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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


Sino-Russian Consolidation at a Time of Geopolitical Rivalry
There has a been a notable consolidation of the Sino-Russian partnership during the past two years. Although this has coincided with the...
Elizabeth Wishnick
Mar 1, 202019 min read
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