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AfricaSource

Jun 23, 2014

EAC Railway: A Microcosm of China’s Foreign Policy towards Africa

By Kevin Gilmartin

On May 11 China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang formally signed a deal with a number of East African leaders for the Export Import Bank of China to finance the first stage of a modern railway network that would connect the major cities of the East African Community (EAC)—Bujumbura, Juba, Kampala, Nairobi and Kigali—with the coast. […]

China East Africa

In the News

Jun 19, 2014

Manning: Asia, Take Notice of China’s Hong Kong Gambit

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the National Interest on why a recent white paper released by the Chinese State Council detailing China’s plans for Hong Kong should have Asian capitals on edge:

China

Article

Jun 13, 2014

China and America: At a Dangerous Tipping Point

By Robert A. Manning, James Clad

The notion of a cooperative U.S.-Chinese economic relationship, balanced by security hedging, has run aground. Just a year ago, presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping met in California and, in shirtsleeves, proclaimed a “new type of major-power relationship.” A noble aspiration, perhaps. But in the interim, such stage-managed optimism has been dangerously overtaken by a […]

China

SouthAsiaSource

Jun 10, 2014

Modi’s India: China’s New Friend or Bitter Foe?

By Rajan Menon

Narendra Modi has taken the helm in New Delhi—and with the freedom of action provided by a parliamentary majority unmatched in India for three decades. So what sort of policy will he pursue toward China? The question is worth exploring for several reasons.

China India

In the News

Jun 10, 2014

Manning: Are China and America at a Dangerous Tipping Point?

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning cowrites for the National Interest on the strained US-China relationship: 

China

In the News

Jun 10, 2014

Menon: Will Modi Be a Friend or Foe to China?

By Rajan Menon

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rajan Menon writes for The National Interest  on the future of China-India relations given the inauguration of new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

China India
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AfricaSource

May 30, 2014

High Hopes for a More Robust American Role in Africa

By Atlantic Council

If one country has benefited from American and European neglected of Africa over the past decade or so, it has been China. In the absence of significant American and European investment on the African continent, particularly below the Sahara, China’s trade with the area increased, between 2001 and 2011, from $20 billion to $120 billion.

Africa China
Locked Shields is the largest international cyber exercise in the world

NATOSource

May 28, 2014

Estonia Exercise Shows NATO’s Growing Worry About Cyber Attacks

By Peter Apps, Reuters

With more than 300 participants and teams from 17 nations, organizers said it [Estonia’s Locked Shields cyber exercise] was the largest international cyber maneuver yet mounted, simulating an attack on a fictional nation called “Berylia” by a 50-strong team of computer experts.

China Cybersecurity
President Barack Obama at West Point, May 28, 2014

NATOSource

May 28, 2014

Obama Sees US as the ‘Hub of Alliances’ Unrivaled in History

By Barack Obama, Federal News Service

From Europe to Asia, we are the hub of alliances unrivaled in the history of nations.

China NATO

In the News

May 25, 2014

Huntsman on Hacking Charges Against Chinese Military

By Jon Huntsman

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon Huntsman joins ABC’s This Week to discuss US government hacking charges against Chinese military personnel:

China

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