Reports
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More Willing and Able: Charting China's International Security Activism
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Asia-Pacific Security Program has released a new report, More Willing and Able: Charting China’s International Security Activism....
By Alexander Sullivan, Andrew Erickson, Elbridge Colby, Ely Ratner & Zachary Hosford
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Indirect Cost Imposition Strategies in the South China Sea: U.S. Leadership and ASEAN Centrality
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Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer assesses the implications of China’s assertions of control over the South China Sea for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and offers ide...
By Carlyle Thayer
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Shades of Gray: Technology, Strategic Competition, and Stability in Maritime Asia
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Amy Chang, Ben FitzGerald, and Van Jackson unpack how proliferating technologies are intersecting with strategic competition, coercive behaviors, and unclear norms to exacerba...
By Amy Chang, Ben FitzGerald & Van Jackson
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Preserving the Rules: Countering Coercion in Maritime Asia
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"A combination of active engagement, cost imposition, denial, and offset strategies can best help shape the future order of the Asia-Pacific region."...
By Alexander Sullivan & Patrick M. Cronin
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Playing It Safe: Malaysia's Approach to the South China Sea and Implications for the United States
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In this sixth paper in the Maritime Strategy Series, Prashanth Parameswaran, Associate Editor at The Diplomat, visiting fellow at the ASEAN Studies Center at American Universi...
By Prashanth Parameswaran
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China's Tailored Coercion and Its Rivals' Actions and Responses: What the Numbers Tell Us
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Dr. Christopher Yung and Patrick McNulty provide a groundbreaking data-driven look at how the six claimants of features in the South China Sea have advanced and defended their...
By Patrick McNulty & Dr. Christopher Yung
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Defend, Defect, or Desert?
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The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are soon to become the center of gravity for security in Afghanistan. In September 2014, U.S. and Afghan leaders signed a Bilateral ...
By Tyler Jost
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Warring State: China’s Cybersecurity Strategy
Research Associate Amy Chang explores the political, economic, and military objectives of China’s cybersecurity apparatus; reveals drivers and intentions of Chinese activity i...
By Amy Chang
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Cost-Imposing Strategies: A Brief Primer
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Dr. Thomas Mahnken, professor at both the Naval War College and Johns Hopkins SAIS, delivers a general but thorough framework for thinking about cost-imposing strategies, a cr...
By Thomas G. Mahnken
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Strengthening U.S.-Indonesia Defense Ties
As part of the Asia Strategy Series, Research Associate Alexander Sullivan examines the U.S.-Indonesia defense relationship....
By Alexander Sullivan
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Advancing U.S.-Malaysia Security Cooperation in a Changing Environment
Research Associate Alexander Sullivan examines the growing relationship between the United States and Malaysia....
By Alexander Sullivan
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Nonmilitary Approaches to Countering Chinese Coercion: A Code of Practice for the Asia-Pacific
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Dr. John Lee of the University of Sydney discusses political and diplomatic tools to impose costs on bad behavior in maritime Asia as part of an overall strategy encompassing ...
By Dr. John Lee
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Going Anti-Access at Sea: How Japan Can Turn the Tables on China
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Professor Toshi Yoshihara of the U.S. Naval War College examines how Tokyo can, in the context of a consistently defensive approach to security and a strong U.S.-Japan allianc...
By Toshi Yoshihara
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The Challenge of Responding to Maritime Coercion
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Dr. Patrick Cronin provides a framework for further thinking about both the need to impose costs on bad behavior and gray zone assertiveness in maritime Asia, and the set of s...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Autonomous Power? Securing Singapore’s Interests in the 21st Century
Research Associate Alexander Sullivan examines Singapore's how Singapore’s national security strategy translates into defense policy decisions, and discusses the potential of ...
By Alexander Sullivan
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A Summer Calendar for Advancing U.S. Policy toward the South China Sea
Asia-Pacific Security Deputy Director Dr. Ely Ratner authors the agenda “A Summer Calendar for U.S. Policy toward the South China Sea,” detailing specific actions the United S...
By Ely Ratner
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If Deterrence Fails: Rethinking Conflict on the Korean Peninsula
Asia-Pacific Security Director Dr. Patrick Cronin charges U.S. policymakers to rethink deterrence and escalation in a changing security environment....
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Tailored Coercion: Competition and Risk in Maritime Asia
"Tailored Coercion: Competition and Risk in Maritime Asia," written by the CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program, analyzes competition and security risks in Maritime Asia....
By Elbridge Colby, Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Zachary Hosford
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Charting the Contours of Asia’s Megatrends
CNAS Research Associate Alexander Sullivan examines seven major trends shaping Asia-Pacific security and the U.S. rebalance to Asia in "Charting the Contours of Asia’s Megatre...
By Alexander Sullivan
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Resident Power: Building a Politically Sustainable U.S. Military Presence in Southeast Asia and Australia
Dr. Ely Ratner, Deputy Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program offers “the first comprehensive strategy for building a politically sustainable force posture in Southeast...
By Ely Ratner
