East Asia

For more than seventy years, East Asia has been the nexus of US presence and engagement in Asia. Today, the region is becoming a hotbed for the return of great power competition, with long-term US allies and partners like Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan next door to competitors and challengers including China, Russia, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. While East Asia continues to navigate a number of longstanding traditional security issues, it must also address the rise of online disinformation, competition to pioneer emerging technologies, and more.

Content

In the News

Sep 11, 2018

Manning in Nikkei Asian Review: North Korea Needs a New Approach

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

New Atlanticist

Sep 10, 2018

Moscow looks to flex its muscles in the East

By Brooks Tigner

While far from the Alliance’s borders this time, the forthcoming event’s location, huge scale, and unusual partner participation (China) carry strategic implications for NATO and the West, and also raise serious questions open to diverse interpretation.

China NATO

Inflection Points

Sep 9, 2018

China, Trump and an ‘epochal shift’

By Frederick Kempe

Moral of the story: In an increasing number of places in the world, it isn’t that the US and its democratic allies are losing the battle for influence. They are too frequently no-shows.

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 8, 2018

Manning Quoted in VOA on US-China Relations

By Robert A. Manning

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China

In the News

Sep 7, 2018

Nordenman Quoted in Military Times on Chinese Airport in Greenland

By Magnus Nordenman

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China

In the News

Sep 4, 2018

Pham Joins CNN to Discuss China Announcing Investment in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

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Africa China

In the News

Sep 4, 2018

Kempe Joins CNBC to Discuss US-China tensions

By Frederick Kempe

Watch the full discussion here.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 3, 2018

Hruby Quoted in China Daily on the China-Africa Relationship

By Aubrey Hruby

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China

New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2018

Dispelling the dominant myths of China in Africa

By Aubrey Hruby

Foreign direct investment (FDI), especially in technology, and small and medium enterprise diffusion are critical parts of China’s 2.0 approach to the continent.

Africa China

In the News

Aug 31, 2018

Pham and Bello in Foreign Policy: Chinese Aid and Investment Are Good for Africa

By J. Peter Pham and Abdoul Salam Bello

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China

Experts

Events