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Allies Weigh In On The Future Under Trump 2.0

Allies Weigh In On The Future Under Trump 2.0

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – Over the past two and a half months, as President Donald Trump's administration has upended long-standing policies and [...] More

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OSINT Global Trendline Report - Asia

OSINT Global Trendline Report - Asia

The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trendline Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national [...] More

Are White Supremacists Trying to Expand Their Networks into Asia?

Bottom Line Up FrontJust this week, members of Ukrainian far-right groups were photographed attending protests in Hong Kong against the Chinese [...] More

The 'Indo-Pacific': Redrawing the Map to Counter China

President Donald Trump, national security advisor H.R. McMaster and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have begun using the term “Indo-Pacific” in [...] More
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U.S.-Philippine Relations Rebound Under Trump

In the Philippines Monday, President Donald Trump will try to maintain momentum as the U.S. rebuilds its relationship with Manila amidst rising [...] More

Strategic Consequences of U.S. Withdrawal from TPP

Since negotiations concluded for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in late 2015, observers have argued that Asian policymakers would interpret [...] More

"The End of the Asian Century": Exploring Asia’s Future

Conventional wisdom suggests Asia’s increasing wealthy and educated population will make it the most dynamic region of the world and that it will [...] More

A Potential Epic Geostrategic Blunder

As Brexit-induced uncertainty continues to roil international markets, the U.S. Congress may soon deliver a second punch to the gut of the global [...] More
Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Remains in Limbo

Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Remains in Limbo

In April this year, eight former U.S. Defense Secretaries jointly signed a letter to Congress. That letter did not ask for a change in military [...] More

The Grand TPP Illusion

For America’s foreign policy establishment, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a grand “twofer.” It will improve U.S. national security by [...] More
China in 2016

China in 2016

China enters 2016 facing an increasingly complicated domestic political and economic environment and growing challenges to its assertive foreign [...] More
Beijing and the South China Sea

Beijing and the South China Sea

As President Xi Jinping tours the western world advocating Chinese businesses, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continues incrementally asserting [...] More

High Stakes on the High Seas

The South China Sea is rapidly becoming one of the most dangerous places on earth. Beijing has long claimed most of the sea as its sovereign [...] More