Category: East Asia & Indo-Pacific
33 Articles
- Defense
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Lifelines: Supporting Logistics in the Indo-Pacific with Technical Interoperability
The pivot to Asia and increased great power competition continue to shift U.S. interests toward the Indo-Pacific—with the U.S. prioritizing the economic and security…
November 20, 2024
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Borderlands on Fire: The Geopolitical Implications of Myanmar’s Civil War
February 2024 marked the third anniversary of Myanmar’s military coup, which threw the country’s nascent democracy into chaos and set off a geopolitical chain reaction across…
June 8, 2024
- Defense
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Fortifying Mount Fuji: Obstacles and Opportunities for U.S.-Japan Defense-Industrial Integration
During Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s recent state visit in April 2024, the White House released a visionary joint statement on deepening U.S.-Japan…
May 9, 2024
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Environment and Biosecurity
A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Afghanistan
The unrecognized Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is experiencing its first period of peace in nearly fifty years. The Taliban-run state now must balance its desire for good…
April 30, 2024
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Geoeconomics & Resource Competition
A New Turn for BRI in South Asia?
Fall 2023 marked the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, first announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazakhstan in 2013. The BRI consists of a series…
January 23, 2024
- Defense
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Impossible to Break: Strengthening Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific with AUKUS
Announced in September 2021, AUKUS is a trilateral security partnership between the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The ‘big ticket’ is’…
December 29, 2023
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Can a Tiny Country Make a Difference in the Indo-Pacific?
Small, strategically located countries like Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, can play an outsized role in shaping international affairs and alliances. A country …
December 28, 2023
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Terrorism & Transnational Threats
Can Office Work Destroy the Taliban?
In August 2021, the United States and its allies evacuated Kabul after twenty years of what the Department of Defense (DoD) described as waging “a necessary war of self…
April 24, 2023
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Technology
China, Too, Is Gearing Up for Tech Competition
It is no secret that the United States views the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a near-peer competitor. As the Biden administration describes, China has both the…
April 19, 2023
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
- Technology
From ChatGPT to ChatCCP: The Future of Generative AI Models in China
Chinese regulators recently warned tech companies not to release ChatGPT-like products, for fear that chatbots would spread “disinformation” by the U.S. government.…
March 3, 2023