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Seoul's integration into Quad will benefit all parties
In The News
Speaking to The Korea Times, Joshua Fitt, an associate fellow at the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said the Quad is not likel...
By Joshua Fitt
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Marise Payne and Antony Blinken call for ‘real transparency’ from China on Covid origins
In The News
Foreign Minister Marise Payne and US secretary of state Antony Blinken have called for greater transparency from China over the origins of SARSCov2, amid growing interest in t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Australia Draws A Line on China
In The News
Australian defense officials and politicians alike are striking an increasingly hawkish tone on China. This week, it was revealed that a former top general warned his troops l...
By Tom Shugart
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Biden team's China focus puts South Korea on the spot ahead of talks
In The News
For the first time in years there are liberal presidents in South Korea and the United States, but the change in U.S. administrations hasn’t made it any easier for Seoul to ba...
By Duyeon Kim
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Interview: Former NSC director Lisa Curtis on America's Indo-Pacific strategy
In The News
In her first interview since leaving the National Security Council, where she served from 2017 to 2021 as senior director for South and Central Asia, Lisa Curtis tells Axios t...
By Lisa Curtis
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CNAS Launches Indo-Pacific Security Program, Names Lisa Curtis as Director
Washington, February 8, 2021—The Center for a New American Security today launched its new Indo-Pacific Security Program, one of seven core research programs within CNAS. Lisa...
By Cole Stevens
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Instead of learning from South Korea’s coronavirus example, Trump is lying about it
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The Trump White House doesn’t think the pandemic can be contained, but South Korea shows it is possible. Rather than learn from its example, President Trump and his officials ...
By Kristine Lee
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As US Military Moves Into Palau, China Watches Intently
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The United States is stepping up its military presence and activity in and around the small island nation of Palau in the Philippine Sea, a strategic location coveted by Penta...
By Eric Sayers
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In Wake of Recent India-China Conflict, U.S. Sees Opportunity
In The News
Weeks after India and China engaged in their deadliest border clash in decades, the sight of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier entering the Bay of Bengal drew atten...
By Richard Fontaine
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Moscow Isn’t New Delhi’s Pal
In The News
With border tensions between India and China at their worst in decades, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh headed late last month to a familiar destination: Moscow. There M...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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What Beijing Lost With Its Border Clash Blunder
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Think of it as Xi Jinping’s Himalayan blunder. The final outcome of the border standoff between China and India may be uncertain, but the consequences of New Delhi’s decision ...
By Rush Doshi
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Chinese threats, weaker US alliance spur Australian military overhaul
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Australia has unveiled plans to dramatically tool-up its military as threats from China mount, but some see collapsing trust in the United States alliance as an underlying mot...
By Van Jackson
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Canceling Aegis Ashore raises problems — and hopes
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Defense Minister Taro Kono has announced suspending the planned deployment of the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system. Kono blamed cost and technical issues for the ...
By Eric Sayers
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CNAS Responds: Indian and Chinese Soldiers Killed in Ladakh Border Clash
Press Note
Tensions between Indian and Chinese forces boiled over in a deadly clash last night on the countries’ border in the Himalayan Mountains. After weeks of troop build-up on both ...
By Chris Dougherty, Daniel Kliman, Iskander Rehman & Joshua Fitt
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Chinese Soldiers Club 20 Indian Soldiers to Death on Disputed Border
In The News
With India revising the death toll of the number of its soldiers killed in clashes with the People’s Liberation Army in Kashmir from 3 to 20, we speak with Joshua Fitt, a Rese...
By Joshua Fitt
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When it comes to coronavirus response, superpowers may need to study smaller nations
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The coronavirus pandemic has upended the international hierarchy. Three of the world’s great powers — the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia — have the largest and m...
By Van Jackson
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Praised For Curbing COVID-19, New Zealand's Leader Eases Country's Strict Lockdown
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With many countries reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand is proving a model of recovery and is lifting part of its strict lockdown. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern h...
By Van Jackson
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ROK-US defense cost-sharing talks remain at standstill
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The defense cost-sharing talks between Korea and the United States are still showing no signs of progress, raising concerns that the furlough of Korean employees of the U.S. F...
By Van Jackson
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CNAS Responds: Coronavirus Outbreak Tests Every Aspect of U.S. and International Security
As regions across the U.S. announce states of emergency and a growing list of countries restrict travel, close schools, and quarantine citizens, the economic costs of the coro...
By Richard Fontaine, Ely Ratner, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg, Paul Scharre, Martijn Rasser, Kara Frederick, COL Sarah Albrycht, Kristine Lee, Peter Harrell, John Hughes, Rachel Ziemba, Michael Horowitz, Elsa B. Kania, Will Mackenzie, Ashley Feng, Kaleigh Thomas, Carisa Nietsche, Emma Moore, Joshua Fitt, Nathalie Grogan, Megan Lamberth & Ainikki Riikonen
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US, ASEAN Eye March Special Summit to Boost Ties
The United States and 10 nations from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are eyeing a special summit in March to boost ties at a time when analysts say China c...
By Joshua Fitt
