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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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American Strategy for a New International Order
Podcast
As part of the Zak Grand Strategy lecture series, CNAS welcomes Rebecca Friedman Lissner of Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania and Mira Rapp-Hooper of the Pau...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Rebecca Friedman Lissner & Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Five reasons the Olympics haven't solved the North Korea problem
Both during the run-up to the PyeongChang Olympics and during the Winter Games, the tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons have appeared to relax significantly. Reports t...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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The Cataclysm That Would Follow a 'Bloody Nose' Strike in North Korea
Commentary
Since last summer, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has been building a case for the use of preventive force against North Korea. In interviews and public statements, h...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Policy Roundtable: What to Make of Trump’s National Security Strategy
Commentary
Every time an American president releases a new National Security Strategy, it provokes a round of commentary on the document itself as well as an additional round of hand-wri...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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America Is Not Going to Denuclearize North Korea
Commentary
On November 28, after a 74-day weapons-testing hiatus, North Korea launched its third intercontinental ballistic missile. From a technical standpoint, the ICBM test was impres...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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The 5 things we learned from Trump’s Asia trip
Commentary
President Trump returned Tuesday night after 12 days in Asia. So what did we learn from his stops in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines? Here are five take...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Would Trump attack North Korea? Here’s what we learned from his ‘Rocket Man’ speech at the U.N.
Donald Trump devoted a significant portion of his United Nations General Assembly remarks to North Korea’s nuclear and missile developments. Here are four things he told us (a...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Decoupling is back in Asia: A 1960s playbook won't solve these problems
It has been quite a summer in Pyongyang. Between July 4th, when it tested its first ICBM, and Labor Day weekend, when it detonated its sixth nuclear bomb — possibly a thermonu...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Here are 5 takeaways from Trump’s startling nuclear threats against North Korea
Read the full op-ed in The Washington Post....
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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The Challenge of China's Blue-Water Navy
Podcast
With China investing heavily in a blue-water navy capable of operating across open oceans and deep waters, the CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program released a new report on the ...
By Patrick M. Cronin, Mira Rapp-Hooper & Neal Urwitz
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Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper before the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission
Congressional Testimony
Vice Chairman Shea, Senator Goodwin, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this distinguished commission on “Hotspots in China’s Maritime Periphery.” In the coming m...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Trump’s Bad Deal With China
One of Donald Trump’s winning themes on the campaign trail was the notion that nobody was better suited to getting a better deal from China than the man who literally wrote a ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Charles Edel
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Sec. Rex Tillerson's Visit to Asia
Podcast
Asia experts Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper and Harry Krejsa discuss Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's recent trip to the Asia-Pacific and what it means for American diplomacy. Hosted ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper, Harry Krejsa & Neal Urwitz
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The Rebalance is Dead! Long Live the Rebalance!
At a March 14 press briefing, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Asia Susan Thorton laid to rest the “rebalance” or “pivot” to the Pacific — at least in name. Thorton sta...
By Hannah Suh, Harry Krejsa & Mira Rapp-Hooper
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A Tale of Two Allies: Why Japan and Australia See Two Different Trumps
The first few chaotic weeks of the Trump administration have brought divergent fortunes for America’s closest allies in the Asia-Pacific. Japan, which Trump consistently malig...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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If America Refuses to Lead
Just a few months ago, the notion of China as the savior of international order would have struck most as fanciful, even absurd. Yet President Xi Jinping’s debut at Davos last...
By Richard Fontaine & Mira Rapp-Hooper
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In China, North Korea, Trump admin drawing a dangerous 'red line'
In weeks that have been saturated by a presidential farewell address, cabinet confirmation hearings, a press conference from the presidential-elect, and new revelations of pos...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Ties That Bind: Why Asian Alliances Will Survive Trump
On the campaign trail, President-elect Trump regularly denigrated America’s alliances, calling NATO obsolete and demanding that South Korea and Japan “pay up” or the United St...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Podcast: Asia Strategy in the Trump Administration
Center for a New American Security Asia experts Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper and Harry Krejsa discuss Congress' role in Asia policy during the Trump presidency. Hosted by Neal Urwitz....
By Mira Rapp-Hooper, Harry Krejsa & Neal Urwitz
