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Geoeconomics and Trade

Expanding the Tool Kit to Counter China's Economic Coercion

Intellectual Property Rights in the U.S.-China Innovation Competition

Taiwan

Surveying the Experts: U.S. and Taiwan Views on China's Approach to Taiwan

Building International Support for Taiwan

Defense and Military

China Outpacing U.S. Defense Industrial Base

The Threat of China’s Shipbuilding Empire

Tech Competition

America's Spectrum Gamble

Rethinking Technology Transfer Policy toward China

Geopolitics

Space, Speed, and Sovereignty: Hypersonic Tensions in the Southern Hemisphere

Rethinking Technology Transfer Policy toward China

Smallpox Eradication: A Model for Global Cooperation

Battling Biological Threats: Complacency, Progress, or Both?

Human Rights

What’s Next for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act?

To Build Resilient Global Supply Chains, Incorporate Respect for Human Rights

Energy and Climate

Green Industrial Policy: A Holistic Approach

China’s Essential Role in the Gulf States’ Energy Transitions

Interactive Analysis

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Skirting the Shores

China’s New High-Tech Research Ship Probes the Waters around Taiwan
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Dire Straits

China’s Push to Secure Its Energy Interests in the Middle East

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Crossroads of Commerce: How the Taiwan Strait Propels the Global Economy

This report provides an unprecedented look at the Taiwan Strait’s role in global trade, revealing that over one-fifth of all maritime commerce passes through this vital waterway. China possesses a range of non-kinetic options it may employ to coerce Taiwan, which could significantly disrupt this trade.
 

Digital Report by Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, David Peng, Bonny Lin, and Jasper Verschuur — October 10, 2024

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China’s Evolving Energy Security: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Davidson

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Michael Davidson joins us to discuss China’s energy security. Dr. Davidson gives an overview of China’s energy landscape and compares it to that of other countries, such as the United States.

Podcast Episode by Bonny Lin — September 12, 2024

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How China Could Blockade Taiwan

China has options other than invasion to try to force Taiwan’s unification, one of which is a blockade. This report explores the potential motivations and strategic calculus for a blockade and maps out possible scenarios of how China could approach blockade operations.

Digital Report by Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Matthew P. Funaiole, Truly Tinsley, and Samantha Lu — August 22, 2024

ChinaPower

Outcomes of China’s Third Plenum: A Conversation with Scott Kennedy

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Scott Kennedy joins us to discuss the major themes from China's long-anticipated Third Plenum and what it signaled for China’s economic trajectory in the coming decade.

Podcast Episode by Bonny Lin and Scott Kennedy — August 1, 2024

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