Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s visit to Japan and South Korea trip was striking both for its timing and for its messaging shift on China.

The high-level team delivers its insights, analysis, and reporting from the ground.

The current semiconductor shortage, now expected to persist well into 2022, stands out both for its longevity and consequences. The United States and its partners, like South Korea and Taiwan, can set the global standard for resiliency.

Trilateral cooperation among the United States, Japan, and South Korea has proved challenging over the years, owing largely to historical tensions. As a result, this project has sought perspectives from next-generation leaders of the three countries to define areas where targeted, flexible, and informal cooperative arrangements can provide clear mutual benefit to all.

This issue brief examines digital connectivity efforts through a snapshot of Indonesia and Vietnam to show how China’s neighbors in Asia are on different trajectories in response to US-China strategic competition.

This report examines the key internal challenges Xi Jinping and the CCP face as China’s economy undergoes its biggest transition in decades, and how these challenges will affect how China deals with the world moving forward.

This issue brief examines the key reasons behind Xi Jinping’s drive towards “common prosperity” and how it will change China and its relationship with the world.

This report assesses the prospects of US-ROK regional cooperation in the Indo-Pacific under South Korea’s New Southern Policy (NSP) and US Indo-Pacific strategy, providing recommendations for policymakers in Washington and Seoul on enhancing US-ROK economic engagement outside of the Korean peninsula.

This issue brief examines the key role of Xi Jinping and the CCP in the development of a new strategy for state capitalism in modern China.