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Feb 13, 2018

Unlocking US-India trade

By Hon. Paula Stern

The Trump administration’s vision of an Indo-Pacific where democracy and open seas can flourish, needs sharpening. India can aid in the optimization of this objective by using bilateral and sectoral lenses to find where the they can best cooperate in order to offset bellicose incursions in the region from aggressive foreign powers. An agreement that […]

India Trade and tariffs

In the News

Feb 13, 2018

Brummer Joins The Foreign Policy Association to Discuss China’s Economic Expansion

By Chris Brummer

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China

In the News

Feb 12, 2018

Ahmad in The National Interest: The Major Flaws in Afghanistan’s Intelligence War

By Javid Ahmad

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Afghanistan

In the News

Feb 12, 2018

Manning Joins TRT World Now to Discuss U.S-North Korea Negotiation Prospects

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Feb 10, 2018

Manning Joins VOA to Discuss North Korean Hot-Button Issues

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2018

An Olympic Thaw on the Korean Peninsula. But for How Long?

By Rachel Ansley

Even as it supports the Olympic thaw between North and South Korea, US President Donald J. Trump’s administration is keeping up pressure on Pyongyang, evidenced by US Vice President Mike Pence’s promise that the “toughest and most aggressive” sanctions on North Korea are imminent. On February 7, two days ahead of the opening ceremonies of […]

Korea

New Atlanticist

Feb 7, 2018

When Politics Becomes an Olympic Sport

By Ashish Kumar Sen

No matter how deft the backflips or how swift the skaters, Korean unity will likely grab the spotlight (and news headlines) at the 2018 Winter Olympics which open in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on February 9. That is because athletes from North and South Korea will march together under a unified flag at the opening ceremony […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 7, 2018

Donald Trump Is Not the Only One Who Likes a Grand Parade

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump wants a military parade—a grand military parade. Trump, reportedly inspired by the Bastille Day parade he witnessed in Paris last summer, has asked the Pentagon to organize a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington that [wait for it] tops the French. The reaction to Trump’s plan has ranged from skepticism […]

China France

In the News

Feb 7, 2018

Manning Quoted in the Korea Times on Korean Peninsula

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

EconoGraphics

Feb 6, 2018

Secondary Sanctions: A First Glance

By Ole Moehr

This edition of our EconoGraphic blog explains the difference between primary and secondary sanctions, outlines how secondary sanctions work, and uses a case study to demonstrate how the United States employs secondary sanctions in the real economy.

China Economic Sanctions

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