East Asia

Global China Hub nonresident fellow Hanna Dohmen in South China Morning Post

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Hanna Dohmen</span>

On February 7th, 2025, South China Morning Post published an article referencing Global China Hub nonresident fellow Hanna Dohmen’s testimony for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the effectiveness of export controls in slowing China’s AI advances.

Busch quoted by RetailWire on how revoking de minimis exemptions impacts Chinese online retailers selling in the US

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GCH nonresident fellow Leland Lazarus in NPR

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Leland Lazarus</span>

On February 3rd, GCH nonresident fellow Leland Lazarus was quoted in NPR on how China’s significant trade in Latin America as Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes his first tour to the region.

Soofer quoted in Matthew Kroenig’s Foreign Policy article arguing for an ‘Iron Dome’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

On February 5, Forward Defense senior fellow Robert Soofer was quoted in a Foreign Policy article by Matthew Kroenig, Vice President and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center. The argument piece was titled, “The United States Needs an Iron Dome.” Kroenig quotes Soofer’s recent report, “‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland […]

T.X. Hammes proposes containerized weapons for US Navy merchant fleet in US Naval Institute Proceedings

On February 3, T.X. Hammes, a nonresident senior fellow at Forward Defense, wrote with Captain R. Robinson Harris, US Navy (ret.) in the US Naval Institute’s Proceedings, that deploying containerized weapons on merchant ships would bolster the US Navy’s capacity to manage the growing threat from China.

McNamara published in Pell Center series on espionage of US intellectual property

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

On February 5th, Whitney McNamara, nonresident senior fellow at Forward Defense, published a piece in the Pell Center’s series on China’s widespread espionage targeting critical intellectual property threatens US economic and military power.

Soofer quoted in Washington Post article on Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council </span>

On January 30, Forward Defense senior fellow Robert Soofer was quoted in a Washington Post article titled, “Could Trump’s Iron Dome work? Only if Canada attacks Detroit.” The article quotes Soofer’s recent report, “‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense” on how refocusing missile defenses will “enhance US nuclear survivability.”