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    • Op-Ed

    Strategic Implications of South Korea’s Political Scandal

    The Choi Soon-sil scandal will have serious repercussions for strategic issues such as THAAD and South Korean cooperation with Japan.

    • Enhancing U.S. Power Projection

      • Chung Min Lee
      • November 01, 2016
      • Breakthrough on the Peninsula: Third Offset Strategies and the Future Defense of Korea

      Given that South Korea is the only country on the entire Asian continent where the United States continues to deploy ground forces and air assets, the U.S. alliance with the Republic of Korea plays a critical role in supporting U.S. power projection in Northeast Asia and by extension, in East Asia.

      • Op-Ed

      Three Powers Will Shape Future State of World

      Going forward, Xi, Putin and the next US President will be largely responsible for the state of the world. China's and Russia's leaders will not only work closely with each other, but also learn from each other, in economics as well as in politics.

      • Report

      Understanding Chinese Nuclear Thinking

      Critical differences between Chinese and U.S. thinking about nuclear weapons and deterrence result not merely from differing security environments and levels of military strength; they also exist because China and the United States have developed their own nuclear philosophies in implementing their security policies over many years.

      • Podcast

      Law of the Sea and the U.S. Election

      The next U.S. administration will face a number of top foreign policy priorities, including the threat posed by the self-proclaimed Islamic State, a more assertive Russia, and developments in North Korea’s nuclear program.

      • Event

      Understanding Chinese Nuclear Thinking

      Chinese nuclear experts think about nuclear weapons very differently from their U.S. counterparts. They use different terminology and contrasting security paradigms to discuss and make decisions on nuclear policy. How can Washington and Beijing promote an effective dialogue and shared understanding despite their disparate approaches?

      • Strategic Culture, National Security, and Policymaking in the Asia-Pacific

        Material factors can explain why certain outcomes occurred the way they did, and strategic culture can explain how countries thought about their circumstances, their choices, and their decisions.

        • Op-Ed

        Transatlantic Relations in a Eurasian World

        The next one hundred years of history will be written mostly in the Asia-Pacific region, and the United States wants to play a central role in that drama.

        • Report

        Creating a Stable Asia: An Agenda for a U.S.-China Balance of Power

        The Western Pacific is experiencing a fundamental and potentially destabilizing military and economic power transition driven primarily by China’s economic and military rise and a corresponding relative decline in American power

        • Op-Ed

        Russia Sees Potential Win in South China Sea

        What Russia may seek in the long term in Southeast Asia is a position of a respected and seemingly disinterested outside power helping maintain an equilibrium in a potentially highly volatile region.

