Reports
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Influence for Sale? China’s Trade, Investment and Assistance Policies in Southeast Asia
In Influence for Sale? China's Trade, Investment and Assistance Policies in Southeast Asia, author Shanthi Kalathil argues that while China's significant investment in Southea...
By Shanthi Kalathil
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The Sansha Garrison: China’s Deliberate Escalation in the South China Sea
In The Sansha Garrison: China's Deliberate Escalation in the South China Sea, CNAS Fellow Oriana Skylar Mastro argues that China is conducting a coordinated and deliberate cam...
By Oriana Skylar Mastro
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Defending the Philippines: Military Modernization and the Challenges Ahead
China’s increasing belligerence in the South China Sea has led the new president of the Philippines, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, to make the most credible policy commitment i...
By Richard D. Fisher & Jr.
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Don't Forget About the East China Sea
The East China Sea may be the most strategic location in all of Asia. While the media and policymakers have paid considerable attention to the geopolitical significance of the...
By Michael Auslin
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The China Challenge: Military, Economic and Energy Choices Facing the U.S.-Japan Alliance
The U.S.-Japan alliance is the cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region, but it will confront difficult challenges between now and 2025 that could greatl...
By Daniel Katz, Patrick M. Cronin, Paul S. Giarra & Zachary Hosford
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Vital Venture: Economic Engagement of North Korea and the Kaesong Industrial Complex
The diplomatic breakthrough with North Korea this week re-establishes a baseline for future negotiations, but it has done nothing to fundamentally alter underlying security an...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Studying the South China Sea: The Chinese Perspective
This essay discusses three key features of the current research by the Chinese policy community on the South China Sea, highlights the work of four leading research institutio...
By Yun Sun
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Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea
Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea, a six-chapter volume featuring a capstone chapter authored by Patrick M. Cronin and Robert D. Kapl...
By Patrick M. Cronin, Robert D. Kaplan & Will Rogers
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Securing South Korea: A Strategic Alliance for the 21st Century
Securing South Korea: A Strategic Alliance for the 21st Century, authored by Abraham Denmark and Zachary Hosford, provides policy recommendations for how the United States can...
By Abraham M. Denmark & Zachary Hosford
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Robotic Skies: Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and the Strategic Defense of Japan
This report argues that intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) is important for Japan’s strategic defense in particular and for regional security in general, and ...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Paul S. Giarra
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Renewal: Revitalizing the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Over its lifetime, the U.S.-Japan alliance has proven a resounding success. This report outlines how the United States and Japan can fully realize the alliance’s potential and...
By Abraham M. Denmark, Daniel Kliman & Patrick M. Cronin
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Joint Statement | The Japan-U.S. Alliance and the Liberal International Order
In this joint statement from the Center for a New American Security and the Japan-based Tokyo Foundation, Patrick Cronin, CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-P...
By Daniel Kliman & Patrick M. Cronin
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Cornerstone: A Future Agenda for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
According to a policy brief released today by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) ahead of its two day conference on the future of the U.S.-Japan partnership, the Un...
By Abraham M. Denmark & Daniel Kliman
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Taiwan's Gamble: The Cross-Strait Rapprochement and Its Implications for U.S. Policy
President Obama’s visit to Beijing in November 2009 highlighted several issues of mutual interest and concern for the U.S.-China relationship, yet the fact that Taiwan was not...
By Abraham M. Denmark & Richard Fontaine
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Hard Lessons: Navigating Negotiations with the DPRK
This report,authored by CNAS Fellow Abraham Denmark and Research Assistants Zachary Hosford and Michael Zubrow, summarizes obstacles faced in past negotiations with North Kore...
By Abraham M. Denmark, Michael J Zubrow & Zachary Hosford
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China's Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global Relationship
China’s rise is one of the most significant geopolitical events in modern history, with important ramifications for U.S. interests, regional power balances, and the internatio...
By Abraham M. Denmark & Nirav Patel
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No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North Korea
Pyongyang has spoken: North Korea has chosen the path of confrontation. Despite a series of agreements orchestrated by the Clinton and Bush administrations, North Korea has ma...
By Abraham M. Denmark, Lindsey Ford, Michael J Zubrow, Nirav Patel & Zachary Hosford
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U.S.-DPRK Nuclear Negotiations: A Survey of the Policy Literature
North Korea’s nuclear program is one of the longest-standing and most difficult proliferation challenges the United States faces today. In many ways, the regime and its nuclea...
By Lindsey Ford, Michael J Zubrow & Zachary Hosford
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The Ripple Effect: Japan's Responses to the Iraq War
America’s military intervention in Iraq has catalyzed major changes in the Middle East, but the ramifications of its military campaigns around the world, particularly in Asia,...
By Nirav Patel & Richard Weitz
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The Ripple Effect: China's Responses to the Iraq War
America’s military intervention in Iraq has catalyzed major changes in the Middle East, but the ramifications of its military campaigns around the world, particularly in Asia,...
By Nirav Patel & Richard Weitz