Trump’s China visit is more than diplomacy – it is a contest to define the relationship

U.S. Military Operations Against Venezuela

China’s Fifteenth Five-Year Plan: Stability, Modernization, and the Strategic Logic Behind Its Domestic Priorities

A Fragile Thaw in Busan: Cautious Optimism in a Volatile 2026

Securing China-US Relations within the Wider Asia-Pacific

MAP Spotlight: Retiring the USS Nimitz

L.E.A.D. Project Brief: The Trump Administration’s Emerging Strategic and Economic Framework for China

Opinion | UK’s Chagos deal puts spotlight on strategic contest in the Indian Ocean

The Nordic Reaction to America’s Arctic Posture

The Black Sea Chessboard: US, Russia, and Ukraine in a High-Stakes Gambit

Opinion | As China modernises its navy, the US races to stay ahead

Navigating the South China Sea: Key Developments in 2024 and What to Expect in 2025

Global Times Interview: Implementing unilateral economic rules will ultimately harm the US itself

MAP Spotlight: J-35A Stealth Fighter

How the West can navigate Sino-Russian cooperation in the Arctic

MAP Spotlight: U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs

Reflection from the 2024 Arctic Circle Assembly: Charting the Future of Arctic Governance

Navigating the Arctic Shifts

Handbill Spotlight – The Nord Stream Pipelines

Media Manipulation and Strategic Tension: The Philippines’ Role in the South China Sea Dispute

The U.S. DOD’s 2024 Arctic Strategy is a welcome respite from fatalistic views on China

How the Ukraine Conflict is shaping Arctic defense budgets

MAP Spotlight: Baltic Sea

MAP Spotlight: Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

How Ukraine war and sanctions on Russia put Arctic cooperation on ice

Event Summary: Taking On the China Challenge with Congressman Kevin Hern, Hudson Institute

Building Blocs in Space Diplomacy: China’s Methodology in Collecting Partnerships for Outer Space and the Evolving U.S. Response

As Red Sea shipping attacks continue, pressure grows for China to act

2024-The South China Sea at a Crossroads: More Unilateral Actions Ahead (9DASHLINE In Forum)

Navigating U.S.-China Maritime Relations

US-China Global Maritime Relations

MAP Spotlight: The Red Sea

India: Forsaking Strategic Autonomy for Strategic Alignment in the Indo-Pacific

Launching APEC 1989

Event Summary: Manufacturing Beyond Shores: The Taiwanese Checklist Approach to Intellectual Property Protection, CSIS

Event Summary: What’s Next for US-China Relations? The View from Congress, CSIS

MAP Spotlight: Air Interception and Close Encounters

L.E.A.D. Legislative Brief: Congress Refining and Zooming in on Critical Issues

Event Summary: Dennis Wilder on Stabilizing U.S.-China Relations

L.E.A.D. Legislative Brief: 118th Congress on the Move on China in its First Few Months

Event Summary: Building a Networked Security Architecture in the Indo-Pacific with Ely Ratner

Restricting China or Repairing Loopholes

MAP Spotlight: Joint Naval Exercise

MAP Spotlight: Carrier Strike Groups

MAP Spotlight: The Black Sea

MAP Spotlight: F35 Lightning II

Will the US Permit the ROK its Own Nuclear Deterrent?

The Maritime Bedrock of the U.S.-Philippines Alliance

China’s Data Governance and Cybersecurity Regime

The New Marcos Administration

As war in Ukraine freezes the Arctic Council, how will Asia break the ice?

Congress Hearing Notes: Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Evaluating U.S.-China Policy in the Era of Strategic Competition, Feb. 9 2023

Data Matters

Slamming the door on diplomacy over surveillance balloon is reckless, not resolute

South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Some Takeaways

Devising a new Sino-US strategic framework

Encyclopedia of Ocean Law and Policy in Asia-Pacific: China

House of Dragonslayers

Destined to Disappoint: The Quad as Part of the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy

Xi must walk his talk of reform and transformation

Why Russia’s Arctic agenda should be of more concern than China’s actions

The Philippines under Marcos Jr: Playing the US card to deal with China

U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit: Geopolitics trumps development

How will China Respond to the ROK-US EDSCG Meeting?

Significant Changes in Russia’s Arctic Affairs are on the Horizon

China–US rivalry no new Cold War

Taiwan Wargame Simulations Could Exacerbate U.S. Strategic Miscalculation

It is What You Make of It

General Wei Fenghe’s Address at the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue

Secretary Lloyd Austin’s Address at the 2022 Shangri-La Dialogue

Do not strand U.S.-China relations in the Taiwan Strait

Indo-Pacific between economic growth, technological competition and security

Whirlwind round of US diplomacy leaves China relations in unknown territory

Has the Quad passed its peak?

What do the Upcoming Australian Elections Mean for U.S.-China Relations?

The Biden Administration’s Russia Sanctions

The South Pacific Ocean: Another battleground for China-US competition?

Facts Over Headlines

China’s Improving IP Protections Too Late to Stop Tech Rivalry with U.S.

