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China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It's Time for the United States to Counter It.
Commentary
The United States’ present approach to countering China’s continued creeping aggression in the South China Sea has failed. The U.S. Navy is not achieving it long-term politica...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Hunter Stires
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North Korea May Be Building Missiles Again
Podcast
Intelligence officials in the United States say spy satellites have detected renewed activity at a North Korean factory which has in the past produced intercontinental ballist...
By Duyeon Kim
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Counterterrorism Strategy in the Trump Era - Firm or Faux?
Podcast
U.S. counterterrorism has been a mixture of unilateral policies and multilateral partnerships. Stephen Tankel of American University joins us today to discuss the trajectory o...
By Stephen Tankel
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Stephen Tankel: On Counterterrorism
Podcast
Stephen Tankel—associate professor in the School of International Service at American University and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security&m...
By Stephen Tankel
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Washington Has to Learn Pyongyang’s Rules
Commentary
Nuclear diplomacy with North Korea is not in peril yet. It’s exactly where Pyongyang wants it to be—and when Pyongyang sets the pace of negotiations, they’re bound to be trick...
By Duyeon Kim
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Don't Rush to a Peace Treaty on North Korea
Commentary
Today’s sixty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Korean armistice is fueling speculation that an official end to the war may be forthcoming. There is value in signaling i...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Taiwan Is Not a Bargaining Chip
Commentary
For Taipei, the question of U.S. reliability is an existential matter. Beijing is pressuring Taiwan’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, hinting at the use of forc...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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PacNet #46 - Kim Jong Un’s Long Game
Commentary
Welcome to North Korean Negotiations 101. North Korea’s reaction to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent visit to Pyongyang was expected and does not signal the end of the ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congressional Testimony
A video of the entire hearing is available online....
By Ely Ratner
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Minding the Gap in US-ROK Public Opinion
Commentary
The United States’ post-Singapore summit engagement with North Korea is in large measure being dictated by President Donald Trump’s perception of what Kim Jong Un agreed to be...
By Kristine Lee & Melodie Ha
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How the North Korean Economy Should—and Shouldn’t—be Used in Negotiations
Commentary
To date, assistance for North Korea’s economy has not factored into negotiations between the United States, South Korea and North Korea in any real or meaningful way. South Ko...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
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Abigail Grace on Nightly Business Report
Video
Tonight on Nightly Business Report, Abigail Grace speaks to the growing threat of a trade war with China. The White House threatens new tariffs on $200b worth of Chinese goods...
By Abigail Grace
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The China Challenge
Commentary
[remarks as prepared for delivery at the CNAS Annual Conference, June 21, 2018] [Ely Ratner] Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for being here today. My name is Ely Ratner...
By Ely Ratner, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Daniel Kliman
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The Lessons China Taught Itself: Why the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Matters
Commentary
China’s changing political landscape and the recent accession of India to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) marks the beginning of a new chapter for one of China’s f...
By Abigail Grace
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Toward a New Maritime Strategy in the South China Sea
Commentary
China’s attempts at unilaterally changing the status quo in maritime Asia are most visible in the South China Sea, where previously small land features are now burgeoning mili...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Melodie Ha
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Dr. Patrick Cronin on the Singapore Summit
Podcast
Patrick Cronin, Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and Harry Kazianis, Director of Defense Studies at the Ce...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The North Korean summit is over. Now for the hard part.
Commentary
President Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore was heavy on drama but ultimately light on specifics. Kim agreed to complete denuclearization, and the U.S. to provide ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Singapore summit’s three big takeaways
Commentary
It was like prom for Asia security watchers. The surprise invitation came out of the blue and was accepted, seemingly on a whim. The Singapore summit quickly became the will-t...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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After Singapore summit, Congress must navigate a path to normalization
Commentary
Following the Trump-Kim summit, Congress will find itself juggling two somewhat conflicting briefs: giving the president space to make diplomatic headway while ensuring that s...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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Trump, Kim plot shared path that’s short on specifics
Video
President Trump and Kim Jong-Un have signed a statement agreeing to work towards peace but left most of the specifics to future negotiations after their historic summit. Yahoo...
By Patrick M. Cronin
