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The United States Has an Opportunity to Lead in Digital Development
March 30, 2021 | Daniel F. Runde, Romina Bandura, Sundar R. Ramanujam As the developing world seeks to overcome socioeconomic inequities worsened during Covid-19, CSIS presents its first in a series of analyses on how the United States can show interagency leadership in establishing digital infrastructure and help countries spur development.

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Promote and Build: A Strategic Approach to Digital Authoritarianism
October 15, 2020 | Erol Yayboke Digital authoritarianism transcends boundaries while subverting human rights and democratic principles. This brief presents a strategic approach grounded in fundamental principles and framed around promoting resilience while building affirmative alternatives.

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Powers, Norms, and Institutions: The Future of the Indo-Pacific from a Southeast Asia Perspective
June 9, 2020 | Michael J. Green 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
Japan’s F-2 Fighter Replacement Program and The Politics of Alliance Management
April 3, 2020 With both discussions over U.S.-Japan Host Nation Support measures and Japan set to decide upon a replacement to its F-2 fighter, U.S.-Japan negotiations over the development of the F-2 successor take on newfound importance for alliance management.

Commentary
RAAF Tindal: Australia’s (New and Improved) Northern Hub
March 24, 2020

Facilities improvements to RAAF Base Tindal demonstrate Australia’s continued commitment to strengthening the capabilities of the U.S.-Australia alliance while also permitting it greater sovereign freedom of action in the southern Indo-Pacific.

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Defining the Diamond: The Past, Present, and Future of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
March 16, 2020 The Alliances and American Leadership team conducted an informal survey of strategic elites among the nations of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue to identify a plausible path forward for the grouping.

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Ironclad: Forging a New Future for America’s Alliances
October 18, 2019 | Michael J. Green, Jon B. Alterman, 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.

Commentary
‘Morrison’s Miracle Election’: The End of Uncertainty
May 28, 2019 CSIS's Patrick G. Buchan argues that the recent Scott Morrison's upset victory in Australia is less the "Trump moment" down under and more about the Australian electorate's need for stability.

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United States and New Zealand
November 13, 2018

Based on a conference held in Auckland, New Zealand in March 2018, this report outlines findings and recommendations for advancing U.S.-New Zealand relations and bilateral cooperation in the South Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions.

Commentary
Rethinking U.S. Strategy in the Pacific Islands
November 2, 2018

Although China is currently setting the pace of the “great game” playing out in the Indo-Pacific, it still has a long way to go before it challenges U.S. regional supremacy, as Patrick Buchan from the Alliances and American Leadership Project writes in his commentary.


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Information Warfare: An Emergent Australian Defence Force Capability
October 4, 2018

CSIS report “Information Warfare: An Emergent Australian Defence Force Capability” sets out some key questions from the Australian military concerning information warfare and its implications for allies and security partners seeking to confront this challenge.

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The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and the Maritime Silk Road Initiative
April 2, 2018 The interests of the Quad countries are converging, and this underlying structural dynamic provides a strong foundation on which the member countries can build an agenda for regional cooperation.

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