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Ratner: The United States is responsible for the tension
By Ely Ratner
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Should the U.S. Cooperate with China on Terrorism?
The question of U.S.-China counterterrorism cooperation is particularly salient in the context of National Security Advisor Susan Rice’s recent trip to Beijing, during which s...
By Ely Ratner
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Is Abbott spreading Australia too thin?
Two months ago, as Prime Minister Abbott's globalist reflexes were becoming increasingly apparent, I offered a perspective from Washington that the US should welcome a more pr...
By Ely Ratner
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Video: ON THE LINE: The Asia Pivot
By Ely Ratner
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Pointless Punishment
The Obama administration has responded to increasing Russian aggression by stepping up its own efforts to inflict economic pain on Moscow and isolate it diplomatically. The Un...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ely Ratner
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Chinese Assertiveness Has Asia on Edge: How to Respond
A recent Pew Research Poll made clear that publics in East Asia are increasingly uneasy about the destabilizing effects of China’s maritime assertiveness. Among the eight coun...
By Ely Ratner
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A Diversified Portfolio: Regional Responses to Chinese Assertiveness
A recent Pew Research Poll made clear that publics in East Asia are increasingly uneasy about the destabilizing effects of China’s maritime assertiveness. Among the eight coun...
By Ely Ratner
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Australia's new activism: The view from Washington
When US officials talk about the US-Australia alliance, they almost always highlight, as President Obama did in hisNovember 2011 speech in Canberra, that Australians have foug...
By Ely Ratner
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China’s territorial advances must be kept in check by the United States
This month, China will participate for the first time in the U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific naval exercise, better known as RIMPAC. Four Chinese navy ships, including a destroyer...
By Ely Ratner & Michèle Flournoy
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A Plan to Counter Chinese Aggression
With China drilling for oil in contested waters off Vietnam and building artificial islands off the Philippines, U.S. policy clearly isn't curbing Beijing's ambitions to redra...
By Ely Ratner
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China Has Russia Over a Barrel
Chinese officials are notoriously tough negotiators, especially when they know you're in a pinch. Just ask Gazprom, Russia's natural gas giant, which is on the brink of capitu...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ely Ratner
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The False Cry of the Pivot Deniers
Former Vice President Al Gore told a crowd at the University of Hawaii on April 15 that using fake science to mislead the public on climate change is "immoral, unethical, and ...
By Ely Ratner
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CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Deputy Director Dr. Ely Ratner at U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
CNAS' Dr. Ely Ratner testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on "China and the Evolving Security Dynamics in East Asia.”...
By Ely Ratner
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Video: From Unilateral Changes to the Status - Managing Air Commons in Maritime Asia
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By Ely Ratner
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CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Deputy Director Dr. Ely Ratner at HASC Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
CNAS' Dr. Ely Ratner testified on February 27 before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces regarding capabilities to support the Asia rebalan...
By Ely Ratner
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Asians Hedge Against China
Beijing's announcement of a new "air defense identification zone" that overlaps with existing Japanese and Korean airspace sent reverberations across the Indo-Pacific region. ...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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An Asian Power Web Emerges
When President Obama met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California last week, it is doubtful that either leader focused on the growing ties among countries like Singapo...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine
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The Most Dangerous Border in the World
The night before Beijing released its biennial defense white paper in mid-April, avowing that it would not "engage in military expansion," roughly 30 Chinese troops marched 12...
By Alexander Sullivan & Ely Ratner