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New Atlanticist

Dec 8, 2014

Forget the South China Sea: Taiwan Could Be Asia’s Next Big Security Nightmare

By Robert A. Manning

Forget the South China Sea. The results of Taiwan’s local elections last week, still reverberating in Beijing, are more likely than not to propel Taiwan’s ascension to the status of No.1 security problem in Asia over the coming two to three years.

China

In the News

Nov 21, 2014

Metzl on Interest-Rate Cuts in China

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins Bloomberg’s Bottom Line to discuss China’s surprise interest-rate cuts:

China
Chinese Jiangkai II (Type 054A) Class Frigate

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2014

Russia and China Plan Joint Naval Exercise in the Mediterranean

By TASS

Defense ministries of Russia and China seek to form a regional collective security system in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday

China Europe & Eurasia
1986 DIA artwork of Soviet anti-satellite weapon

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2014

Object 2014-28E – Space Junk or Russian Satellite Killer?

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

It is a tale that could have come from the cold war. A mysterious object launched by the Russian military is being tracked by western space agencies, stoking fears over the revival of a defunct Kremlin project to destroy satellites.

China Russia

Defense Industrialist

Nov 18, 2014

Third Offset Strategy, Second Adversary

By James Hasik, Alex Ward

  What worked on the Soviets may not work on the Chinese.   Chuck Hagel’s speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum this past weekend may have been one of the most important by an American defense secretary in recent years. His new ‘Defense Innovation Initiative’ seems neither a DARPA program writ large nor a […]

China NATO

New Atlanticist

Nov 14, 2014

US-China Climate Deal: Less Than Meets the Eye

By Robert A. Manning

Mutual Vow Won’t Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions, But May Help Advance More Serious Accords The US-China climate change deal unveiled by President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping this week in Beijing has been heralded as a historic breakthrough in the effort to reduce climate change. But is it?

China Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Nov 11, 2014

Karatnycky on Obama’s Encounter with Putin at APEC Summit

By Adrian Karatnycky

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky joins MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss President Obama’s encounter with Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Beijing:

China Russia

New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2014

China’s Evolving Ebola Response: Recognizing the Cost of Inaction

By Chris Leins

World leaders arrived in Beijing on November 10 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting, as China seeks to emphasize its global economic influence and power. Yet, even while China demonstrates its economic might, the country’s slow response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa – where it has a substantial commercial footprint — raised […]

Africa China

New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2014

APEC: A Chance to Calm Regional Tensions

By Robert A. Manning

The pride, stature and global spotlight that comes with holding a major international meeting often becomes a factor influencing the host country’s behavior. As China is hosting the APEC leaders’ meeting, Beijing clearly wants to be seen as a gracious host and a cooperative partner. The APEC meeting occurs in an Asia-Pacific where tensions have […]

China

In the News

Nov 9, 2014

Manning: APEC a Chance to Calm Regional Tensions

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Global Times on China’s role in hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit: 

China

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