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Trump Tariffs Offer Opportunity for China
Asia's largest economy promptly slapped identical tariffs on the United States and said it would impose export controls on rare earth elements vital in consumer and medical te...
By Jacob Stokes
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The U.S. Is Already Fighting the World’s First AI War—And China Is Winning
AI’s role in warfare is not just about who has the best autonomous weapons—it’s also about who can use AI to make decisions faster than their adversary....
By Jacob Stokes
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See How Xi and Putin Are Ramping Up Joint Military Drills
The militaries of China and Russia, America’s top two global adversaries, are working together as never before in their long partnership, probing the defenses of the U.S. and ...
By Jacob Stokes
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China Stages Largest Show of Force in Decades After U.S. Visit by Taiwan’s Lai
China massed dozens of navy and coast guard vessels in what appears to be the largest maritime exercises targeting Taiwan and the broader Western Pacific since 1996, a potent ...
By Jacob Stokes
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3 U.S. Aircraft Carriers to Be in Asia During Presidential Transition
Three U.S. aircraft carriers will be in Asia by next week after months of absence amid concerns of Chinese activity in the lead up to the inauguration of President-elect Donal...
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump Revives ‘Peace Through Strength,’ but Meaning up to Debate
Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Centre for a New American Security, said “peace through strength” can play out differently in theory and practice. Even if Mr Trump builds...
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump Pushes ‘Peace Through Strength’ Vision with Defense Picks
Donald Trump is advancing his vision for "peace through strength" with national security and foreign policy appointments, tapping loyalists who share his views on the rivalry ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Finalizes China Measures as He Hosts His Final Quad Summit
Biden’s team also warned Beijing not to finance Russian entities’ transactions to aid Vladimir Putin’s war machine, and the president signed an executive order that would allo...
By Jacob Stokes
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Kamala Harris Isn’t Looking to Pick New Fights with China, Unlike Donald Trump
In another sign, Harris has picked Tim Walz as her running mate, someone with rich experience working in the Asian nation. Meanwhile, Gordon’s memo highlighted that Harris had...
By Jacob Stokes
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Inside the Leadership of President Xi Jinping
When Australian leaders meet Premier Li Qiang on his visit here in mid-June, they will be intently focused on what he has to say, especially as this is the first time a Chines...
By Jacob Stokes
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Putin and Xi plot sanction resistance
The potential for AI-induced chaos is real. A civilian AI system could accidentally do “something disastrous … shutting down electricity grids or changing satellite orbits in ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Congress Helps Steer Taiwan Toward the ‘Porcupine Strategy’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week touched down in China for high-stakes diplomatic meetings with top Chinese officials as part of the Biden administration’s ong...
By Jacob Stokes
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Blinken in Beijing
“Some had said China was uncomfortable with North Korea’s military support of Russia. This shows that’s not the case,” JACOB STOKES, senior fellow at the Center for a New Amer...
By Jacob Stokes
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The South China Sea Is the Next Test of U.S. Resolve
The two nations are not yet close to going to war. But collisions and clashes can easily escalate. China’s truculence therefore raises the question: Under what circumstances s...
By Jacob Stokes
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China-Taiwan Frictions Flare After Deaths of Fishermen
The latest maritime incidents fit a pattern of China “responding to events that Beijing views as provocations by escalating the situation in its response and using those oppor...
By Jacob Stokes
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What U.S.–China Cooperation on AI Could Look Like
At a hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on Capitol Hill on Thursday, expert witnesses testified that the Chinese military places a high priority...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. and China Hold Defense Talks Ahead of Taiwan Election
China has positioned the Taiwan election as a choice between war and peace, drawing concerns among experts that Beijing might intensify its pressure campaign against the islan...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. and China Resume Military Contacts at the Highest Level
The renewed talks come as Beijing and Washington seek to thaw icy bilateral relations and both governments deal with a series of crises buffeting their leadership. The White H...
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. to Deploy New Ground-Based Missiles to Indo-Pacific in 2024
Jacob Stokes, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, cautioned that air, sea, space and cyber domains would be more important than land-based assets in a con...
By Jacob Stokes
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Can U.S. Maintain Focus on Asia-Pacific While Distracted by Conflicts in Ukraine, Middle East?
Part of that influence involves better arming its allies, Nason noted. Not only is the US helping Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines – the first of which are schedul...
By Jacob Stokes