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Critical Questions
The East Asia Summit and APEC Leaders’ Meeting
October 28, 2019 | Matthew P. Goodman, Amy Searight Leaders in the Indo-Pacific will meet at key summits in Bangkok, Thailand, and Santiago, Chile, in the coming weeks. CSIS experts analyze what to expect and what’s at stake for the United States.

Newsletter
U.S.-India Insight: Twenty-Nine Solutions to India's Slowdown
October 28, 2019 | Richard M. Rossow

India's economic potential can be realized with a greater role for states in the growth story.
 

Commentary
Shifting Paradigms
October 28, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch The controversy over the NBA, Hong Kong, and China may be part of a larger paradigm shift in global business operations for multinationals, argues the Scholl Chair in his latest column.

Critical Questions
Xi’s in Charge: What the Fourth Plenum Tells Us about Xi Jinping’s Hold on Power
October 25, 2019 | Jude Blanchette This week, China’s top political leadership will convene in Beijing to discuss governance reform. In this CQ, CSIS’s Jude Blanchette explores what tells us about Xi Jinping’s hold on power.

Newsletter
The Role of LNG in the United States’ Indo-Pacific Strategy
October 24, 2019 | Nikos Tsafos CSIS’s Nikos Tsafos discusses the origins, goals, and limits of LNG’s role in the Trump administration’s U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy in his essay as part of the National Bureau of Asian Research’s recent special report.

Report
U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: SOF, Civilians, Contractors, and Nukes
October 24, 2019 | Mark F. Cancian Military forces consist not just of the services, but also special operations forces, civilians, contractors, and non-DOD agencies. In his final white paper in a series on U.S. forces, CSIS’s Mark Cancian analyzes recent changes to these other national security elements.

Interactive
Yongbyon Declassified Part VI: Improved Road Networks
October 22, 2019 | Joseph S. Bermudez Jr.
In Beyond Parallel Collected 14 months after the image provided in Part 5 this March 17, 1970 KH-4B image of the Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center shows continued expansion within the village of Sang-dong, minor improvements in the operations, administration/laboratory and support areas, slowly...

Interactive
Timeline of Japan-South Korea Relations
October 22, 2019 CSIS created a timeline of events to provide context for recent developments. The timeline does not make judgments and is intended as a resource for understanding dynamics in Japan-South Korea relations.

Critical Questions
Mounting Tensions: A Timeline of Japan-South Korea Relations
October 22, 2019 | Nicholas Szechenyi As regional security threats continue to mount, bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea grow increasingly strained. CSIS Japan Chair expert Nicholas Szechenyi breaks down the timeline of events and who stands to benefit from poor Japan-South Korea relations.

Commentary
Emerging Technologies and Next Generation Arms Control
October 21, 2019 | James Andrew Lewis There is a military technology race, but until recently, the United States was not racing. After years of underinvestment and misspending, the United States can no longer assume an unassailable lead in technology.

Commentary
Let’s Make a Deal!
October 21, 2019 | William Alan Reinsch CSIS Scholl Chair William Reinsch argues there’s less to the so-called “phase one” trade deal with China than meets the eye.

Report
U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: Air Force
October 21, 2019 | Mark F. Cancian Squeezed between the demands of great power conflict and day-to-day operations, the Air Force moves to a high-low mix of capabilities. In the fifth white paper in a series on U.S. forces, CSIS's Mark Cancian analyzes the Air Force’s modernization and force structure plans.

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