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

Feb 26, 2018

Manning Quoted in VOA on U.S. Willing to Talk With N. Korea

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2018

In China, the Dawn of the Xi Dynasty?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Chinese President Xi Jinping was nine years old when his father, a prominent communist revolutionary and vice premier of China, had a falling out with Mao Zedong. The year was 1962. Xi Zhongxun was accused of supporting a novel that Mao opposed. For this crime he was stripped of his titles, demoted, and sent to […]

China

In the News

Feb 26, 2018

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss the Plan to Remove Presidential Term Limit in China

By Jamie Metzl

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China

In the News

Feb 26, 2018

O’Toole in The Hill: New North Korean Sanctions Tighten the Screws with Utmost Precision

By Brian O'Toole

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Korea

Past events

Feb 26, 2018

The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy

Arms Control China

New Atlanticist

Feb 23, 2018

Trump’s New Sanctions Hit North Korea Where it Hurts Most

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump on February 23 announced that his administration has imposed what he described as the “largest-ever” set of new sanctions on North Korea. The US Treasury Department later announced measures to cut off sources of revenue and fuel that have helped North Korea advance its nuclear program. Treasury said the action […]

Korea

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2018

I Spy A North Korean at the Olympics

By Ashish Kumar Sen

North Korean Gen. Kim Yong-chol is believed to have orchestrated a deadly attack on a South Korean warship, the bombardment of a South Korean island, and, possibly, the cyberattack on Sony Pictures. Now, the former North Korean spy chief is on a different mission. Kim Yong-chol will lead his country’s delegation to the closing ceremony […]

Korea

In the News

Feb 22, 2018

Manning Quoted in RFA on Proposed Inter-Korean Summit

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Feb 21, 2018

Manning Quoted in VOX on North Korea Canceling a Meeting with Pence

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Feb 21, 2018

Gopalaswamy in The Diplomat: India’s Role and China’s Roads in the Indo-Pacific

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

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China India

Experts

Events