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PRC Pressure on Taiwan: Same Strategy, New Tactics


Watch a livestreamed virtual discussion examining the nature of China’s coercive actions, the implications for peace and security in the Taiwan Strait, and the role of the United States. Speakers include Congressman Ami Bera, Min-hua Chiang, Raymond Kuo, and Shelley Rigger.

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AFRICA AND CHINA’S STRATEGIC THINKING

Chinese strategists evidently envisage the continent as an essential piece in an escalating geostrategic contest for global influence between their country and the U.S.-led West. The ultimate purpose of Beijing’s emerging strategy is not to encourage or support Africa’s development for its own sake but rather to make the continent fit into a new subsystem comprising much of the global South that China aspires to dominate.

— Nadège Rolland in “A New Great Game?
Situating Africa in China’s Strategic Thinking”

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Taiwan Strait

PRC Pressure on Taiwan: Same Strategy, New Tactics

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Virtual Event
Jul 30, 2021
Indo-Pacific Geopolitics

Recalibrating Geopolitical Relations in the Indo-Pacific

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Jul 13, 2021
Indo-Pacific Trade

Balancing Competing Visions for Indo-Pacific Trade

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Jun 30, 2021

President’s Circle

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President's Circle

Asia’s Vibrant Cryptocurrency Environment

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Virtual Event
Jul 15, 2021
President's Circle

Perspectives on the Japan-U.S. Relationship

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May 13, 2021
President's Circle

Boeing in China: Inspiration for Flight

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Apr 7, 2021

Chairman’s Council

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Chairman's Council

Chairman’s Council Roundtable with Minister Joseph Wu

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Jul 14, 2021
Chairman's Council

America’s 64th Secretary of State on the U.S. and Asia

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Jun 23, 2021
Chairman's Council

Insider’s Guide to Russia, China, and U.S. Engagement in Asia

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May 5, 2021

Podcasts

Maritime Security

China’s Shift to Gray-Zone Operations
Implications for the U.S.-Japan Alliance

Jonathan W. Greenert
Podcast | Jul 9, 2021
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North Korea in the New Normal
Implications for Regional Security

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Podcast | Jun 18, 2021
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Chinese and Indian Vaccine Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific

Shiming Yang
Podcast | May 21, 2021

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