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UPCOMING COURSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Learn to conduct research on China through a combination of traditional and innovative open-source research techniques and methods in the China Open-Source Research Course for Rising China Specialists, a new three-day course directed by Nadège Rolland in Washington, D.C., from October 22 to 24.

Apply by September 18.

AI Governance

China’s AI Governance: Engaging the Global South

Amid competition for leadership on artificial intelligence (AI), the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is...

Ngor Luong

Interview

India and Russian Oil

Oil for India

Raymond E. Vickery Jr. and Tom Cutler

Commentary

MEA Photography | CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Melanesia

Navigating Strategic Pathways in Melanesia: Options for U.S. Engagement

Report

Illustration by Nate Christenson

Ukraine War

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

The Evolution of the Quad amid the War in Ukraine

Hayley Channer, Sheila A. Smith, Alison Szalwinski, and Akriti Vasudeva

Democracy in Asia

Unpacking the Outcome of India's 2024 Election

Ian Hall and Rohan Mukherjee

Perspectives on South Korea's 2024 Election

Ahn Ho-young 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

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

IN THIS ISSUE

Confronting the Nuclear Challenge North Korea’s Ambitions and Regional Strategies

Institutional Reforms and Political Context An Evaluation of the Indonesia Procurement Modernization Project

The Political Economy of Supply Chain Transformation in Asia From “China Plus One” to De-Sinicization

Pakistan and the Taliban: A Strategic Asset Turned Strategic Predicament

Ending the Debate about the Goal of North Korea’s Nuclear Armament

Mireya Solís’s Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific

Expert Spotlight

Nadège Rolland

Distinguished Fellow, China Studies

Two Sessions' Two-Step Politics Leads, Economics Might Not Follow

Knitting the Pieces of China’s Emerging Strategy in Africa

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.