"Grave Threats": American Security and the Next U.S. President
From Syria, to climate change, North Korea, and the largest global refugee flows in history, the next President will face a uniquely challenging set of […] More
China
A Letter to the Next Secretary of State Re: East Asia
Chinese rivalry with the U.S. for regional dominance will be central to U.S. East Asia policy for the incoming administration. China’s aggressive use of economic […] More
The Rise of Hypersonic Weapons
A hypersonic missile launched from mainland China could strike a U.S. carrier group located anywhere in the South China Sea in under 20 minutes. That’s […] More
Unsettling the Existing Balances
In recent years, defense analysts have increasingly turned their attention to the development of hypersonic weapons, a class of systems intended to strike fast, at […] More
China's Counter-Terrorism Law and the Uyghurs
On 27 December 2015, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) passed the country’s first counterterrorism legislation. The law carried sweeping provisions, enabling not only China’s various […] More
China's Ongoing Struggle to Clamp Down on Terrorism
On September 10th in the restive Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China, as many as 10 people were killed or injured when police […] More
Much Remains Unknown
Over the last several years, China has learned that its borders and people are not immune to the threat of terrorism. This is particularly true […] More
The Changing Nature of Terrorism in China
On August 14, Director of International Cooperation at China’s Central Military Commission, Rear Admiral Guan Youfei, reached a deal to provide humanitarian aid, military training, […] More
Great Power Rivalry Is Here to Stay, Say National Security Leaders
With a decline in U.S. global influence since the 2008 financial crisis, China’s emergence as an economic and increasingly political world power, and Russia striving […] More
Nuclear North Korea: A No-Win Scenario?
The latest North Korean nuclear test was the largest to date, yet the international consensus on a response is as fractured and indecisive as ever. […] More
Reenergizing North Korea Policy in a New Administration
The United States and its allies in East Asia have had sound reasons for the current approach to dealing with North Korea. However, it carries […] More
What’s at Stake in the South China Sea?
As the G20 summit in China came to a close, something far more worrisome than Air Force One’s stairway gaff overshadowed the summit. The Philippines […] More
China Wants Everything, But Its Sea Claims Are More ‘Core’
In Asia, there is now a “whiff of 1914,” a reference by Australian University Professor Hugh White to the lead up to World War One. […] More
The Prospects are Bleak
U.S. – China relations have deteriorated appreciably over the past few years. The prospect for improved relations are bleak, with a strong likelihood that bilateral […] More
America and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Shortly after arriving at the G20 economic summit in Hangzhou China last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada would join a long […] More
An Imagined Threat from China
When a multilateral bank, based in China, finances an upgrade of slums in 154 cities in Indonesia, do Americans need to be concerned about a […] More
Infrastructure as a Tool of Foreign Policy
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is China’s answer to the multi-trillion dollar infrastructure spending gap in Asia. However, many see the bank as an […] More
The Chinese Communist Party Under Xi Jinping
Nationalist fervor, a more aggressive military posture, and curbs on free speech in China today are the hallmarks of one man: President Xi Jinping. He […] More