In The News
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The New Cold War in the ArcticIn These Times | 30 Oct 2023
Joshua Tallis says, “It’s not accidental that our renewed interest in Greenland’s economic security coincides with the reopening of our diplomatic presence in Nuuk and the renewed desire [for our military] to operate more routinely out of northern Greenland.”
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US Navy ships in the Mediterranean bring considerable abilities to help Israel if called uponStars and Stripes | 18 Oct 2023
Steven Wills says it will need to return sometime soon if the Navy wants to keep to maintenance and deployment schedules.
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A Wary China Eyes Ties With Russia, North KoreaVoice of America | 14 Sep 2023
Ken Gause says, "They can't go overboard in terms of the defense stuff in Northeast Asia because it can have negative effects on what they're doing in the world," including Beijing's global Belt and Road Initiative.
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Kim Jong Un’s Covid-Era Power Faces Test as North Korea Ends IsolationThe Wall Street Journal | 23 Aug 2023
Ken Gause says, “It’s like everybody is doubling down on everyone’s positions, which means nothing is going to happen.”
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China in Latin America and the Caribbean: Assessing Prospects for Chinese PSCsThe Jamestown Foundation | 07 Aug 2023
Ralph Espach has said, “China’s military outreach to Latin America bears watching but is not yet cause for alarm. Meetings and agreements have increased … but China’s weapons sales are insignificant, and it does not have the presence that other countries do, particularly the United States.”
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There’s Still Law in the Far NorthForeign Policy | 10 Jul 2023
“At the Center for Naval Analyses, we recently demonstrated how Canada, Norway, Russia, and the United States all use their own foreign direct investment screening laws to scrutinize and block investments from China at odds with national security,” writes Cornell Overfield.
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Childhood friend of North Korea's Kim Jong Un says he has never heard about Kim’s sonRadio Free Asia | 26 May 2023
Ken Gause says, “When Rodman was there, he visited Kim Jong Un in Wonsan … there were a lot of Kim relatives, including Kim Sol Song [his half-sister], but there was no son there.”
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End the Navy’s 30-Year Slide in Capability and CapacityProceedings | 27 Apr 2023
Steven Wills writes, “The stark fact remains that the only ‘ready’ ships in the fleet are those on deployment and those enroute to relieve them. Actual surge capacity is extremely low. For the 1990–91 Desert Shield/Desert Storm mission, five aircraft carriers were surged while two others on deployment were allowed to return home as scheduled.”
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NATO's newest member means Russia's 'unsinkable aircraft carrier' will be even more isolatedBusiness Insider | 11 Apr 2023
Steven Wills says on a recent episode of CNA Talks Podcast, "One can argue that Kaliningrad is sort of a fortress sitting on the Baltic, with lots of cruise missiles and other weaponry, so it remains threatening."
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Seoul Prioritizes Pyongyang’s Human Rights Abuses Amid Growing Nuclear TensionsVoice of America | 06 Apr 2023
Ken Gause says, “That [report] basically undermines any chance of inter-Korean dialogue for the foreseeable future. It definitely does not help the tensions on the peninsula. … If anything, North Korea’s going to accelerate its nuclear program.”
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North Korean Leader May Be Brainwashing Daughter, Experts SayVoice of America | 01 Apr 2023
Ken Gause says "There is a part of running North Korea that is very cutthroat."
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Disquiet Over India’s Dam Across the DibangThe Diplomat | 14 Mar 2023
Nilanthi Samaranayake says “For example, uncertainty over sedimentation and food security outcomes raises anxiety for both India and Bangladesh. In particular, there are concerns in Bangladesh, as the lowest riparian, about water quality impacts.”
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Flexing its military muscle, North Korea shows off missiles–and potential new leaderRadio Free Asia | 09 Feb 2023
Ken Gause says, “If something were to happen to Kim, no, she's way too young and this is a Confucian-based society. It's male dominated. If you're going to do something like this, you're probably going to have to get started early and spend not years but probably decades socializing this with the larger leadership.”
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Radiant in new photobook, Kim Jong Un’s wife depicted as part of the royal bloodlineRadio Free Asia | 04 Feb 2023
Ken Gause says that being a former singer detracts from the idealized image of a first lady, “especially in a culture like North Korea, where there's a certain harshness and certain purity, where they try to portray the leader as being above the kind of, normal sort of careers that some people would have, especially, dancers and things like that.”
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Let it grow: Sailors, Marines disgruntled by beard ban find favorable reception to challengesStars & Stripes | 27 Jan 2023
Steve Wills says, “If one sailor fails to keep their beard trimmed, has to put on a gas mask or respirator in an emergency and later dies, the amount of anger directed against Navy leadership will be immense.”
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Nilanthi Samaranayake on Indian Ocean Security DynamicsThe Diplomat | 16 Jan 2023
Nilanthi Samaranayake says, “The heightened state of strategic competition between major powers calls into question to what extent the cooperation we have seen previously may be possible in the Indian Ocean in the future.”