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In a recent publication for Foreign Policy, Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Dr. Issac B. Kardon write that “Vietnam Wants U.S. Help at Sea and Chinese Help at Home”. The article explains why Washington shouldn’t overestimate its influence in Hanoi. The co-authors also argue that strategic competition between the United…

In October 2024, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program co-hosted a panel event with the Korea Economic Institute of America on the US-ROK alliance and emerging technology. Articles presented at the conference are included in the latest issue of KEI’s journal, Korea Policy. The Fall 2024 issue is entitled “Broadening the Alliance: New Frontiers…

This fall, APP faculty affiliate Dr. Tse-Min Lin‘s writing was published in multiple outlets. The first article, “Public Goods, Expressive Values, and Protest Participation: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in Hong Kong” was co-authored by Theodore Charm and published in Political Research Quarterly. The paper discusses collective action and analyzes…

In a new piece for the Journal of Strategic Studies, Dr. Sankaran and his co-author study how new technologies have continued to impact the nature of nuclear deterrence between great powers. In particular, the article explores the impact of five technologies—small satellites, hypersonic weapons, machine learning, cyber weapons, and quantum…

This fall, Dr. Joshua Busby, Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, co-authored two articles on clean technology. The first, published in War on the Rocks, offers commentary of “China, Clean Technologies, and National Security.” The article highlights clean technology as an importance domestic growth sector, discusses its impact on…

In her first introduction as the new editor in chief of the Texas National Security Review, Sheena Chestnut Greitens considers the importance of getting major questions of national and international security right and highlights the journal’s role in supporting that endeavor. Read the complete article here.

On November 25th, the Brookings Foreign Policy program hosted a discussion on how aerospace weapons influence decision-makers in target states—not just through their physical impact, but by the emotional and strategic responses they provoke, which are key to understanding their coercive effect. Asia Policy faculty affiliate Jaganath Sankaran joined to…

On October 24th, the Clements-Strauss Asia Policy Program co-hosted a two-panel event on Critical & Emerging Technology in the US-Korea Alliance with the Korea Economic Institute of America. During the event, panelists presented findings from their papers on US-Korea technology cooperation. The day began with brief introductions by Dr. Sheena…

On Sept. 19, Dr. Olivia Cheung, Research Fellow at the China Institute at SOAS University of London, spoke about her book, The Political Thought of Xi Jinping, co-authored with Steve Tsang. You can listen to the event on Horns of a Dilemma.

Distinguished Fellow Fellow Rana Siu Inboden and Andréa Worden published an insightful article on Unmasking the ‘Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter’ for The Diplomat. “Despite its name, this group, which includes many of the world’s most repressive regimes, is anything but a friend of the…