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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Defense Industrialist

Jan 8, 2015

Damocles’ Depth Charge

By James Hasik

The US Navy may be putting its money into undersea automation.   The Chinese threat, Assistant Navy Secretary Sean Stackley told our audience at the Council yesterday, is “not countable”. Their land-based anti-ship missiles are legion, and they’re building submarines faster than he can buy his own Virginia-class boats, even at the congratulatory rate of two per year. The […]

China

In the News

Jan 7, 2015

Manning: No Simple Solutions for China and Japan’s East China Sea Dilemma

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the National Interest on Michael O’Hanlon’s proposed solution for reducing tensions in the East China Sea between Japan and China:

China Japan

New Atlanticist

Dec 23, 2014

United States should discourage “patriotic hackers” from attacking North Korea

By New Atlanticist

Atlantic Council Analysts Say No Easy Response for US to Sony Cyber Attack North Korea’s Internet outage this week could be the work of “good ol’ American patriotic hackers,” according to Jason Healey, director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. North Korea’s Internet service appeared to be working again on December 23 following a […]

Cybersecurity Korea

In the News

Dec 23, 2014

Metzl on North Korea’s Reaction to Satirical Film

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss the limited screening of the movie “The Interview”:

Korea

In the News

Dec 20, 2014

Healey on North Korea: “There Are No Good Options”

By Jason Healey

Mashable quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on how the United States should respond to North Korea’s hack of Sony Pictures:

Cybersecurity Korea

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2014

US Faces Tough Challenge in Responding to North Korean Cyber Attack

By New Atlanticist

‘Proportionate’ Response Will Be Hard to Shape, Atlantic Council’s Jason Healey Says The US government faces a tough challenge in determining how to fulfil President Obama’s promise to “respond proportionately” to North Korea’s cyber attack on Sony Pictures, according to Atlantic Council analyst Jason Healey. “What this really means for now is that the administration […]

Cybersecurity East Asia

In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Healey: In Response to Sony Hack, United States Should Focus on China

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey writes for Christian Science Monitor on how the United States should respond to North Koreas’s hack of Sony:

Cybersecurity Korea

In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Metzl on Sony Hacking

By Jamie Metzl

Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CBS to discuss the North Korean cyberattack on Sony:

Cybersecurity Korea

In the News

Dec 18, 2014

Metzl on Sony’s Decision to Cancel Moving Screening

By Jamie Metzl

Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins MSNBC’s Now with Alex Wagner to discuss the decision by Sony Pictures to cancel screenings of the film ‘The Interview’ due to threats from North Korea”: Watch the full interview here.

Korea

In the News

Dec 18, 2014

Metzl on Canceled Sony Pictures Movie

By Jamie Metzl

Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tappe to discuss Sony’s decision to pull its screening of the movie ‘The Interview’ due to threats emanating from North Korea:

Korea

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