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The Tiger Project: War and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

Explore the Atlantic Council’s work on current and enduring defense and deterrence issues in the Indo-Pacific, featuring expert commentary, multimedia content, and in-depth analysis.

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The Global China Hub tracks Beijing’s actions and their global impacts, assessing China’s rise from multiple angles and identifying emerging China policy challenges. The Hub leverages its network of China experts around the world to generate actionable recommendations for policymakers in Washington and beyond.

The Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) informs and shapes the strategies, plans, and policies of the United States and its allies and partners to address the most important rising security challenges in the Indo-Pacific, including China’s growing threat to the international order and North Korea’s destabilizing nuclear weapons advancements. IPSI produces innovative analysis, conducts tabletop exercises, hosts public and private convenings, and engages with US, allied, and partner governments, militaries, media, other key private and public-sector stakeholders, and publics.

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Content

US Navy’s Sea Hunter unmanned vessel (photo: DARPA)

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2016

New Tech Makes Submarines Quieter, Western Navies Face ASW Gap

By The Economist

During war games played off the coast of Florida last year, a nuclear-powered French attack submarine, Saphir, eluded America’s sub-hunting aircraft and vessels with enough stealth to sink (fictitiously) a newly overhauled American aircraft-carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, and most of her escort.

China France

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2016

TPP Ratification Deemed as Inflection Point for US Role in Southeast Asia

By Mitch Hulse

A failure to ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—a proposed free trade agreement between twelve countries—by the United States Congress would seriously weaken both US economic and security interests in Southeast Asia, according to the Atlantic Council’s Robert Manning. “A failure to ratify TPP would mark an inflection point for the US role in Asia,” said […]

China Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 3, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Newsweek on Energy Implications of Putin’s Trip to South Korea

By Agnia Grigas

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Energy & Environment Korea

In the News

Aug 3, 2016

Hruby Quoted by Global Trade Review on China’s Involvement in African Industrial Projects

By Aubrey Hruby

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Africa China

In the News

Jul 31, 2016

McFate Quoted by the Hill on ISIS in Afghanistan

By Sean McFate

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Afghanistan

In the News

Jul 27, 2016

Biberman in Asian Affairs: Channeling Islam: Religious Narratives on Pakistani Television and Their Influence on Pakistani Youth

By Atlantic Council

Media Pakistan

In the News

Jul 26, 2016

Wyne in Vox World: America isn’t Weaker than China and Russia — It’s Just Held to a Different Standard

By Ali Wyne

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China Russia

In the News

Jul 22, 2016

Piiparinen in The Diplomat: China’s Secret Weapon in the South China Sea: Cyber Attacks

By Anni Piiparinen

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China Intelligence

New Atlanticist

Jul 21, 2016

India and the NSG: Unfinished Business

By Rakesh Sood

This article is part of a series. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary meeting in Seoul ended on June 24 without resolving India’s request to join the group. The final statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting lacked an explicit reference to India’s application to join or an outline for a future course of […]

China India

In the News

Jul 21, 2016

Manning in Foreign Policy: How to Explain Xi Jinping’s Mounting Foreign-Policy Failures

By Robert A. Manning

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China

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