China’s Two Sessions—And What They Mean for the United States
Every March, nearly 5,000 delegates descend on Beijing for the meeting of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
China’s Two Sessions—And What They Mean for the United States
A nation must think before it acts.
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Continuity in the National Interest? Assessing the Biden Administration’s Interim National Security Guidance
On March 3, 2021, the Biden administration released its “Interim National Security Strategic Guidance.” Two months into the new...
Emerging Forms of Pax Sinica in Tajikistan and Cambodia
In recent years, Tajikistan has made a habit of parading its new Chinese weapons systems. With perennial concerns over...
Beyond Oil: Lithium-Ion Battery Minerals and Energy Security
Oil has long dominated concerns about energy security because oil products have fueled nearly all of the world’s transportation...
Will U.S.-China Competition Divide South Asia Along Great Power Fault Lines?
On February 8, 2021, U.S. President Joseph Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in a call to...
Biden Connects NATO to the China Challenge
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development Elbridge Colby and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of...
The Quad: Form without Substance?
The declassification of the U.S. Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific in the waning days of the Trump administration stated...
The Ryukyu Defense Line: Japan’s Response to China’s Naval Push into the Pacific Ocean
For most of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, the sea was the path over...
Biden Faced His First Taiwan Test. Now What?
Only days after his inauguration on January 20, President Joseph Biden faced one of his first foreign policy tests...
Exit from a Sparse Hegemony: Central Asia’s Place in a Transforming Liberal International Order
As Joe Biden takes office, many people are optimistic that he can restore international confidence in the United States...