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Antarctica is the New Arctic

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Twenty years ago the Arctic was untouched aside from a few hardy explorers and the occasional submarine. Now the High North has become another facet of great power competition.

studies at CNA on Indian Ocean and South Asia security. Ralph Espach is a senior research scientist at CNA's Strategy and Policy Analysis program. He is an expert on inter-American security relations, especially regarding Central America and Brazil, the security implications of climate change, and security cooperation. The world is evolving rapidly. A reversion to great power politics ... has not yet reacted to these alarming developments. The 2017 National Security Strategy and 2018 National Defense Strategy omit Antarctica altogether. Obviously, Antarctica is far from U.S. shores

cna talks: ISIS Tactics

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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has received a lot of attention for their innovative tactics on and off the battlefield including their messaging, media activities and technology use. How innovative are they really? And, how should the U.S. and allies react? Listen along as Dr. Eric Thompson talks with four of CNA's experts to discuss what you need to know about ISIS's tactics. Topics include: ISIS's use of social media ISIS's use of drones, car bombs and tunnels The importance of holding territory ISIS's affiliates The effects of and reasons for barbarity The transfer of knowledge online The role of virtual technology

and director of CNA's Center for Strategic Studies. His most recent work addressed counterterrorism operations, security cooperation activities, military-to-military relations with Egypt, interoperability ... . Her research is at the intersection of security and development in conflict and post-conflict regions with a regional focus on Africa. Zack Gold is an associate research analyst at CNA focused on non-state armed groups. He is an expert in Egyptian security and U.S. democratization, development, and security policy in the Middle East. ContactName /*/Contact/ContactName ContactTitle

What Happened at the Biden-Yoon Summit?

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Brian Waidelich examines the US and South Korea’s “Washington Declaration,” and what it means for strategic deterrence on the Korean Peninsula.

/InDepth/2023/US--South-Korea-Flags.jpg What Happened at the Biden-Yoon Summit? Brian Waidelich Brian Waidelich is a Research Scientist with CNA’s Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program. His research research focuses on Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organization and Indo-Pacific maritime and space security issues. On April 26, US President Joe Biden welcomed his South Korean counterpart ... statements on the future of the bilateral alliance. The first, their Leaders’ Joint Statement , communicated mutual positions on a raft of traditional and nontraditional security threats, from the war

Digging Deeper on Great Power Competition in a New US Administration

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Over the past few years, great power competition (GPC) has become the organizing principle for US national strategy.

become the organizing principle for US national strategy. The 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS) codified growing discussion that the United States is in a "great power competition" with both China ... with Russia, especially as concern mounts over China’s financial activities there. Conversely, the aforementioned US national security and defense strategies rightly emphasize the importance of alliances and partnerships with non-allied countries. The NSS, for example, prioritizes building quadrilateral cooperation with Japan, Australia and India through what is known as the Quad. Indeed, the Quad

China-Russia Energy Relations

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Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated the Power of Siberia pipeline, which links the world's largest natural gas exporter to the world's largest natural gas importer.

cooperation.” The opening of the pipeline is the capstone of a nearly 20-year effort by Beijing to build the infrastructure necessary to make Russia into a major energy supplier to China ... for its annexation of Crimea in 2014 adding impetus for cooperation. For China, the pipeline is part of a larger picture that the United States should seek to understand. The importance of the Power ... as a symbol of closer bilateral relations. On that same day, Xi told Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev that China and Russia should stand closer to each other at a time when

To Bootstrap US Maritime Industrial Base, Link Allies and Innovators

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US commercial and naval shipbuilding cannot be revived quickly, but here are four ways US strength in innovation can link with US ally strength in shipbuilding.

consensus that the decline of the US maritime industrial base is a national security risk. The current US flagged commercial fleet falls well short of the robust sealift capacity that would be needed ... . Another avenue for cooperation in the maritime sector would link US defense technology startups with allied manufacturers abroad in support of boosting US materiel production. To reach near-term targets ... their own domestic manufacturing capacity, helping the Navy address near-term national security concerns while enabling startups to scale fast. Import more foreign management expertise. US shipyards

How Can Special Operations Forces Contribute to Strategic Competition?

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In his testimony, Jon Schroden discussed what special operations forces need to change to become an effective force in interstate competition.

a variety of areas where special ops forces can contribute to competition, including “intelligence operations, information sharing, foreign internal defense, security cooperation, proxy and surrogate ... States. The strategy said, “Inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in US national security,” meaning that powers such as China and Russia would now be the focus ... War. Additionally, special operators are developing new capabilities that can be used for the competition, including foreign internal defense, security force assistance, and counterthreat finance

What Did the Summit of The Americas Accomplish?

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The Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles exposed rocky U.S. relations with Latin America, due to regional turmoil and U.S. paralysis, writes Ralph Espach.

is an expert on inter-American security relations, especially regarding Central America and Brazil, the security implications of climate change, and security cooperation. Earlier this month ... to consider a region that, for now, poses no clear strategic or security threat (aside from the narcotics flows and spreading dictatorships, for which it has ongoing — failing — strategies in place

Five Key Challenges in US-Russian Relations

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Both US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin aim to halt the downward spiral of the bilateral relationship when they meet on June 16 in Geneva, Switzerland.

consular work. More recently, Russia recalled its ambassador to the United States for consultations in response to Biden agreeing when an interviewer called Putin a "killer." European Security Another ... , including ransomware … We are looking for Russian cooperation in dealing with these criminal organizations to the extent they're operating from Russian territory." These cases are only the latest ... given the recent demise of arms control and security agreements such as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty and the Open Skies Treaty. Next Steps The way Biden and Putin choose to address

The East and South China Seas: One Sea, Near Seas, Whose Seas?

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China sees the East and South China Seas as its unified “near seas.” Other nations in the region dispute that, noting distinct differences between the seas.

China Studies Program and a non-resident fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research. Brian Waidelich is a research scientist with CNA's Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program ... , and rocks — but the economic, maritime, and security stakes associated with them are large. Countries around the East and South China Seas, however, are not taking China’s actions passively ... tension between Manila and Beijing, with the most recent incidents occurring in March. Vietnam has continued land reclamation activities, but also signed agreements to increase cooperation