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PACIFIC TECHNOLOGY POLICY CONFERENCE

Expert panels will discuss AI governance, cybersecurity, critical minerals, next-generation batteries, tech security, export controls, supply chains, and Indo-Pacific technology and innovation at NBR’s full-day 2025 Pacific Technology Policy Conference on March 13 in Seattle. The event also features a keynote by Ambassador Mark Lippert (Samsung) and fireside chat with Julie Brill (Microsoft).

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Economic Security

U.S.-Japan Technology and Economic Security: Achieving Resilience in an Era of Disruption

This NBR Special Report examines how the United States and Japan are working to enhance...

Report

Export Controls

Charting China’s Export Controls: Predicting Impacts on Critical U.S. Supply Chains

Emma M. Rafaelof, Taylore Roth, Mykael SooTho, and John VerWey

Report

Health Silk Road

The Health Silk Road: A Branch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Nadège Rolland

Report

Illustration by Nate Christenson

Ukraine War

Japan's Response to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Paul O’Shea

Japan’s Energy Security Strategy: The Implications of Fukushima and Ukraine

Jennifer F. Sklarew

China-Russia Energy Relations in the Wake of the War in Ukraine

Erica Downs

Regional Responses to the Russia-Ukraine War

Michael J. Green, Nargis Kassenova, Pavel K. Baev, Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rajesh Rajagopalan, Jeffrey Reeves, Matthew Kroenig, and Clementine G. Starling

Democracy in Asia

Unpacking the Outcome of India's 2024 Election

Ian Hall and Rohan Mukherjee

Perspectives on South Korea's 2024 Election

Ho-young Ahn and Eunjung Lim

Putin’s Special Electoral Operation

Kathryn E. Stoner

Indonesia Elects Prabowo

Ann Marie Murphy

MAPPING CHINA’S STRATEGIC SPACE

Mapping China's Strategic Space

Territorialization and the South China Sea

How Chinese Strategists View, Understand, and Contend with Russia’s Strategic Space

China’s View of Its Economic Sphere of Influence, Economic Security, and Trading Networks

Cooperation, Coexistence, and Contestation in India’s and China’s Overlapping Strategic Spaces

Geography Matters, Time Collides: Mapping China’s Maritime Strategic Space under Xi

National Insecurity: Frontier Governance and Ethnic Policy in Contemporary China

Chinese Perspectives on the “Indo-Pacific” as a Geostrategic Construct

A Domain of Great Powers: The Strategic Role of Space in Achieving China’s Dream of National Rejuvenation

The Evolution of China’s Naval Strategy

China's Strategic Space in the Digital Undersea

Energy as a Strategic Space for China Words and Actions Point to a Competitive Future

China’s Geopolitical Code Shaping the Next World Order

The Polar Regions as New Strategic Frontiers for China

China’s Quest for Strategic Space in the Pacific Islands

The End of China’s Period of Strategic Opportunity Limited Opportunities, More Dangers

Central and Eastern Europe in Relation to China’s Strategic Space The Fizzling Out of a Ten-Year Campaign

Myanmar and China’s Fluid Frontier

Expert Spotlight

Nadège Rolland

Distinguished Fellow, China Studies

Under the Microscope China’s Evolving Biotechnology Ecosystem

The Health Silk Road A Branch of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

LEGACY OF SENATOR HENRY M. “SCOOP” JACKSON

Remembering Scoop

Implementing Senator Jackson’s Values and Vision

Lessons for an Unserious Superpower: Scoop Jackson on National Security and Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy (Part 1)

Lessons for an Unserious Superpower: Scoop Jackson on National Security and Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy (Part 2)

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.