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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.

Events

Content

In the News

Nov 11, 2015

Manning: Deciphering the Big China-Taiwan Meeting

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for The National Interest on the first meeting between the leaders of China and Taiwan since 1949:

China

In the News

Nov 11, 2015

Rakisits on Preserving Gains against the Taliban

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on the importance of swiftly implementing governance plans and providing assistance to civilians as a means of preserving military gains against the Taliban in Pakistan:

Pakistan

In the News

Nov 9, 2015

Khan: Bilateral Trade Potential

By Mohsin Khan

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Mohsin Khan writes for The Cipher Brief on the benefits of increased trade between India and Pakistan: 

India Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Nov 9, 2015

In Bangladesh, Radical Islam on the Rise as ‘Battling Begums’ Feud

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Faysal Arefin was stabbed to death in his second-floor office in a crowded Dhaka neighborhood on Oct. 31. His crime: Publishing books by Avijit Roy, a Bangladeshi-American blogger and strident opponent of religious extremism. Arefin is not the first to meet such a gruesome end. On Feb. 26, machete-wielding men fatally attacked Roy as he […]

South Asia

In the News

Nov 8, 2015

Manning on the China-Taiwan Meeting

By Robert Manning

CNN quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning on the meeting between President Xi Jinping of China and President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan, the first meeting between leaders of the two countries since 1949:

China

In the News

Nov 5, 2015

Manning: Trilateral Summit Could Bring New Realism to Northeast Asia

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Global Times on the recent trilateral meeting between China, Japan, and South Korea, the first since 2012: 

China Japan

In the News

Nov 5, 2015

Manning: Conflicting Visions of Regional Order at Heart of China-Japan Tussle

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning cowrites for Nikkei Magazine’s Asian Review on the regional conflicts in the Sino-Japanese relationship:

China Japan

Defense Industrialist

Nov 4, 2015

Mystery plane, challenging mission

By James Hasik and Rachel Rizzo

Is the bomber’s target set feasible, or even advisable? What’s the most important role for the USAF’s planned Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B)? What could it do that fighter-bombers, cruise missiles, and drones couldn’t? Arguably, a big manned bomber offers a unique combination of massive, repeatable, human-on-scene air power at a distance, which is valuable when […]

China Defense Industry

Event Recap

Nov 4, 2015

US-India bilateral relations

By Nicole Pfeifer

On November 4, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted a discussion on US-India bilateral relations, in collaboration with the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).  Dr. Bharath Gopalaswamy, Director of the South Asia Center, opened the dialogue, which aimed at addressing the ways in which the US-India relationship can be sustained, and ultimately advanced to new […]

India United States and Canada

In the News

Nov 3, 2015

Barno and Bensahel: The Pink Flamingo on the Subcontinent: Nuclear War Between India and Pakistan

By Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel cowrite for War on the Rocks on the tensions on the border of India and Pakistan:

India Pakistan

Experts

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