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Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program

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Expert political-military analyses of Indo-Pacific allies and partners for U.S. government sponsors.

defense plans, policies and security trends across Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Indian Ocean region, and Oceania. The program’s analysts stay steeped in regional developments based

pla update: Issue 14, September 28, 2023

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PLA Update, Issue 14, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

in Southeast Asia from May to June 2023.) PLA Air Force (PLAAF) The PLAAF wrapped up bilateral exercises with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan, respectively, both of which took place ... of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). From September 1 to 14 in Singapore, members of the Singapore Armed Forces' 3rd Singapore Division and 1st Commando Battalion and the PLA Army's 74th Group

Jeff-Becker-Testimony

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Jeffrey D. Becker's Research Program Director, Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, CNA, Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Hearing titled “China’s Military Diplomacy and Overseas Security Activities,”Panel II: Military Diplomacy for Improving Capabilities and Access

of other locations throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Central and Southeast Asia—locations which fall along key trade routes and strategic sea lanes of communication. These efforts to expand ... soil, this could complicate efforts by the US military to move forces across the Indian Ocean into East Asia in the event of a crisis. A more robust PLA presence near existing US facilities could also

Becker Testimony

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Prepared Testimony by Jeffrey D. Becker Research Program Director, Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, CNA To the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

, and technical expertise to construct infrastructure projects around the world.1 Through these projects, China seeks to connect trade paths across Europe and Central Asia, and sea routes between Southeast Asia and Africa. To be sure, Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) had been involved in overseas port development projects before Xi’s announcement of MSR in 2013. However, MSR has certainly

Are We Winning

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In more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States’ armed forces have encountered myriad challenges in their efforts to execute simultaneous counterinsurgency campaigns. Assessing progress on the ground—what we will refer to here as “operations assessment”—has proven an especially challenging task. For CNA analysts, as well as uniformed operations research and systems analysis (ORSA) personnel, the operations assessment process has grown in importance and consumed increasing analytic resources over the course of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). While there have been new and innovative approaches to operations assessment in recent years, there has also been a great deal of relearning old lessons from previous eras (under different conditions). This relearning is, at least in part, attributable to the lack of a comprehensive history of operations assessment.

the form of three primary assessment models: body counts, the Hamlet Evaluation System, and the Southeast Asia Analysis Reports. Each depended on highly quantitative inputs to produce measurements

Exposing the Gap Between PRC Rhetoric and Illicit Maritime Activity (December 17, 2021)

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Panelists: 1. Dr. Jay Batongbacal, University of the Philippines’ Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, the Philippines 2. Nana Kweigya, National President, Canoe and Gear Fishers Association of Ghana, Ghana 3. Wisdom Akpalu, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana 4. Imran Vittachi, deputy managing editor of BenarNews, focusing on Southeast Asia

Exposing the Gap Between PRC Rhetoric and Illicit Maritime Activity (December 17, 2021) Panelists: 1. Dr. Jay Batongbacal, University of the Philippines’ Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, the Philippines 2. Nana Kweigya, National President, Canoe and Gear Fishers Association of Ghana, Ghana 3. Wisdom Akpalu, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana 4. Imran Vittachi, deputy managing editor of BenarNews, focusing on Southeast Asia Exposing the Gap Between PRC Rhetoric and Illicit Maritime Activity (December 17, 2021) https://www.youtube.com/embed/82NmzsStOqA Videos

Exposing the Gap Between PRC Rhetoric and Illicit Maritime Activity (December 16, 2021)

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Panelists: 1. Imran Vittachi, deputy managing editor of BenarNews, focusing on Southeast Asia 2. Leilani Reklai, editor at Island Times, Palau 3. Chino Gaston, GMA network correspondent, the Philippines 4. Nana Jojo Solomon, Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council, Ghana (briefing summarized by CNA host as a result of Mr. Solomon’s internet drop off)

Exposing the Gap Between PRC Rhetoric and Illicit Maritime Activity (December 16, 2021) Panelists: 1. Imran Vittachi, deputy managing editor of BenarNews, focusing on Southeast Asia 2. Leilani Reklai, editor at Island Times, Palau 3. Chino Gaston, GMA network correspondent, the Philippines 4. Nana Jojo Solomon, Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council, Ghana (briefing summarized by CNA host as a result of Mr. Solomon’s internet drop off) Exposing the Gap Between PRC Rhetoric and Illicit Maritime Activity (December 16, 2021) https://www.youtube.com/embed/yY4Z5Vhzuho Videos

coming in from the cold: The Bear Came Over the Mountain

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Paul Saunders and Alex Powell join Bill to discuss the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, and how world powers continue to make the same mistakes.

Episode 18 | The Bear Came Over the Mountain Paul Saunders and Alex Powell join Bill to discuss the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, and how world powers continue to make the same mistakes. The Bear Came Over the Mountain Biographies Alex Powell   is an expert on terrorist group tactics, counterterrorism, and special operations forces (SOF). Regionally, he focuses on South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Paul Saunders   is an expert on Russia, overseeing research on that country's foreign energy policy, foreign policy, national security policy and domestic politics, as well

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 42, July 18, 2022

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group at the Ministry of Digital Development,” the Ministry’s statement said. The countries of the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa should become priority areas for export

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 39, May 30, 2022

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.” A few weeks ago, its hackers were working primarily in Southeast Asia, but now they prefer Russia and some European countries. The researchers say, “This suggests that attackers have received