Indo-Pacific

Ashford in Foreign Affairs: Is Washington Right to Leave Afghanistan?

By Atlantic Council

On June 22, Emma Ashford was featured in Foreign Affairs’ Ask the Experts series on the question of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. “The United States achieved the initial security goals it set out to achieve in Afghanistan: al Qaeda was disrupted and the 2001-era Taliban was removed from power. The United States didn’t succeed […]

Manning and Eftimiades in SpyTalk on false rumors of a high-level Chinese defector

By Atlantic Council

Senior Fellow Robert Manning and Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Eftimiades interviewed by SpyTalk in an article titled "Feds: we don’t have Chinese defector Dong Jingwei."

Eftimiades in Express on Chinese espionage targeting UK technology

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Nicholas Eftimiades interviewed by the Express in an article titled "China puts UK tech at 'forefront' of Beijing espionage offensive warns former CIA officer."

Sales quoted in the Washington Times on the dangers of terrorist groups potentially controlling new territories in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Manning in Voice of America Korea: Korea’s tight-knit diplomacy… “We need to join the ‘United Front against China'” [translated from Korean]

By Atlantic Council

On June 17, Robert Manning was quoted in a Voice of America Korea article about the position South Korea finds itself in regarding US-China relations. Manning made the point that, while South Korea has geographic and historical economic ties to China, much of its recent policy has been to build closer economic ties with the […]

Asat quoted in The New Arab on her brother’s 15 year prison sentence and placement into a concentration camp by China

By Atlantic Council