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Dec 17, 2020

Countering China’s crackdown on Hong Kong

By Anna Downs and Ash Jain

The implementation of the national security law has stifled the democratic movement in Hong Kong. This action sparked a series of democratic protests that China quickly attempted to dismantle—alarming observers worldwide. Can democracies mitigate the impact of the new national security laws on Hong Kong? Should Chine face penalties from the international community? Or will aligned democracies fail to defend other vulnerable democratic nations against Chinese malign influence?

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Jain in The National Interest: Joe Biden’s historic opportunity to reshape global order

"America’s alliances have been one of its greatest strategic assets, helping unleash unprecedented geopolitical stability, economic development, and increase in human dignity worldwide over the last 75 years. Trump nearly destroyed this asset. But by reinvesting in these relationships and approaching them in a more networked and humble manner, Biden can address the most consequential challenges and crises of today and tomorrow while constructing a new order for the coming decades," writes Ash in the National Interest.

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Oct 28, 2020

2020 election scenarios: Implications for American foreign policy

By Ash Jain, Barry Pavel

The outcome of the US presidential election in November will reverberate throughout the world. It will have a direct impact on US allies and partners, as well as structural implications for the global system. Will the United States continue to play its post-World War II international leadership role? Or will Washington continue its steady retreat from international commitments?

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Ash Jain is currently serving as a senior policy advisor with the US Department of Homeland Security. He was previously director for Democratic Order with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, where his work focused on strengthening cooperation among democracies and advancing a rules-based order in an era of strategic competition. He also led coordination of the D-10 Strategy Forum. Prior to this, Mr. Jain served as a member of the secretary of state’s policy planning staff, focusing on US alliances and partnerships, international norms, and challenges to the democratic order — including those posed by Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. 
 
Jain was a Bosch public policy fellow with the German Marshall Fund Transatlantic Academy and executive director for the Project for a United and Strong America, where he coordinated a bipartisan foreign policy task force to produce a blueprint for a values-based national security strategy. He also served as an adviser for the White House Office of Global Communications and with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
 
He is the author or co-author of several publications, including Present at the Re-Creation: A Global Strategy to Revitalize, Adapt, and Defend the Rules-Based International System (with foreword by Madeleine Albright and Stephen Hadley); An Alliance of Democracies: From Concept to Reality in an Era of Strategic Competition; Countering China’s Challenge to the Free World; Strategy of Constrainment: Countering Russia’s Challenge to the Democratic Order; and Nuclear Weapons and Iran’s Global Ambitions: Troubling Scenarios (Washington Institute for Near East Policy). His published articles and commentary have appeared in various news outlets, including the New York Times, Politico, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The Economist, Nikkei Asia, BBC, Canadian Broadcasting, Australian Broadcasting, CNBC India, and France 24.

Jain has also taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He earned a JD/MS in foreign service from Georgetown University and a BA in political science from the University of Michigan.