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Manning in Voice of America Korea: US experts “Deputy Secretary Sherman’s visit to Japan and South Korea strengthened trilateral cooperation… China checks, discusses the North Korean situation”

By Atlantic Council

On July 17, Robert Manning was quoted for a Voice of America Korea article about Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s recent trip to South Korea and Japan, and his interview was included in a broadcast to North Korea. Manning made the point that the Biden administration is demonstrating a real commitment to the trilateral […]

Ashford in H-Diplo: Roundtable 12-12 on Orders of Exclusion

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On July 9, Emma Ashford’s book review of Kyle Lascurettes’ new book on the history of World Order, entitled “Orders of Exclusion: Great Powers and the Strategic Sources of Foundational Rules in International Relations”, was published in an ISSF/HDiplo roundtable. “The book offers a number of important lessons for today’s policymakers. Lascurettes is clearly correct […]

Preble on the Net Assessment podcast: Solving the Russia riddle

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On July 8, Christopher Preble and co-hosts discussed Samuel Charap’s article, “Expanding the Scope for Statecraft in US-Russia Policy.” They considered what it means for the United States to “gird itself for sustained competition” with Russia, what kind of leverage the United States has in negotiating with Putin, and how to best work with allies […]

Manning in The National Interest: The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is consolidating its power against China

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On July 4, Robert Manning and James Przystup published an article in The National Interest detailing the Biden administration’s new approach the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (also known as the Quad), which they say puts the institution at the forefront of its Indo-Pacific strategy. “In a region of staid, ritualized, bureaucratically inert multilateral institutions, this shift […]

Manning in the Hill: The CCP at 100

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On July 2, Robert Manning published an editorial in the Hill examining what the 100th anniversary celebrations of the CCP by Xi Jinping reflected about the state of China. “Xi’s CCP anniversary speech had few surprises and much bravado. But despite China’s remarkable economic and technological success, there is a sense of underlying fear and […]

Ashford in H-Diplo: When Donald Met Washington

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On July 1, Emma Ashford’s essay on Donald Trump’s foreign policy legacies was published in the ISSF/H-Diplo series on America and the world after Trump. “It is not true that America has nothing to fear from China and Russia, or that the U.S. can be sure of their benign intentions.  Yet Trump’s time in office […]

Ashford in Reuters: Undeclared conflict? America’s battles with Iran-backed militia escalate, again

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On June 29, Emma Ashford was quoted in Reuters on US strikes against the Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq. “A lot of people suggest that the term ‘forever war’ is just emotive, but it’s actually a decent descriptor of the kind of strike we saw again (Sunday): no strategic goal, no endpoint in sight, […]

Burrows in Lawfare: How the United States can compete with Chinese influence in Southeast Asia

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Manning in Voice of America Korea: US experts “North Korea in the midst of economic hardship, ‘survival’ close to China … ‘Chinese card’ will not work” [translated from Korean]

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On June 24, Robert Manning was quoted in a Voice of America Korea article about North Korea’s relationship with China and its implications on negotiations with the United States. Manning spoke on the importance of understanding North Korea’s dependence on China for its basic survival during a time of domestic scarcity. “For North Korea, for […]