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US Justice Department Pushes Ahead With Counter China Plan
By Abhijnan Rej
The January 14 arrest of an MIT professor as well as a guilty plea by a NASA scientist the day before highlight concerns around Chinese tech espionage – again.
The Trump Administration’s Mixed Messaging on Taiwan Strait Transits
By James Siebens and Ryan Lucas
The U.S. needs to make clear if transits through the Taiwan Strait are routine demonstrations of its navigational rights or intentional signals of deterrence.
Biden’s Cabinet Picks Will Hold India-US Relations in Steady Course
By Saba Sattar
A move away from “America First” stands to help deepen security relations between the two countries.
The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific: 3 Curiosities
By Abhijnan Rej
Reading the recently declassified document side-by-side, the 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report highlights interesting inconsistencies.
The US Role in South Korea-Japan Relations: From Johnson to Biden
By Erik French, Jiyoon Kim, and Jihoon Yu
Past history gives a blueprint the incoming administration can use to push for better relations between two important East Asian allies.
US Cancels Ambassador’s Controversial Trip to Taiwan
By Associated Press
Kelly Craft, the American ambassador to the U.N., would have been the third high-level U.S. official to visit Taiwan in recent months.
What Does the US Indo-Pacific Framework Say About Southeast Asia?
By Sebastian Strangio
The document lays out ambitious aims for the region, with little apparent sense of how they can be fulfilled.
What Does the EU-China Investment Deal Mean for US-EU Relations?
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Alexander Vuving.
Will Congress Be a ‘Spoiler’ in Biden’s China Policy?
By Robert Sutter
Despite intense partisan frictions, on China policy in particular there is much room for consensus.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Will Visit Taiwan
By Shannon Tiezzi
Craft will become the latest – and last – high-ranking Trump administration official to visit Taiwan.
Trump, China, and Foreign Policy as Theater
By Abhijnan Rej
A new op-ed by Mike Pompeo and Marshall Billingslea vividly demonstrates everything that has been wrong with Trump’s China policy.
How Should Biden Engage China?
By Yan Liang
Complete rupture and a “cold war” with China is one possibility, while peaceful and mutually beneficial coexistence is another and better option.