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Population, Power Generation, Political Polarization, and Parochialism Are Also Threats to Taiwan
Although it is under constant threat from Beijing, Taiwan has four major structural issues that urgently require solutions, including...
Syaru Lin
Jun 1, 202122 min read
How China is Responding to Escalating Strategic Competition with the U.S.
There seems to be a growing consensus in Beijing that U.S.-China relations will remain rocky for the foreseeable future. Even so,...
Ryan Hass
Mar 1, 202118 min read
The PLA’s Evolving Role in China’s South China Sea Strategy
During the past eight months of the global COVID pandemic, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been active in promoting...
Oriana Skylar Mastro
Dec 1, 202020 min read
CLM Insights Interview with David Shambaugh
David Shambaugh, author of Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia (Oxford University Press, 2021) Insights...
China Leadership Monitor
Dec 1, 202010 min read
The Chinese National Security State Emerges from the Shadows to Center Stage
Xi Jinping has been unremitting in his efforts to turn China into a national security state. New institutional, doctrinal, and regulatory...
Tai Ming Cheung
Sep 1, 202026 min read
Chinese Crisis Decision Making: Managing the COVID-19 Pandemic Part Two: The International Dimension
The international aspects of the Chinese leadership’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic cover a broad spectrum of activities, both...
Michael D. Swaine
Sep 1, 202023 min read
The Chinese Reassessment of Interdependence
This essay analyzes trends in Chinese views of U.S.-China interdependence from Xi Jinping’s rise to the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows how...
Julian Gewirtz
Jun 1, 202022 min read
Taiwan's 2020 Election Analysis
On January 11, 2020 Taiwan’s voters went to the polls for presidential and legislative elections. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)...
Shelley Rigger
Mar 1, 202020 min read
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