Decoding China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
Executive Summary China’s latest Five-Year Plan signals that it has become more pessimistic about the global environment, seeing it...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Decoding China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
A nation must think before it acts.
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Reordering Central Asia: China’s Emerging Economic Hierarchy
Introduction For much of the post–Cold War period, Central Asia was framed as a space of Sino-Russian coordination, institutionalized...
How War with Iran Undermines Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific
Some argue that the goals of the attacks on Iran are ambitious: to eliminate the Iranian threat, delegate Middle...
FPRI Experts React | The Cost of a Win-Win for US-Japan Relations
Shihoko Goto, Asia Program Director As the first G7 leader to meet with President Donald Trump in the White...
The US AI Acceleration Plan vs China’s Diffusion Model
The latest US Artificial Intelligence Strategy is a meaningful policy shift and should not be treated as just another...
How to Seize the Momentum for US–Indo-Pacific Relations
During his week-long tour of the Indo-Pacific, President Donald Trump at first blush accomplished what he had set out...
Searching for Taiwan’s South China Sea Policy under Lai Ching-te
The multi-state dispute in the South China Sea has enveloped the region for decades, with no signs of abating....
Nuclear Weapons In Space: Orbital Bombardment and Strategic Stability
Executive Summary In 2015, a new space race began. Blue Origin, a privately owned company, landed a booster on a launch pad back on earth, after lifting an object 100...
From Vouchers to Visas: China’s Innovative Plan for AI Dominance
Introduction While international attention often centers on China’s latest foundation models or its constrained access to high-end artificial intelligence...
China’s Cyber Playbook for the Indo-Pacific
Cyber operations are now a defining feature of modern warfare, as the war in Ukraine has demonstrated—and China is...