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

Jul 23, 2015

Manning: North Korea’s Political Famines

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning cowrites for the Wall Street Journal about why North Korea is able to produce ever more ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons yet is unable to feed its people:

Korea

Defense Industrialist

Jul 17, 2015

Like Cars, Like Cargo Ships

By James Hasik

North Americans are really uneconomical shipbuilders, and their navies should demand better. Ford announced this week that the company will stop building small cars in Michigan, or anywhere in the States, as price pressure precludes paying workers what’s worth their while. Ford will build its new Lincoln Continental in Michigan, but that’s because the profit […]

Defense Industry Korea

In the News

Jul 16, 2015

Manning: Xi-Obama Meeting Will Set Fresh Tone Despite Campaign Rhetoric

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Global Times on US policy towards China and its role in the upcoming elections:

China

In the News

Jul 13, 2015

Metzl on Chinese Stock Market Selloff

By Jamie Metzl

Bloomberg TV quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl in a segment about how the Chinese government has responded in the wake of a stock market selloff:

China

In the News

Jul 13, 2015

Manning: How the ‘Japan Model’ Could Strengthen the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for The National Interest on the ways in which Japan’s nuclear experience may provide helpful insights on the way forward following the nuclear deal with Iran:

Iran Japan

In the News

Jul 12, 2015

Manning: Shaping the Asia-Pacific Order: Don’t Count the United States Out

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning writes for the Diplomat on how with some foresight and leadership, the postwar Asia-Pacific system can survive:

China
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, May 6, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 10, 2015

Japan Interested in Joining NATO Missile Consortium

By Reuters and Wall Street Journal

From Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo, Reuters:  Japan is interested in joining a NATO missile building consortium that would give Tokyo its first taste of a multinational defense project, a move the U.S. Navy is encouraging

Japan Missile Defense

In the News

Jul 9, 2015

Forbes Features ‘Shaping the Asia-Pacific Future’ Report

By Olin L. Wethington and Robert A. Manning

Forbes features the Atlantic Council report Shaping the Asia-Pacific Future: Strengthening the Institutional Architecture for an Open, Rules-Based Economic Order, cowritten by Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Fellow Olin L. Wethington and Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning:

China

Art of Future Warfare

Jul 9, 2015

Cole: The Reality of Cyberwar

By August Cole

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole cowrites for Politico about why World War III would be unlike any other conflict:

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Jul 6, 2015

Brummer on RMB Internationalization

By Chris Brummer

C. Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Growth and Finance Chris Brummer joins Reuters Insider to discuss the global impact of internationalizing the Chinese currency:

China

Experts