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Ukraine Allies Face Limited Options Over North Korea Troops
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Russia’s decision to bring North Korean troops to shore up its war-weary forces has Ukraine’s allies realizing they have few options to respond without escalating the conflict...
By Richard Fontaine
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BRICS Membership Becomes a Way to Signal Non-Commitment
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If the purpose of the BRICS group — originally Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is to amplify its members' global influence, it may be having some effect. Loom...
By Richard Fontaine
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North Korean Arms More Significant than Troops in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was refe...
By Richard Fontaine
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In a Change, the Biden Administration Is Now Signaling That It Backs an Israeli Strike Against Iran
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The attack in April was a mix of low- and high-impact airborne devices, with drones leaving Iranian airspace hours before they would arrive — giving Israel, the United States ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Administration Proposes Ban on Chinese Software in Vehicles
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Richard Fontaine, the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security who is an author of the recently published book “Lost Decade: The U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Ri...
By Richard Fontaine
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US parties find unity in Quad’s potential to counter China in the Indo-Pacific
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Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Centre for a New American Security (CNAS), a non-partisan think tank in Washington, said “squaring off” between Chinese and Philippine vessels as ...
By Richard Fontaine
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‘Axis of upheaval’ adds urgency to review of UK defence spending
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“Russia has been the catalyst of this,” said Richard Fontaine, the co-author of an April paper in Foreign Affairs entitled The Axis of Upheaval. A desperate search for munitio...
By Richard Fontaine
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Lost Decade — how the US fell behind in checking China
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Precious little unites the clashing sides of American politics. But as they square off in the upcoming U.S. election, likely candidates Joe Biden and ex-president Donald Trump...
By Richard Fontaine
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Deal or no deal: What Trump 2.0 could mean for our nuclear submarines
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Many other analysts are significantly more optimistic about the prospects for AUKUS under Trump. “There are grounds to worry about what Trump might do if he were back in offic...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
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“Everyone is searching for clues as to what Trump would do if he got a second term,” said Richard Fontaine, a former State Department official and CEO of the Center for a New ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Holds Series of Meetings With Foreign Leaders
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Richard Fontaine, a former foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain, agreed that Mr. Trump’s meetings were not extraordinary. But he said it was unusual for a foreign lea...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump will see nuclear subs as a ‘win-win’, US foreign policy guru predicts
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One of America’s leading foreign policy thinkers has played down fears that Donald Trump could discard the AUKUS pact or seek revenge against Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The ‘Lost Decade’ of the US Pivot to Asia
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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden and Xi Jinping: what to expect from meeting in San Francisco
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Biden is also expected to urge China to use its influence with Iran to not broaden the conflict in the Middle East. But no one is expecting a reset of the relationship or any ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Can America handle two wars, and maybe a third?
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China and Russia may offer no substitute for America’s diplomacy, but they will be more than happy to see American discomfiture and will play up the claims of American double ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Faces Risks in Wartime Visit to Israel
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Unlike other presidents who have urged restraint on Israel during past conflicts, Mr. Biden has emphasized that Israel has every right to defend itself. A visit, said Richard ...
By Richard Fontaine
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As Israel Readies Gaza Invasion, U.S. Sees No Plan for What’s Next
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A congressional aide said that discussions about Gaza’s future have also quietly begun on the Hill. Congressional leaders are acutely aware that the US invaded Afghanistan in ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Administration Scrambles to Defend Its Middle East Policy After Hamas Attacks
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Foreign policy experts – many of whom despise Trump – fret that the issue is being politicized in a presidential campaign season and say it’s unfair to lay the blame on Biden ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The US, Allies See Opportunity and Risk in China’s Slowing Economy
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“The conventional wisdom seems to be flipping from a concern with the unstoppable rise of Chinese power to a worry about the irrevocable decline of China’s economy and populat...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden Takes His Battle for Democracy Case by Case
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Richard Fontaine, chief executive of Center for a New American Security, said America’s approach to promoting democracy abroad “has always been a model of inconsistency.” Mr. ...
By Richard Fontaine
