Publications

China Reform Monitor No. 1417

May 20, 2020 Joshua Eisenman

China faces calls for BRI debt relief;
Pakistan orders the resumption of BRI projects;
China's embassy to Twitter: Uphold "freedom of speech";
Netherlands changes name of representative office in Taiwan;
India implements new rule to deter China's corporate takeovers

How Congress should grade the Space Force doctrine

May 19, 2020 Peter Garretson The Hill

Earlier this Spring, the leadership of the U.S. Space Force, the country’s newest military branch, announced that it plans to roll out a new doctrine in the near future. But what that doctrine will look like remains to be seen — and Congress, which will be the ultimate arbiter of the document and the vision it contains, needs to ensure that the country gets it right.

Africa Political Monitor No. 3

May 18, 2020 Jacob McCarty

Sudan's international charm offensive eyes Washington...;
...as the emirates come calling;
Tanzania backs away from Beijing;
Chad turns inward;
Dublin eyes African development;
South Korea restarts deployments to South Sudan