Category: Asia
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Turning the Tide in Taipei: Assessing Taiwan’s Preparation for a PLA Attack
Alison O’Neil, Austin Hillebrandt, and Sofia Valle // Taipei must take concrete steps now if it is to challenge an increasingly aggressive China.
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Wa State: A Tool in China’s Myanmar strategy
By Will Waghorne // From its inception, Wa State has been a potent vehicle for articulating Chinese interests.
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Balancing Beijing: AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific
By Shravan Krishnan // Between aspiring global powers with nuclear capabilities, avowed non-nuclear states, staunch U.S. allies, and decidedly neutral states, various factors drive the different perspectives of Indo-Pacific powers on AUKUS as China looms large in the background.
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The Metal of the Gods: Is Thorium Energy the Future of India?
By Lake Dodson // A significant cap on carbon emissions without the risk of relying on an undependable energy source would be a literal lifesaver for India. India’s overall carbon emissions nearly doubled from 2005 to 2016, negatively affecting two enormous national industries that directly impact the health of the Earth: agriculture and fishing. For them and six of the…
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America Should Counter China with Multilateralism
By Christopher Ynclan Jr. // China has gradually isolated itself in the Asia-Pacific through its belligerent wolf warrior diplomacy and maritime ambitions.
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NATO is Not a Good Model for the Indo-Pacific
By Vincenzo Caporale // Southeast Asia wants to manage China’s growth, not be pressured into a situation where it must choose sides.
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Evergrande and the Limits of “Common Prosperity”
By Noah Schwartz // Western commentators hoping that the Evergrande crisis is a sign of Chinese decline are mistaken. The CCP will neither let Evergrande blow up or bail them out.
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India is Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
By Shravan Krishnan // On one hand, India claims Russia has “legitimate security concerns” on the Ukrainian border. On the other hand, India is becoming increasingly close with the West.
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The Big Lesson from Kazakhstan: Politics is About People
By Patrick Fox & Alison O’Neil // Kazakhstan’s unrest has shown that politics must be viewed not only through the lens of great power competition, but also through local economic and political concerns.
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AUKUS Sub Deal: Implications for the Nuclear Arms Control Regime
By Shravan Krishnan // Even the presence of nuclear-powered submarines presents a variety of challenges for Australia. Would these submarines be permitted to dock in New Zealand, a sworn opponent of nuclear proliferation with whom Australia maintains significant interoperability and operational overlap? Would these submarines be more obvious to Chinese passive sonar in the South…