By Kathleen Hicks & Michael J. Green The following post draws on the work of the CSIS Federated Defense in Asia project, which released its findings in December 2014. As regional security challenges grow in Asia, it is increasingly important…
This week we cover China’s Great Cannon and its ongoing cyber espionage activities. CSIS Strategic Technology Program Senior Fellow Denise Zheng joins to explain China’s new offensive censorship tool and to discuss what governments and organizations can do to protect…
Who is she? Natalie Lichtenstein is an adjunct professor of China studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and is currently serving as the chief counsel for the interim secretariat managing the establishment of the China-led Asian…
On the show this week, CSIS Japan Chair Fellow Zack Cooper joins to discuss Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s trip to Japan and South Korea, the U.S.-Japan alliance, the security situation in the East and South China Seas, and U.S.…
By Gregory Poling The last half of March provided troubling examples of the toll increasingly frequent extreme weather events will take on countries in the twenty-first century, and particularly on small-island developing states. But it also underscored the increasing international…
By Ernest Z. Bower Yesterday in Arizona, the new U.S. defense secretary Ashton Carter delivered an important speech. He talked about trade and the urgent need for the United States and its partners to seize the initiative to conclude the…
By Phuong Nguyen When Communist Party of Vietnam general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong begins his high-profile visit to China on April 7, he will face the colossal task of getting Vietnam’s relations with both China and the United States right.…
By Murray Hiebert The death of Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, in a helicopter crash in Malaysia today, April 4, is a critical loss for U.S.-Malaysia relations. JJ, as he was known to his friends, had served as ambassador to the United…
This week we check in on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations and then explore how China’s leaders make economic policy. CSIS Scholl Chair Scott Miller joins to assess whether Congress will grant trade promotion to the executive branch and discuss…
By Phuong Nguyen A remarkable yet little-noticed development in the U.S. rebalance to the Asia Pacific has been Washington’s overtures to Laos, a country long isolated and often overlooked by U.S. officials. Shifts in geopolitical and regional economic trends in…