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        James M. Acton
        Jessica T. Mathews Chair
        Co-director
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        Darshana M. Baruah
        Nonresident Scholar
        South Asia Program
        Darshana M. Baruah is a nonresident scholar with the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her primary research focuses on maritime security in Asia and the role of the Indian Navy in a new security architecture.
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        Chen Qi
        Resident Scholar
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Chen Qi is an expert on U.S.-China relations, global governance, and China’s foreign policy. Chen runs the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy’s U.S.-China Track II dialogue.
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        Fiona Cunningham
        Stanton Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Fiona Cunningham is a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        Toby Dalton
        Co-director and Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Dalton is the co-director and a senior fellow of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on nonproliferation and nuclear energy, his work addresses regional security challenges and the evolution of the global nuclear order.
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        Suzanne DiMaggio
        Senior Fellow
        Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
        Suzanne DiMaggio is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East and Asia, especially Iran and North Korea.
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        Rozlyn C. Engel
        Nonresident Scholar
        Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
        Rozlyn C. Engel is a nonresident scholar in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on global macroeconomic risks, U.S. economic policy (foreign and domestic), and questions facing the economic intelligence community.
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        Evan A. Feigenbaum
        Vice President for Studies
        Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia.
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        Alexander Gabuev
        Senior Fellow and Chair
        Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program
        Carnegie Moscow Center
        Gabuev is a senior fellow and the chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
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        François Godement
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        Vijay Gokhale
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Carnegie India
        Mr. Vijay Gokhale is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India and the former foreign secretary of India.
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        Rose Gottemoeller
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Rose Gottemoeller is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. She also serves as the Frank E. and Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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        Paul Haenle
        Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Paul Haenle holds the Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Haenle served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama prior to joining Carnegie.
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        Christopher Hill
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Ambassador Christopher Robert Hill is currently chief global advisor at the University of Denver Global Engagement. He is a former career diplomat, a four-time ambassador, nominated by three presidents, whose last post was as ambassador to Iraq.
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        Charles Hooper
        Nonresident Scholar
        Asia Program
        Charles Hooper is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program.
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        Yukon Huang
        Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Huang is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program, where his research focuses on China’s economy and its regional and global impact.
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        Maiko Ichihara
        Visiting Scholar
        Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
        Maiko Ichihara is associate professor in the Graduate School of Law at Hitotsubashi University, Japan, and a visiting scholar at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        Sana Jaffrey
        Nonresident Scholar
        Asia Program
        Sana Jaffrey is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on violent conflict and the challenges of state-building in developing democracies.
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        Philippe Le Corre
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Europe Program
        Asia Program
        Philippe Le Corre is a nonresident senior fellow in the Europe and Asia Programs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        Chung Min Lee
        Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Chung Min Lee is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Asia Program. He is an expert on Korean and Northeast Asian security, defense, intelligence, and crisis management.
      • expert thumbnail - Jinghua
        Lyu Jinghua
        Visiting Scholar
        Cyber Policy Initiative
        Lyu Jinghua is a visiting scholar with Carnegie’s Cyber Policy Initiative. Her research focuses primarily on cybersecurity and China-U.S. defense relations.
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        Evan S. Medeiros
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Evan S. Medeiros is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        R.K. Misra
        Nonresident Scholar
        Carnegie India
        R.K. Misra is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie India. Based in Bengaluru, he drives Carnegie India’s Technology and Society program, and engages with technology innovators and policymakers.
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        Trinh Nguyen
        Nonresident Scholar
        Asia Program
        Trinh Nguyen is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        Douglas H. Paal
        Nonresident Scholar
        Asia Program
        Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
      • expert thumbnail - Pal
        Deep Pal
        Visiting Fellow
        Asia Program
        Deep Pal is a visiting fellow in the Asia program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        Ankit Panda
        Stanton Senior Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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        Michael Pettis
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Pettis, an expert on China’s economy, is professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, where he specializes in Chinese financial markets.
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        Rexon Y. Ryu
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Ryu is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads an initiative focused on the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and innovation.
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        James L. Schoff
        Senior Fellow
        Asia Program
        Schoff is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japan relations and regional engagement, Japanese technology innovation, and regional trade and security dynamics.
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        Shi Zhiqin
        Resident Scholar
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        An expert on European issues, Shi Zhiqin runs a program on China-EU Relations at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.
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        Dan Slater
        Nonresident Scholar
        Asia Program
        Dan Slater is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He specializes in the politics and history of enduring dictatorships and emerging democracies, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia.
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        Richard Sokolsky
        Nonresident Senior Fellow
        Russia and Eurasia Program
        Richard Sokolsky is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program. His work focuses on U.S. policy toward Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
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        Sun Xuefeng
        Resident Scholar
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Sun Xuefeng specializes in the rise of great powers and international relations theory. At Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, he runs a program examining the international and regional implications of China’s rise.
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        Ashley J. Tellis
        Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs
        Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
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        Tristan Volpe
        Nonresident Fellow
        Nuclear Policy Program
        Tristan Volpe is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and assistant professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.
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        Tong Zhao
        Senior Fellow
        Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
        Tong Zhao is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program based at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

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