taking Taiwan by 2027. While it may be a few years ...
By Richard Fontaine
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South Korea Leader Snubs Pelosi Over Holiday, Adding to His Woes
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Although Yoon has pledged to rebuild security ties with the country’s long-standing American ally and take a tough line with China, his popularity has swiftly fallen in recent...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Pelosi’s Taiwan trip ratchets up US-China tensions
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There is bipartisan support for Pelosi’s trip, with more than two dozen Republican senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), backing her visit in a s...
By Jacob Stokes
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CNAS Responds: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in drone strike
Press Note
Center for a New American Security experts offer insight into the ramifications of the CIA-led killing of al Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri and the lasting legacy of the global war ...
By Richard Fontaine, Paul Scharre, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Christopher D. Kolenda & Dr. Jason Dempsey
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What Zawahri’s killing means for Afghanistan’s frozen $3.5B
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A consequence of killing al Qaeda leader AYMAN AL-ZAWAHRI in Kabul is that the Biden administration may not soon return the $3.5 billion it took from the Afghan people. In Feb...
By Lisa Curtis
