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Building Real Cooperation with South-East Asian Partners

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Since coming into office, the Biden administration has stressed the importance of partners and allies to its Indo-Pacific strategy as it shapes its approach toward competition with China.

Building Real Cooperation with South-East Asian Partners Since coming into office, the Biden administration has stressed the importance of partners and allies to its Indo-Pacific strategy as it shapes its approach toward competition with China. /images/InDepth/Post95.jpg Building Real Cooperation with South-East Asian Partners 95 Jeffrey Becker Jeffrey Becker directs the Indo-Pacific Security ... Philippines territory. U.S.-Vietnam security cooperation continues to expand as well, as illustrated by the U.S. Navy’s second carrier port visit to the country last March . However, for U.S. policy

A Grain of Contention for China in the Black Sea?

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Russia pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative hurt China and the Global South, but Beijing has not criticized the loss of Ukrainian grain imports.

interests and food security are at stake. China remains willing to support Russia on its war in Ukraine even at the expense of China’s own losses of agricultural imports and potential costs to its ... support was clear. Just prior to the announcement of the deal on July 22, 2022, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi outlined a food security initiative that encouraged the international community ... replied that she hoped “that parties concerned will properly resolve the international food security issue through dialogue and consultation” and that China was prepared to help facilitate the process

Global Issues Beckon Japan’s New Prime Minister

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When Yoshihide Suga succeeded Shinzo Abe as Japan’s prime minister on September 14, many observers anticipated a shift in the government’s focus. Will Suga be pulled in two directions?

& Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. With over 35 years of Federal service prior to his retirement, Dr. Linehan’s career with the Department of Defense focused on Asian security affairs. When Yoshihide ... , defense-centric foreign policy and the transformation of Japan’s national security policy. Suga, in contrast, is known for his expertise in domestic policy and might be expected to turn inward to tackle ... ’s pet policy issues. Aside from domestic economic issues, national security and foreign policy challenges loom ahead from a surging, economically muscular, and militarily assertive China

Declining Demographics Challenge South Korea’s Defense

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South Korea’s low birth rate threatens to reduce its troop strength. Seoul is exploring options to compensate, with implications for the US-South Korea alliance.

teaming . Future-Forward Planning for the US-South Korea Alliance US-South Korean security cooperation is critical to both countries. Their militaries collaborate on several bi-, tri- ... Korea, and Japan “pledged to develop a trilateral security cooperation framework within the year” to institutionalize senior-level discussions, exchanges, and information-sharing regarding Northeast ... as the demographic crisis and its related challenges threaten to affect security on the Korean Peninsula. center /our-media/indepth/2023/05/what-happened-at-the-biden-yoon-summit /our-media/indepth/2022/09

Belt and Road Initiative 3.0: Mixed Messages from Beijing

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Belt and Road Initiative 10-year anniversary forum promoted a leaner, greener, “smarter” Belt and Road. But Putin’s prominent role highlighted global divisions.

China Studies Program and an expert on Russian-Chinese relations. At the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on October 17–18, 2023, Xi Jinping sought to promote a leaner ... as the centerpiece of Xi’s foreign policy agenda, but since then he has promoted a trio of newer initiatives: the Global Security Initiative, Global Development Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative. Together, they project China’s global vision of a world order in which security and development are interconnected , contributing not only to global governance but especially to the security

Q&A With CNA: Russia's Troop Build-up on Ukraine's Border

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Julian Waller answers questions about Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s border amid Russian intervention in Kazakhstan and the approaching spring.

of Russian and other regional military forces into Kazakhstan under the auspices of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's (CSTO) direct intervention was limited and did not substantively divert ... . This was the first such CSTO mission, even though the organization's member-states have been practicing for this kind of joint, Russian-led security action for some time. The intervention, at least ... the cascade of political violence, riots and protest such that domestic security forces were able to regain control of major cities and regions without further spirals of disorder. We will see how events

China’s Gaza Diplomacy Takes a Page from Its Ukraine Playbook

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China claims it can mediate between Israel and Palestinians, but as with Russia-Ukraine, Beijing has clearly picked one side and lost diplomatic credibility.

States. China’s position is consistent with Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative , where he makes the case for a new approach to global governance, but its application to the conflict in Gaza only serves to highlight its limitations. Occupying the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in November, Chinese officials have sought to portray their country as a mediator and to enhance ... is unlikely to succeed as a mediator due to the perception that it is overtly partial. Although China’s 2023 Global Security Initiative refers to antiterrorism 11 times, in its official statements

Israel’s New Government is the Most Far-Right in its History

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San Plapinger examines how Benjamin Netanyahu’s new hardline government could impact the country’s relations with Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE.

and Intelligence Program . His work focuses on strategic competition, irregular warfare, fleet operations and Middle East security issues. From 2020 to 2022, Samuel served as the embedded CNA field ... worry is the potential for significant internal tensions in Israel proper and the occupied West Bank. Indeed, the Israeli Minister of National Security’s recent provocative visit to the Temple Mount ... willingness to build relations with Israel across various domains. Alongside the agreements came the first steps in the normalization of diplomatic relations, economic deals, and increasing military cooperation

China's Party Congress Report Highlights New Challenges

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Xi Jinping’s report celebrated China’s recent accomplishments but warned of new challenges from the United States and global economic conditions.

, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit are unstoppable” … but “the deficit in peace, development, security, and governance is growing.” This was eye-catching for those who follow the catechisms ... and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division . On October 16, 2022, the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in Beijing with General Secretary Xi Jinping delivering a two-hour ... long-standing key judgments that had been fundamental to shaping Beijing’s willingness to take risks with economic reform at home and guide its approach to national security and military affairs

3 Steps Toward Transforming the Department of Defense

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The Future of Defense Task Force of the House Armed Services Committee recently released a roadmap to prepare the U.S. Department of Defense for the battlefield of the future.

?” This began with the two things a Department of the Space Force needed to achieve from a functional perspective: meet national security space objectives and operate effectively as a military department ... within a revised national security structure. It also acknowledges the need for further steps to figure out what this means and how it should be achieved. But their report also suggests an explicitly ... newest service to meet national security space objectives. Congressional and Pentagon leadership were already looking for alternatives to the traditional, rigid set of steps and approvals