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Commentary
The Return of the Quad: Will Russia and China Form Their Own Bloc?
April 6, 2021 | Heather A. Conley, Michael J. Green, Cyrus Newlin, Nicholas Szechenyi A flexible Quad with an affirmative agenda can preserve space for Russia to remain an independent actor in the Indo Pacific, tempering Moscow’s gravitational pull toward Beijing.

Commentary
Can Biden Turn His Diverse Set of Priorities into a Grand Strategy?
February 2, 2021 | Michael J. Green CSIS’s Michael J. Green outlines five key principles that should guide the formulation of a new grand strategy.

Report
Powers, Norms, and Institutions: The Future of the Indo-Pacific from a Southeast Asia Perspective
June 9, 2020 | Michael J. Green, Amy Searight In this late-2019 survey of strategic elites in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, CSIS finds divergent views over Chinese influence, and concern for U.S.-China strategic competition and climate change. ASEAN is seen as the key regional institution for collective action.

Commentary
Options on Hong Kong: A Suggested NSC Memo
June 2, 2020 | Jude Blanchette, Victor Cha, Bonnie S. Glaser, Michael J. Green, Scott Kennedy Beijing’s decision to pass a national security law that could impose restrictions on Hong Kong citizens’ civil liberties presents the United States and the international community with hard choices. CSIS Asia experts outline U.S. policy options in a notional NSC memo.

Commentary
Geopolitical Scenarios for Asia after COVID-19
March 31, 2020 | Michael J. Green CSIS’s Michael J. Green explores how the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic shocks could impact the balance of power in Asia.

Book
Ironclad: Forging a New Future for America’s Alliances
October 18, 2019 | Michael J. Green, Sue Mi Terry, Jon B. Alterman, Heather A. Conley, Amy Searight, Franklin Miller With the global U.S. alliance network being called into question, Ironclad assembles an array of academics, practitioners, and experts to examine the current state of U.S. alliances and the trajectory of the U.S. alliance system over the next decade.

Critical Questions
Japan Prepares for a New Era
April 3, 2019 | Michael J. Green, Nicholas Szechenyi

The CSIS Japan Chair examines the significance of Japan’s imperial transition in a domestic and international context. 

Critical Questions
The Ledger on the Third Inter-Korean Summit
September 19, 2018 | Victor Cha, Sue Mi Terry, Michael J. Green The third inter-Korean summit is taking place the week of eptember 18 to 20 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The two leaders, President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea, signed the Pyongyang Joint Declaration on September 19, 2018.

Report
Australia and the United States
May 31, 2018 | Amy Searight, Michael J. Green Revisionist powers are seeking to reshape regional security dynamics and carve out spheres of influence, jeopardizing the liberal rules-based order that has supported American and Australian security and prosperity for more than half a century.

Report
China’s Maritime Silk Road: Strategic and Economic Implications for the Indo-Pacific Region
April 2, 2018 | Michael J. Green

CSIS has commissioned seven experts to unpack the economic and geostrategic implications of China’s infrastructure development across the Indo-Pacific region under the Maritime Silk Road.

Congressional Testimony
Situation on the Korean Peninsula and U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific Region
January 30, 2018 | Michael J. Green

Michael J. Green, senior vice president for Asia and Japan Chair, testified before the Senate Comittee on Armed Services.

Transcript
CSIS-Pertamina Banyan Tree Leadership Forum with Dennis Richardson AO
September 11, 2017 | Michael J. Green

Most recently Ambassador Richardson served as secretary of the Department of Defence, from 2012 until May of this year. Prior to that he was Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, from 2010 to 2012. And he served as the Australian ambassador to the United...


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