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.

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In the News

Sep 15, 2016

Manning Featured in Foreign Policy: The Next North Korea Debate

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Sep 14, 2016

Manning in Korea Joongang Daily: No To Appeasement

By Robert Manning

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Korea

In the News

Sep 10, 2016

Manning Quoted by Mashable on North Korean Nuclear Capabilities

By Robert Manning

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Korea

In the News

Sep 10, 2016

Manning in Nikkei Asian Review: The Next Troubling North Korea Debate

By Robert A. Manning

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In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss North Korea’s Nuclear Test

By Jamie Metzl

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Korea

In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss the Latest Developments in North Korea’s Nuclear Program

By Jamie Metzl

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Korea

In the News

Sep 9, 2016

Manning Quoted by Reuters on North Korea’s Fifth Nuclear Test

By Robert A. Manning

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China Korea

Report

Sep 9, 2016

Reducing the risks from rapid demographic change

By Mathew J. Burrows

In Reducing the Risks from Rapid Demographic Change, Dr. Mathew Burrows explores how longer life expectancies, aging workforces, and high birthrates will affect the future economic growth and development of countries around the world.

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In the News

Sep 6, 2016

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss President Obama’s Trip to Asia

By Jamie Metzl

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China

UkraineAlert

Sep 6, 2016

How Xi and Putin Humiliated Obama at the G-20

By Anders Åslund

On September 4-5, the G-20 held its annual summit in Hangzhou, China, President Xi Jinping’s home. G-20 summits tend to be meaningless, but this one appears to have been outright harmful. The signature event was when President Barack Obama’s Air Force One was not met with a staircase, and it went downhill from there. During […]

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