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Describe the kind of content you are highlighting here, why you are highlighting, and what it says about the work your program focuses on and how it makes an impact in the real world. Below, select three top pieces of commentary & analysis to feature from the past days or weeks. Update monthly via board process with Graeme Cranston-Cuebas and Vriddhi Sujan.

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In the News

Aug 10, 2020

Cole featured on podcast from The World

By Atlantic Council

On August 10, Forward Defense non-resident senior fellow August Cole was featured in the “Things That Go Boom” podcast from The World, in an episode titled “Future Wars.”

Media National Security

In the News

Aug 10, 2020

Grundman in Aviation Week: There is bipartisan consensus on robust defense spending

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Senior Fellow Steven Grundman discusses bipartisan consensus on a large defense budget, as well as ongoing debates over the productivity of defense dollars.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

In the News

Aug 10, 2020

Busch in The Hill: Biden’s pre-Trump language on trade needs updating

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes that President Trump has dramatically changed how we talk about trade and Biden must cut a new path to define his own trade policy.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 7, 2020

Kroenig proposes goals for great power competition with China

By Atlantic Council

On August 7, Foreign Policy published a column by Matthew Kroenig, in which he set forth goals for the United States as it enters an era of great power competition with China. Over the long-term, the United States and its allies should pursue a cooperative relationship with the next generation of Chinese leadership. In the near-term, the […]

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 6, 2020

Preble debates how to prevent war in Asia

By Atlantic Council

On August 6, War on the Rocks released the latest Net Assessment podcast, in which Christopher Preble and his co-hosts debate Michèle Flournoy’s recent Foreign Affairs article about how to prevent war in Asia by reinforcing deterrence against China.

China Indo-Pacific

In the News

Aug 6, 2020

Robert Manning quoted in Straits Times on US-China tensions and Taiwan

By Atlantic Council

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 5, 2020

Manning in The Hill: The tragedy of Trump’s foreign policy

By Atlantic Council

China European Union

In the News

Aug 5, 2020

Manning in The Hill: The tragedy of Trump’s foreign policy

By Atlantic Council

China European Union

In the News

Aug 5, 2020

Shullman, Kendall-Taylor, and McCormick in War on the Rocks: Navigating Sino-Russian defense cooperation

By Atlantic Council

On August 5, 2020, War on the Rocks published an article by Andrea Kendall-Taylor, David O. Shullman and Dan McCormick, “Navigating Sino-Russian Defense Cooperation.”

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 5, 2020

Robert Manning quoted in The Spokesman-Review on the development of US strategy towards China

By Atlantic Council

China Politics & Diplomacy