East Asia

Slavin quoted in Nikkei Asia on Raisi’s relations with China

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Garlauskas participates in Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center workshop report on “A Policy of Public Diplomacy with North Korea”

On August 12, Markus Garlauskas presented remarks and answered questions at a panel discussion hosted virtually by Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The event was organized to launch a new Belfer workshop report to which Garlauskas contributed, “A Policy of Public Diplomacy with North Korea: A Principled and Pragmatic Approach to […]

Roberts quoted in The Economist on the echoes of Mao Zedong’s “politics-in-command” economy

On August 9, Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in an article in The Economist that discussed Beiing’s movement on abandoning China’s old pro-growth model and the beginning of “real state capitalism.” Roberts highlights that senior officials in the US government believe that China will become “not just an economic superpower but a geopolitical and military one” […]

Eftimiades in Express on the Biden administration’s approach to China

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Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Eftimiades interviewed by the Express on President Biden's China strategy.

Asat quoted in Nikkei Asia on boycotting Beijing Olympics

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Roberts quoted in Nikkei Asia on the prospects of a potential boycott movement on Chinese firms

On August 8, Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in an article in Nikkei Asia that highlighted the potential of a global movement boycotting Chinese products due to humanitarian issues surrounding Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia. After the Tokyo Olympics, Roberts argues that “any company that considers a boycott doesn’t have a significant market presence in […]

Schuman in Bloomberg Opinion: China can’t lead on crypto with isolationism

By Atlantic Council

On August 8, 2021, Michael Schuman published a piece in Bloomberg Opinion urging readers to not “think of Beijing’s policies toward virtual currencies as a global pacesetter” and instead recognize that “[t]hey’re part of the broader turn inward.”

Manning in Voice of America Korea: Former US officials “President Moon should not pursue inter-Korean summit at the end of his term… he will play with North Korea’s strategy” [translated from Korean]

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On August 6, Robert Manning was interviewed for a VOA article about considerations by South Korea President Moon Jae-of pursuing a peace summit with North Korea late in his term. “After three Moon-Kim summits and two Trump-Kim summits, it should be obvious that for Kim, it is mostly a game to see what he can […]

Roberts quoted in Fortune on Beijing’s recent crackdowns on its technology giants

On August 6, Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in an article in Fortune that discussed Beijing’s outsize influence on China’s technology giants, highlighting that these companies contribute billions of dollars to the central government in order to escape scrutinization from the CCP. Roberts explains that “the sudden bout of gift-giving is certainly no guarantee that […]