Publications

Xinjiang and the Genocide Question

January 15, 2021 David Knapp Indo-Pacific Security Program Memorandum

Measured by the standards outlined in Article II of the Genocide Convention, it becomes clear that Chinese authorities are, at a minimum, guilty of three separate acts of genocide in Xinjiang.

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2438

January 15, 2021 Matt MaldonadoIlan I. Berman

Moscow revels in Capitol riot;
FSB casts a shadow over Russian academia;
Putin summons leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia for talks;
A weaker Russian vaccine for international consumption;
North Korean illicit labor picks up anew;
Drugs, treatments in short supply

China Reform Monitor No. 1450

January 13, 2021 Joshua Eisenman

Kabul releases ten Chinese spies;
Beijing turns up the heat on Hong Kong Catholics;
NYSE reverses itself again, delists PRC telecoms;
China shifts from Russian to home-grown engines;
State lifts restrictions on contacts with Taiwan

China Reform Monitor No. 1449

January 4, 2021 Joshua Eisenman

NYSE to delist China's big three telecoms;
Beijing rebuffs Tsai's offer of "meaningful" talks;
Suzhou digital currency trial closes;
Canberra considers axing research agreement with China;
Consumer prices drop for the first time since 2009

Africa Political Monitor No. 10

January 4, 2021 Jacob McCarty

Uganda's electricity, South Sudan's benefit;
Beijing eyes Congo's mineral wealth;
Eritrea reportedly joins Ethiopian conflict...;
...as border friction with Sudan flares anew;
Russia and Rwanda send troops to the Central African Republic;
Turkey moves ahead with drone sales to Tunisia

China Reform Monitor No. 1448

December 30, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China used stolen data to exposes CIA operates;
Taiwan is a "red line" Japanese Deputy Defense Minister to Biden;
Foreign students angry the cannot return to China;
Afghanistan busts China's Kabul spy ring;
Leaked directives reveal how Beijing controlled COVID19 message

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 14

December 30, 2020

China seizes territory in Bhutan...;
...and conducts "mountain diplomacy" with Nepal;
Indonesia forward-deploys its combat squad to the SCS;
Pyongyang and Beijing test Biden on sanctions

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2434

December 23, 2020 Matt MaldonadoIlan I. Berman

Space as a theater of U.S.-Russian competition;
Russia sports ban shortened, but upheld;
U.S. to close two consulates in Russia;
Russian National Guard to suppress protests in Belarus;
Bosnians gift Lavrov Ukrainian Orthodox icon;
The truth about Navalny's poisoning comes out

China Reform Monitor No. 1447

December 22, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

"People of insight," "U.S. business sector" should help U.S.-China relations;
U.S. to sell more arms to Taipei amid PLA activity;
China-Europe trade forum canceled after Chinese demands;
China's four point plan to enhance cooperation with Central Asia;
Taiwan shutters pro-China news channel for inaccuracy

Russia Reform Monitor No. 2433

December 21, 2020

Russian allies vote against UN resolution in Crimea;
AfD visits Lavrov in Moscow;
Denmark moves ahead with trial of accused spy;
Back to military cooperation with the West?;
Nord Stream 2, back on track?;
Federal agencies hacked by Russian cyber actors

Biden and Netanyahu can carefully nourish U.S.-Israeli ties

December 19, 2020 Lawrence J. Haas The Hill

For decades, America’s close military, diplomatic, economic, and other ties with Israel have generated vast benefits for both sides. At a time of such hopeful change but also serious challenge across the Middle East, it’s a relationship that each should nourish carefully, avoiding the unnecessary missteps that can cause significant damage.

China Reform Monitor No. 1446

December 15, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Swiss deny China deal posed threat to dissidents;
Suspected Chinese spy targeted members of congress and mayors;
China's biggest infrastructure financiers face cash crunch;
BRI on the rocks;
Leaked files expose widespread CPC penetration

China Reform Monitor No. 1445

December 4, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Beijing ends Islamic education and worship for children;
Candy uproar highlights university snitching epidemic;
China bans Australian wine and growing tensions;
Beijing's influence in European Parliament under fire;
China now "actively considering" joining CPTPP: Xi

China Reform Monitor No. 1444

November 27, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China's bill of particulars against Australia;
China's COVID-19 food tests irritate trade partners;
Malicious tip-offs stifled academic freedom;
State Council probes rating agencies, banks and firms;
Taiwan to build submarines

China Reform Monitor No. 1443

November 25, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China's 'corruption' dragnet widens worldwide;
Malaysia refuses to deport Uighurs, but Indonesia complies;
China to allow coast guard to use weapons in claimed waters;
Jaguar parts smuggled from Latin America to China;
Sino-Kyrgyz relations on the rocks

America’s Strategic Play in the Pacific

November 24, 2020 RealClearDefense

While pundits and policymakers in Washington lock horns over a new strategic direction to counter China, the Department of Defense (DoD) is quietly working to blunt the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) advance into the Pacific Ocean.

China Reform Monitor No. 1442

November 24, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse;
PRC should publicize its "human rights stories": CPCC chair;
Pompeo: "Taiwan has not been a part of China";
Xi halts Ant's financial $37 billion IPO;
GUO calls for safeguarding regime "safety"

The case for applied history

November 23, 2020 Engelsberg Ideas

Forget the seduction of grand theories and presentist moral judgments. To learn the lessons of the past, the great foreign policy analysts of our age must rediscover the art of historical discernment.

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 13

November 23, 2020

No end in sight for Thai protests;
Burmese elections disenfranchise minorities, despite high turnout;
Duterte waits for Biden;
China doubles down on Australia pressure campaign

Africa Political Monitor No. 9

November 19, 2020 Jacob McCarty

A budding Ethiopian refugee crisis;
Alleviating Morocco's water woes;
Russian ships in Sudanese waters;
China eyes the Congo's cobalt;
Seychelles election impedes Indian naval ambitions;
Niger: Next to normalize?