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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

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In the News

May 28, 2014

Adm. Winnefeld, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Speaks on Missile Defense at Atlantic Council

The Wall Street Journal previews the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security ahead of its annual global missile defense conference, as well as the expected remarks of the keynote speaker and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. James Winnefeld:

Indo-Pacific Missile Defense

Event Recap

May 28, 2014

Missile Defense in the Asia Pacific

Speaking at the Atlantic Council’s Global Missile Defense Conference on May 28, Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced a plan to reinforce its regional missile defense arrays in Northeast Asia by deploying a $950 million Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery to South Korea. This announcement […]

Indo-Pacific Missile Defense
Locked Shields is the largest international cyber exercise in the world

NATOSource

May 28, 2014

Estonia Exercise Shows NATO’s Growing Worry About Cyber Attacks

By Peter Apps, Reuters

With more than 300 participants and teams from 17 nations, organizers said it [Estonia’s Locked Shields cyber exercise] was the largest international cyber maneuver yet mounted, simulating an attack on a fictional nation called “Berylia” by a 50-strong team of computer experts.

China Cybersecurity
US Marines during a mission in Helmand, April 28, 2014

NATOSource

May 28, 2014

US and NATO to Hammer Out Postwar Afghanistan Plan Next Week

By Carlo Muñoz, US Naval Institute

Western European military leaders and their counterparts in Washington will convene next week to hammer out the details of the White House’s recently unveiled postwar plan for Afghanistan.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

SouthAsiaSource

May 28, 2014

Can Modi boost complex India-US ties?

By Robert A. Manning

Narendra Modi’s historic, landslide victory has raised hopes that the man himself and his BJP can, in power, revive India’s sputtering economy and rejuvenate a disillusioned and rudderless US-India relationship.  It seems ages ago now, but only a few years ago India and China were spoken of in the same breath as the dynamic, rising […]

Elections India
President Barack Obama at West Point, May 28, 2014

NATOSource

May 28, 2014

Obama Sees US as the ‘Hub of Alliances’ Unrivaled in History

By Barack Obama, Federal News Service

From Europe to Asia, we are the hub of alliances unrivaled in the history of nations.

China NATO

In the News

May 27, 2014

Manning: Can Modi Boost Complex India-US Ties?

By Robert Manning

Robert Manning, senior fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, writes an op-ed for the Global Times on the future of US-Indian relations under Prime Minister Modi’s new leadership:

India

In the News

May 27, 2014

Biberman in The Washington Post: Are there lessons from Pakistan for future of fighting in Ukraine?

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Pakistan

In the News

May 25, 2014

Huntsman on Hacking Charges Against Chinese Military

By Jon Huntsman

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon Huntsman joins ABC’s This Week to discuss US government hacking charges against Chinese military personnel:

China

In the News

May 25, 2014

Brattberg: To Speak of a Beijing-Moscow Axis is “Premature”

By Erik Brattberg

Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg and SAIS’ Bernardo Peres de Lima detail how the West may exploit the complicated relationship between China and Russia to its benefit in The Diplomat:

China Russia

Experts

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