10/28-29 | Join @ChinaPowerCSIS for China's Power: Up for Debate, CSIS's premier annual China conference. This year's event brings together leading experts for two days of discussion and debates on core issues underpinning China's power and U.S.-China relations.
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ICYMI: Last week @csiserep hosted a conversation with UK Secretary of State for Defence Wes Streeting on how both countries can keep deterrence credible in Europe and beyond.
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In the wake of the Riyadh airport attacks, Saudi Arabia risks getting sucked into another long, costly war that ultimately only emboldens the Houthis and deepens the regional conflict. @CSISMidEast expert @AllisonMinor_ outlines a better approach.
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"The Pentagon announced initiatives shaping drone acquisition, “legacy” systems procurement, supply chains, officer commissioning, senior officer management, and base operations. Some have bipartisan support; some face opposition; all face a long process," writes @MarkCancian.
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Excited for the launch of our new @CSIS @AustraliaChair digital platform that aggregates more than 50 security arrangements with Pacific Island Countries onto one interactive map. Check out the new tool below 👇 @CSISGeopolitics
Who is competing for security influence in the Pacific, and where? Our new interactive map plots the security relationships between Pacific Island countries and Australia, the US, New Zealand, China, and Taiwan. csis.org/programs/australia-…
Fierce competition for strategic influence has prompted a proliferation of security-related agreements across the Pacific Islands region in recent years. A new interactive tool from the @AustraliaChair maps 56 of these arrangements across 14 Pacific countries.
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A new working paper from @csisdefense considers modernization questions confronting the Army and Marine Corps, assessing force structure, joint enabling roles, recruitment and training, budget constraints, and acquisition priorities.
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Europe is both a vast market and a coproducer of U.S. technology. To outcompete China, the United States must offer allies a stake in building the future rather than exploit their dependencies, write @csiserep's @Steinbergf with Riccardo Bosticco.
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Partners other than China account for most of the recent security arrangements in the Pacific, with a notable surge just after China’s 2022 Solomon Islands agreement, write @AustraliaChair experts.
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ALT Bar chart titled "New Security Agreements with Pacific Island Countries." It shows various agreements from 2000 to 2026, categorized by type and entity: "Defense Treaty Ally," "Formal Security Agreement/status," "Non-binding Cooperation only" with the U.S., and similar categories for China. The chart highlights a significant event in April 2022 when the China-Solomon Islands agreement was signed. The x-axis represents years, and the y-axis represents the number of agreements. Most agreements occurred between 2010 and 2026. Data source: CSIS.
To date, there has been little work dedicated to identifying ways offshore wind infrastructure can benefit national security. This is a missed opportunity as offshore wind infrastructure offers a viable platform and private partner in expanding the persistent collection of maritime data, write CSIS experts.
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U.S. adversaries are digging deeper and more extensively to protect themselves from U.S. precision weapons. These military facilities will be both more numerous and harder to reach than in the recent past, write @MarkCancian and @chrhspark.
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LIVE | @CSISAerospace hosts a discussion featuring leading experts exploring what Moscow might be planning in the wake of Russia's latest moves in space, and how the U.S. and the EU should respond.
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Fierce competition for strategic influence has prompted a proliferation of security-related agreements across the Pacific Islands region in recent years. A new interactive tool from @AustraliaChair maps 56 of these arrangements across 14 Pacific countries.
More: csis.org/analysis/pacific-se…
There is no viable strategy for countering Chinese information warfare that does not involve buy-in from regional partners and an awareness of the scale, scope, and impact of Chinese-language media in Southeast Asia, argue @SoutheastAsiaDC experts.
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The U.S. cannot compete with China while losing its allies. Meeting the China challenge requires building an ecosystem capable of achieving the same scale and offering countries around the world a credible alternative, argues @Steinbergf and Riccardo Bosticco.
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Amid President Donald Trump’s calls for summitry with Kim Jong-un, as well as his observation that Kim has been “unthreatening and respectful,” North Korea has not slowed its missile-testing spree.
Learn more from @CSISKoreaChair: bit.ly/4eIGq7v
ALT Graph showing the number of missile launch events by North Korea during two periods of U.S. administration. The orange line, labeled "Trump II," indicates more frequent launches, peaking at 46 launches around 600 days. The gray line, labeled "Trump I," shows fewer launches, with a peak of approximately 19. Source: CSIS Beyond Parallel, North Korean Provocations Database.
TOMORROW | Russia’s latest moves in space are raising concerns about a potential threat to a U.S.-registered commercial satellite supporting Ukraine. Join @CSISAerospace for a discussion where leading experts explore what might Moscow be planning, and how the U.S. and Europe should respond.
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Space superiority is not about seeking conflict in orbit, but about deterring it, convincing adversaries that they cannot deny the United States the advantages of space or exploit their own space capabilities against U.S. forces without consequence, write DeAnna Marie Burt and Kari Bingen.
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After years of denying the existence of scam centers, Cambodia has made widely publicized efforts through new anti-scam legislation. While these are important steps to rebuilding international reputability, these actions alone are insufficient to dislodge prominent elite networks that continue to sustain Cambodia’s scam industry, writes @JaphetQuitzon.
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"Although 25 years have passed since the last biological attack on U.S. soil, the United States cannot afford to become complacent and unprepared for the real and rising risk of future deliberate biological events," argue @CSISHealth experts.
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