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Lost Decade — how the US fell behind in checking China
In The News
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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Biden administration disturbed by Modi-Putin visit during NATO summit
This week, Russian officials and state media appeared to revel in Modi’s visit. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said Western governments were “jealous — that is why they...
By Lisa Curtis
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Modi’s Embrace of Putin Irks Biden Team Pushing Support for Kyiv
US prosecutors are also investigating an alleged murder-for-hire plot on American soil that they say involved senior Indian officials. India has said it’s probing the matter. ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Deal or no deal: What Trump 2.0 could mean for our nuclear submarines
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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Biden-Trump debate: Where they stand on Indo-Pacific and Quad
"The Quad is here to stay," Lisa Curtis, former National Security Council seniordirector for South and Central Asia under Trump, told Nikkei Asia. "It will remain an important...
By Lisa Curtis
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Inside the leadership of President Xi Jinping
When Australian leaders meet Premier Li Qiang on his visit here in mid-June, they will be intently focused on what he has to say, especially as this is the first time a Chines...
By Jacob Stokes
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Where are India’s ties with the US and China headed in a third Narendra Modi term?
Lisa Curtis of the Centre for a New American Security said American officials would continue to view India as a “critically important strategic partner” as the “fundamentals d...
By Lisa Curtis
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Putin and Xi plot sanction resistance
The potential for AI-induced chaos is real. A civilian AI system could accidentally do “something disastrous … shutting down electricity grids or changing satellite orbits in ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Philippines first, India later, as U.S. prioritizes 'Squad' allies
Kent Calder, director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, said that, "a series of strategic...
By Lisa Curtis
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China has a lot more missiles — with US warships and bases in its sights
The "dramatic expansion" of the Chinese missile arsenal, especially MRBMs and IRBMs, is designed to threaten US forces and allies across the Indo-Pacific region, Thomas Shugar...
By Tom Shugart
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Congress Helps Steer Taiwan Toward the ‘Porcupine Strategy’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week touched down in China for high-stakes diplomatic meetings with top Chinese officials as part of the Biden administration’s ong...
By Jacob Stokes
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Blinken in Beijing
“Some had said China was uncomfortable with North Korea’s military support of Russia. This shows that’s not the case,” JACOB STOKES, senior fellow at the Center for a New Amer...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden’s historic three-way meeting
A senior Biden official said a joint statement between the three countries will contain “very strong language.” Following joint naval exercises this week, the three leaders wi...
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden’s ‘Coalitions of the Willing’ Foreign-Policy Doctrine
“These minilateral meetings among three or four countries have really become a hallmark of the Biden administration’s strategy of developing a loose network of security relati...
By Lisa Curtis
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Big opposition win in South Korean parliament election poses setback to President Yoon
“This election is an assessment of Yoon’s presidency. The stakes for him are whether he’s able to fully implement his liberal democratic agenda, which is his top priority,” Du...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Tough elections loom over Biden’s Japan summit
Japan’s decision to boost defense spending is also a helpful rhetorical weapon for Tokyo to quell doubts about its security commitments, experts say. Japan is currently undert...
By Lisa Curtis
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CNAS Responds: Biden-Kishida Meeting
More Insights from the Indo-Pacific Security Program:...
By Lisa Curtis, Jacob Stokes & Evan Wright
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Trump will see nuclear subs as a ‘win-win’, US foreign policy guru predicts
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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Modi’s Messenger to the World
Lisa Curtis, a former U.S. government official who dealt with Jaishankar during the 2005 nuclear deal negotiations as well as in his time at the Indian Embassy in Washington, ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Kim Jong Un Faces Annihilation in Most Korea War Scenarios
If Kim misjudged and thought the US and South Korea were looking to end his regime — instead of just deliver a message of deterrence — he might preemptively use a nuclear weap...
By Duyeon Kim