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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 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.

Content

New Atlanticist

Jan 8, 2024

The US Steel deal is a test of friendshoring—and the US is failing

By Sarah Bauerle Danzman

If Washington won’t allow this transaction—involving a buyer from a G7 country—then what foreign buyer would it see as a permissible owner?

Economy & Business
Japan

In the News

Dec 21, 2023

Bauerle Danzman quoted in Reuters on the likelihood of Nippon Steel/US Steel CFIUS review

Read the full article here.

Financial Regulation
Japan

In the News

Dec 20, 2023

Hinata-Yamaguchi quoted in NK News on trilateral information sharing

On December 19, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi was quoted in NK News on US-Japan-ROK trilateral sharing of information on North Korean missile launches. 

Indo-Pacific
Intelligence

New Atlanticist

Dec 18, 2023

Can AI be creative? Global copyright laws need an answer.

By Trisha Ray

Advances in generative artificial intelligence have revealed serious shortcomings in global copyright laws.

Artificial Intelligence
China

In the News

Dec 5, 2023

New article by Garlauskas and Yu featured in global media

On November 29, a recent New Atlanticist piece on PRC acoustic aggression by IPSI’s Markus Garlauskas and nonresident senior fellow Philip Yu was re-published in RealClear Defense. The piece was also quoted in an article on Australian news platform news.com.au about potential China-Australia escalation, as well as in an article published in the Lowy Institute’s […]

Australia
China

Global Energy Agenda

Nov 30, 2023

To achieve carbon neutrality, countries must navigate geopolitics and energy together

By Shin Hosaka

Energy dynamics, replete with their occasional turbulence, hold sway over global geopolitics. As such, multilateralism will be a key driving force to encourage energy transitions toward net zero.

Africa
Americas

New Atlanticist

Nov 22, 2023

China’s acoustic aggression against a US ally follows a pattern. Military talks won’t help.

By Markus Garlauskas, Philip W. Yu

On November 14, a Chinese warship used its active sonar to harass and injure two Australian Royal Navy divers with high-powered sound waves.

Australia
China

Blog Post

Nov 20, 2023

State of the Order: Assessing September 2023

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Nov 16, 2023

Soofer quoted in Politico discussing Chinese and US nuclear arsenals

By Atlantic Council

Rob Soofer speaks about the need to expand the US nuclear arsenal or make it more resilient to adversarial attacks.

Arms Control
Indo-Pacific

New Atlanticist

Nov 15, 2023

Experts react: Are the US and South Korea following through on the Washington Declaration? 

By Atlantic Council experts

US and South Korean defense officials and military leaders just met in Seoul for two meetings that, while long-standing annual events, have taken on a new urgency following the April 2023 Washington Declaration.

China
Indo-Pacific

Experts