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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2014

Intelligence Community’s Assessment of Cyber Threats to the US

By Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The following excerpt is from the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, delivered by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, January 29, 2014.

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Jan 25, 2014

Cliff Quoted on Chinese Aircraft Carrier

By Roger Cliff

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Roger Cliff is quoted in Defense News on the news that China is constructing a new aircraft carrier:

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New Atlanticist

Jan 16, 2014

The Trouble with China

By Nicholas Burns

It’s the Responsibility of the US to Prevent War Over East China Sea Islands As the White House struggles to cope with a burning Middle East, another vital challenge is arising on the far horizon — China is flexing its muscles with real consequences for America’s future in Asia. In the East China Sea, the […]

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Barack Obama

NATOSource

Jan 9, 2014

NATO After Rasmussen and the US Pivot to Asia

By Judy Dempsey, Strategic Europe

[P]ity [Secretary General Anders Fogh] Rasmussen’s successor. NATO is in bad shape, and morale is low.

China Europe & Eurasia
Syria's 1st batch of chemical weapons materials now onboard the Ark Futura

NATOSource

Jan 8, 2014

First Chemical Weapons Removed From Syria to Danish Ship

By BBC and AP

From BBC:  The first consignment of Syrian chemical weapons materials has left the country on a Danish ship.

China Northern Europe
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, June 6, 2012

NATOSource

Jan 3, 2014

China and Russia Bring Back Cold War Tactics

By Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

We in the United States may not believe that there is any real threat to our longtime alliance structures in Europe and Asia, but other people think those alliances are vulnerable and have set out to undermine them.

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Chinese Frigate

NATOSource

Dec 20, 2013

Chinese Military Ship Will Help Guard Destruction of Syria’s Chemical Weapons

By New York Times, Reuters, & South China Morning Post

From Jane Perlez, New York Times:  The same day that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel of the United States blasted the actions of a Chinese ship in the South China Sea as “irresponsible,” China announced that it would deploy a military ship to work with an American vessel involved in the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons.

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Chinese Military

NATOSource

Dec 20, 2013

Why are European Allies Arming China?

By David Lague, Reuters

If the People’s Liberation Army went to war tomorrow, it would field an arsenal bristling with hardware from some of America’s closest allies: Germany, France and Britain.

China Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2013

Three Cheers for China!

By Robert A. Manning

At a moment when few give the Obama administration much credit for either competence or strategy, a cascade of events in East Asia in recent days, not least John Kerry’s trip to Southeast Asia, point to important gains for the stabilizing and offshore-balancing role of US policy toward the Asia-Pacific.

China Indo-Pacific

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2013

China Ascendant: Is Conflict Inevitable?

By Rajan Menon

Thucydides’ purpose in his great epic was to account for “what led to this great war falling upon the Hellenes.” He acknowledged that what we know as the Peloponnesian War was produced by many different disputes and depicted them masterfully, laying bare their specificities. But, in the opening pages, he warns us that dwelling on […]

China Indo-Pacific

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