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Murky Waters: Navigating the Risks of China’s Dual-Use Shipyards

China’s booming dual-use shipyards are accelerating its rapid naval buildup. This Hidden Reach investigation demystifies China’s murky shipbuilding ecosystem and explores the role foreign firms play in supporting it.

Digital Report by Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, and Aidan Powers-Riggs — March 25, 2025

China Dominates the Shipbuilding Industry

China has rapidly established itself as the world’s dominant shipbuilding power, marginalizing the United States and its allies in a strategically important industry.  

Chart by Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, and Aidan Powers-Riggs — March 25, 2025

Bird Flu Spillover Increases the Risk of Dangerous Human Variants

Bird flu now infects over 40 different mammalian species increasing opportunities for the virus to mutate and become more transmissible or lethal in humans. As the virus becomes endemic in wild animal populations,a broader, long-term, multidimensional approach is required. 

Chart by Michaela Simoneau, Sophia Hirshfield, and Maclane Speer — March 25, 2025

American Trade Negotiation Priorities

The UK is forging new ties post-Brexit, now is the time to cement a strong deal that strengthens both the US and UK. The US must secure a UK trade deal to boost jobs, security, and influence. Building on USMCA, it aligns rules, ensures data flows, and counters unfair trade.

Congressional Testimony by Meredith Broadbent — March 25, 2025

The Risks of Rushing to Denial in the Taiwan Strait

The United States’ military strategy of rushing to denial in the Western Pacific may undermine its political strategy of “strategic ambiguity” over Taiwan if Beijing views it as an undeclared shift to “strategic clarity.”

Commentary by Sean Monaghan — March 24, 2025

A New Phase in Sudan’s Civil War

Sudan’s army won a strategic and symbolic victory in taking back the Presidential Palace, ushering in a new phase of the war that could alleviate the humanitarian crisis and open the door to peace talks—if the international community is prepared to act.

Critical Questions by Cameron Hudson — March 24, 2025

Surviving Tariffs

This week, Bill Reinsch speculates on how trade partners, businesses, and consumers will seek to weather the impact of impending tariffs.

Commentary by William Alan Reinsch — March 24, 2025