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The New Normal in Asia

The pandemic appears to be accelerating China’s ascent, hastening U.S. decline, escalating Sino-U.S. tensions, and narrowing the strategic options for Southeast Asia’s small and middle powers.

—Ann Marie Murphy in “What’s Past Is Prologue: The Geopolitical Significance of Covid-19 for Southeast Asia”

Technical Standardization

Balancing Standards: U.S. and Chinese Strategies for Developing Technical Standards in AI

Jeffrey Ding (Oxford University) provides an overview of national and international standards-setting organizations and explains...

Jeffrey Ding

Commentary

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Indo-Pacific Strategy

A New U.S. Strategy for the Indo-Pacific

Roger Cliff

Report

China's Foreign Policy

Chinese Perspectives on International Relations in the Xi Jinping Era

Ren Xiao and Liu Ming

Report

The New Normal in Asia

Uncharted Territory: Asian Security after Covid-19

Dennis C. Blair

Covid-19 Knocks on American Hegemony

Ashley J. Tellis

Global Health

Masked Success: Japan's Response to Covid-19

Ryo Kubota

The Political and Economic Impact of Covid-19 in Southeast Asia

Thomas Pepinsky

Covid-19 and Competition for Influence in South Asia

Nilanthi Samaranayake

What Covid-19 Reveals about the Risks of Global Medical Supply Chains

Benjamin Shobert

In This Issue

Asia in Space The Race to the Final Frontier

The Future of Cybersecurity across the Asia-Pacific

Malaysia: Navigating between the United States and China

The Territorialization of Airspace in the East and South China Seas Unraveling the Security Dilemma

Ian Hall's Modi and the Reinvention of Indian Foreign Policy

Spotlight

NBR’s Maritime Awareness Project (MAP) combines interactive mapping technology with rigorous analyses from the world’s leading maritime experts to serve as the authoritative resource on maritime issues.

Maritime Issues

The Comprehensive Military Agreement and South Korea's Maritime Security

China's Assertive Behavior in the South China Sea and the Implications for India

The Role of Fishing Disputes in China–South Korea Relations

The Law of the Sea and South Korea: The Challenges of Maritime Boundary Delimitation in the Yellow Sea

South Korea in a Challenging Maritime Security Environment

Interactive Map

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EVENT VIDEO

The Future of U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific

On June 17, NBR held a virtual discussion accompanying the release of the report A New U.S. Strategy for the Indo-Pacific.

Speakers included report author Roger Cliff (independent analyst), Roy D. Kamphausen (NBR), and Thomas Mahnken (Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments).

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