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Chinese soldiers march with the national flag (C), flanked by the flags of the Communist Party of China (R) and the People's Liberation Army (L) during a military parade at Tiananmen Square

Autumn scenery at the campus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

China’s Scholars Do Not Deserve Equal Footing with Western Academics

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Commentary

Jun 22, 2026

Commentary

5 Min Read

Sailors from the US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force prepare for a mine-sweep exercise dive using an unmanned underwater vehicle to detect training mines in Japan’s Ise Bay on February 4, 2020. (US Air Force)

Podcast

How do Indo-Pacific Leaders View the Iran Deal?

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Podcast

Jun 19, 2026

Podcast

A US sailor assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer signals an AH-1Z Viper to take off during flight operations in the South China Sea on June 13, 2026. (US Marine Corps)

Commentary

Why Dropping “Indo-Pacific” Clarifies the Pentagon’s China Strategy

Ken Moriyasu

Senior Fellow

Ken Moriyasu

Commentary

Jun 18, 2026

Commentary

3 Min Read

China’s manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong is lowered into the Arctic Ocean on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

China in Northern Europe and the Arctic

Liselotte Odgaard

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Liselotte Odgaard

Commentary

Jun 17, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Stock Photo)

Commentary

Still the One: Review of “The Return of the Great Powers” by Brendan Simms

Tod Lindberg

Senior Fellow

Tod Lindberg

Commentary

Jun 16, 2026

Commentary

8 Min Read

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Podcast

Kim–Xi Summit, KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun’s US Visit, China’s Sports Industry

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Colin Tessier-Kay

Former Research Fellow and Program Manager, China Center

Miles Yu & Colin Tessier-Kay

Podcast

Jun 16, 2026

Podcast

A customized market procurement train of the China-Europe Railway Express departs from Yiwu Railway West Station on June 8, 2026, in Jinhua, China. (Getty Images)

Commentary

A Bureau of Mackinder, a Bureau of Mahan: Why the State Department’s Org Chart Needs an Update

Ken Moriyasu

Senior Fellow

Ken Moriyasu

Commentary

Jun 16, 2026

Commentary

1 Min Read

A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)

Reports

Strengthening the Front Line: Transforming the Japan Self-Defense Force for Twenty-First-Century Deterrence

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

David Byrd

Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Masashi Murano

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Shane Dennin

Research Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark, David Byrd & Masashi Murano More…

Reports

Jun 15, 2026

Reports

4 Min Read

Pro-democracy activists line up outside the West Kowloon court as they hold a banner that reads, “Release all political prisoners,” on March 1, 2021, in Hong Kong, China. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Should Demand Release of Chinese Political Prisoners as Precondition to Xi’s US Visit

Olivia Enos

Senior Fellow

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Olivia Enos & Michael Sobolik

Commentary

Jun 11, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

A man walks inside the Taiwan Stock Exchange in Taipei on June 8, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Taiwan’s Stock Exchange Is Soaring–But It’s Not the Whole Economy

Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

Riley Walters

Commentary

Jun 11, 2026

Commentary

8 Min Read

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during the graduation ceremony of the National Defense Academy on March 22, 2020 in Yokosuka, Japan. 508 students graduated the military academy which educates and trains future leaders of Japan's Self-Defense Forces today. The ceremony was held behind closed doors amid concern over the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during the graduation ceremony of the National Defense Academy on March 22, 2020, in Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)

Commentary

First Annual International Forum on Shinzo Abe and Contemporary Japanese Studies