The Other Side of the Polar Coin

China’s Regulatory Clampdown on Big Tech

An Emerging Trend Towards Building Back Better U.S.-China Relations: Key Takeaways from the Yang-Sullivan Meeting

Vietnam is a Wildcard in US-China Relations

The Taiwan Question as a Bipartisan Bridge on U.S.-China Relations

Find a Happy Medium or Take Cheap Shots?: The Challenges of U.S.-China Cooperation in a Post-Withdrawal Afghanistan

Making Sense of the Debacle and Tragedy of Afghanistan

Security, Strategy, and Military Dynamics in the South China Sea: Cross-National Perspectives

The Quad is not an Asian NATO, but could it be?

Breaking the Ice: Previewing the High-Level U.S.-China Meeting in Anchorage

What’s on Biden’s Mind?

Djibouti, Africa: A potential point of U.S.-China engagement

Supporting ASEAN’s Centrality and Neutrality, Neutralizing U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy

Decoding Biden’s China Strategy: Selective Decoupling and a New Engagement Under the Realities of Strategic Competition

Not Friend, Not Foe: Reassessing U.S.-China Great Power Competition with the Hydrangea Framework

The United Nations Security Council at 75

Essential Principles in the South China Sea

Hong Kong National Security Law

Breaking the Ice

Turbulence on the horizon in the South China Sea?

Pursuing U.S.-China Cooperation in the Space Domain

China’s Role in the Arctic: Observing and Being Observed

Freedom of Navigation: Where to Go When the Political Agenda Overshadows Legal Substance

Historic Fishing Rights in Foreign Exclusive Maritime Zones: Preserved or Proscribed by UNCLOS?

The East China Sea Tracker

A Shift of U.S. Arctic Policy: Can the China Card Be Played Wisely?

Asia Policy Assembly: Keynote Address, Plenary Session on U.S.-China Competition — A Summary

The South China Sea Maritime Tracker

China-India Ties: Modi and the Renewal of Defence of India

U.S.-China Commercial Espionage will Crush Prospects for Technology Cooperation

Arctic ambitions of China, Russia – and now the US – need not spark a cold war

Trump touts economic success, but is that what North Korea wants?

China’s Stake in the Trump-Kim Summit

Trump-Kim Vietnam Summit: An End to the Korean War?

China-India Boundary: Rules for a Resolution

The China Angle to INF Withdrawal is Off

Pence’s Speech: Key Turning Point or a Play for the Midterms?

What a navy ship stranded on a South China Sea shoal reveals about China-Philippine relations

Freedom of Navigation: A Lost Legal Doctrine

Trump Joined China Trade and North Korea at the Hip, Each Now Drags the Other Down

The NDAA chill to US-China Strategic Ties

Is Trump killing nuclear arms control or can he broker deals with North Korea and Russia to make the world a safer place?

Trump-Kim Statement Isn’t Vague – It’s Just Flexible Enough to Work

India’s Actions in the South China Sea Will Speak Louder than its Words

The Two Korea’s Tryst With Destiny

Paper Tigers

Will the US’ new nuclear policies spark an arms race with China?

Washington Must Own up to Superpower Competition With China

Previewing Issues in 2018: Trump’s DPRK Policy | U.S.-China Trade | The South China Sea

Can US Pessimism and Chinese Optimism Find Common Ground?

ICAS Preview: The South China Sea in 2018

ICAS Preview: Trump’s 2018 DPRK Policy

Too Much Firepower

Take Away Trump’s Power to Nuke First

The Real Reason the US Hasn’t Tried to Shoot Down a North Korean Missile

The ‘Golden BRICS’: Ten Years on and Looking Ahead

US-India defense ties: setting the table for Secretary Mattis’ visit to New Delhi

What South China Sea Rivals Can Learn From the Doklam Border Dispute

Why a US military strike against North Korea would be disastrous

Breaking Down the North Korea Crisis

Five Facts About a Controversial Nuclear Weapon

Unwinding the China-India Standoff in the Sikkim Himalayas

Trump’s Emerging South China Sea Policy

Understanding the Freedom of Navigation Doctrine and China-U.S. Relations in the South China Sea

Maximum Pressure, Deferred Engagement: The Trump Administration’s Approach to the North Korea Conundrum

Uncertainty in ASEAN-China-US Relations on the South China Sea

Beyond the UUV Incident: Challenges in the South China Sea for the Trump Administration

Does China’s Military Buildup in the South China Sea Threaten U.S. Security?

Interpreting and Misinterpreting the Obama Pivot

How Trump’s Taiwan Gambit could Suck Japan, Korea into a War

NISCSS Report on the Military Presence of the United States of America in the Asia-Pacific Region (2016)

FONOPs in the South China Sea

American Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative

Sino-Indian Maritime Affairs in the Asian Century

The Regional Implications of Philippines v. China for ASEAN and China

THAAD Deployment in South Korea

Managing China’s “Strategic Shock” in the South China Sea

Arbitration Concerning the South China Sea: Philippines versus China

The Need to Avoid Incidents at Sea

What Does the Future Hold for China-U.S. Relations in Cyberspace?

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the South China Sea

Messages from China’s National Defense White Paper

China’s Maritime Law Enforcement Reform and its Implications to the Regional Maritime Disputes

The Post-Reclamation Scenario in the South China Sea: the Role of China and the United States

Provoking China on South China Sea Issues is a Dangerous Tactic

Emerging interests of non-Arctic countries in the Arctic: a Chinese perspective

China’s Newly Formed Coast Guard and Its Implication for Regional Maritime Disputes

Maritime Security Issues in the South China Sea and the Arctic: Sharpened Competition or Collaboration?