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LEGACY OF SENATOR HENRY M. JACKSON

On September 1, 1983, Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson passed away shortly after returning from a trip to China. This essay by Kenneth Pyle, founding president of NBR and Henry M. Jackson Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, is the first in a series honoring Scoop’s legacy.

Remembering Scoop

MAPPING CHINA’S STRATEGIC SPACE

How Land and Sea Powers Look at the Map

The Political Culture of Imperialism in the German Kaiserreich

Mental Maps, Territorial Imaging, and Strategy Thinking about the Japanese Empire

Constructing Russia’s Strategic Space: Empire, Identity, and Geopolitics

To the Grand Area and Beyond The Sudden Transformation of the United States’ Strategic Space

The Qing Conception of Strategic Space

Conceptions of Strategic Space in Republican China

China’s Strategic Space in the Mao Era

Intellectual Property

Why Engagement with Indo-Pacific Judiciaries Matters

Peter N. Fowler

Commentary

Clean Energy

A Cleaner Australia-U.S. Alliance: Ensuring That Post-IRA Cooperation Outranks Competition

James Bowen

Commentary

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China in Latin America

China’s Increasing Involvement in Latin America and the Caribbean

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has stepped up its engagement across all domains of...

Margaret Myers

Interview

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APEC 2023

Energy Security and Trade in APEC

Mikkal E. Herberg

Carbon Neutrality in APEC by 2050

David Wogan

Critical Minerals Trade and the Green Energy Transition

Kristin Vekasi

APEC 2023: A Useful and Realistic Digital Agenda for the United States’ Host Year

Nigel Cory

China in Africa

China's Emerging Africa Strategy

Nadège Rolland

Political Front Lines: China's Pursuit of Influence in Africa

(In)Roads and Outposts: Critical Infrastructure in China’s Africa Strategy

A New Great Game? Situating Africa in China’s Strategic Thinking

Nadège Rolland

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

Measuring Assertiveness, Managing Crisis: Lessons Learned from the South China Sea

South Korea, the Quad, and Maritime Security

The Australia-India-Indonesia Trilateral: Fostering Maritime Cooperation between Middle Powers

Interactive Map

Explore the interactive map

PLA Executive Education
(NBR) is offering the seventh iteration of its three-day executive education course on China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on October 18–20, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Session topics range from China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy and party-military relations to strategic doctrine, operational concepts, organizational reform, and service-based analyses. The deadline to apply to the course is October 9, 2023.