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China’s Influence in Japan: Everywhere Yet Nowhere in Particular
July 23, 2020 How effective have the Chinese Communist Party's recent influence activities been in shaping opinions and behaviors in Japan? This new report examines this question.

Report
Countering Russian & Chinese Influence Activities
July 15, 2020 | Cyrus Newlin, Heather A. Conley, Amy Searight Foreign influence activities pose a common threat to democracies, but in different ways. CSIS examined Russian influence activities in Germany and the United Kingdom and Chinese influence operations in Japan and Australia.

Interactive report
Countering Russian & Chinese Influence Activities
July 1, 2020 | Heather A. Conley, Cyrus Newlin, Rachel Ellehuus, Amy Searight

Moscow and Beijing’s toolkit for influencing democratic societies has evolved. Using Germany, the UK, Japan, and Australia as case studies, CSIS explores what traits made these democracies vulnerable to foreign influence as well as the sources of their resiliency.

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United States-DPRK Relations: Is Normalization Possible?
October 11, 2019 This report, written by a Russian Korea expert with a deep knowledge of North Korean political dynamics and strategic culture, brings a fresh approach to Washington’s North Korea problem that has bedeviled U.S. policymakers for decades.

Commentary
Could North Korea Abandon Part of Its Nuclear Arsenal?
February 13, 2019

Anastasia Barannikova, a visiting fellow with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, asks whether North Korea can abandon some of its strategic weapons without compromising its own security.

Report
Afghanistan and Its Central Asian Neighbors
June 26, 2017

The general trend in Afghanistan is clear-cut: the overall security situation has consistently deteriorated since 2009, worsening dramatically since 2014. However, in the provinces of Afghanistan adjacent to Central Asia, the security situation has deteriorated even...


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India in a Reconnecting Eurasia
May 3, 2016 India in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Indian national interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia and analyzes the broad outlines of Indian engagement over the coming years.

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Inside the Kremlin
November 16, 2015 Just what is the Kremlin thinking these days? With war in Ukraine, heightened military activities unnerving NATO allies, and anti-Western rhetoric high, Moscow seems determined to worsen its relations with Washington, Brussels, and Berlin, even at increasing cost to Russia’s...

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Sino-Russian Cooperation
November 16, 2015 | Jeffrey Mankoff

Beginning with Richard Nixon’s 1973 visit to china, balancing between Moscow and Beijing has been a centerpiece of U.S. foreign policy.

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Russia’s Contribution to China’s Surface Warfare Capabilities
August 28, 2015 The provision of advanced Russian military technology has been critical for the development of China’s anti-access/area-denial (A2AD) capability.

Report
Central Asia in a Reconnecting Eurasia
May 11, 2015 | Andrew C. Kuchins

Today, with combat operations in Afghanistan winding down, U.S. policy toward the states of Central Asia is transitioning to a third era.

Commentary
Russia and the CIS in 2013: Russia's Pivot to Asia
May 1, 2014 | Andrew C. Kuchins

As global demand for energy supplies grew, Russia’s Far East and Eastern Siberia in 2013 acquired ever more importance in the region’s geopolitics. Moscow and Beijing reached accord on joint development of key oil fields in Eastern Siberia. But Moscow used...


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