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Taiwan’s Election: PRC Interference and Its Implications for the 2024 Election Landscape Article
Election workers in Taipei count voting ballots.

Taiwan’s Election: PRC Interference and Its Implications for the 2024 Election Landscape

The Democratic Progressive Party’s triumph in Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election signals Taiwan’s resilience against the People’s Republic of China’s coordinated and intense interference efforts; but it also accentuates the critical need for nations worldwide to formulate robust strategies against escalating threats of interference, thereby safeguarding the integrity of global democratic processes.

Sustainable and Reliable: Securing Resources for the Clean Energy Future Report
Used electric vehicle batteries are set up for further testing.

Sustainable and Reliable: Securing Resources for the Clean Energy Future

The United States must act quickly, in concert with its allies, to secure an economically and environmentally sustainable supply chain of battery minerals that benefits and respects the rights of workers and front-line communities.

Tackling the Opioid Crisis Requires a Whole-of-Government, Society-Wide Approach Report
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents sift through packages in search of fentanyl.

Tackling the Opioid Crisis Requires a Whole-of-Government, Society-Wide Approach

The opioid epidemic is a complex public health crisis that can be ameliorated by addressing root causes of drug use; expanding access to treatment and harm reduction strategies; and reducing the supply of illicit opioids entering the United States.

A Primer on the 2022 National Security Strategy Article
A view of the White House.

A Primer on the 2022 National Security Strategy

The 2022 National Security Strategy introduces new ideas on navigating strategic competition with China and Russia, investing at home, and a renewed focus on the fight against climate change.

Peter Juul, Heba Malik

The Expanding International Reach of China’s Police Report
Zhao Kezhi seated behind table surrounded by attendees

The Expanding International Reach of China’s Police

China’s Ministry of Public Security has expanded its global activities, increasingly threatening U.S. interests and influencing security sector governance around the world.

Jordan Link

Reviving arms control, post-Ukraine: Why New START still matters In the News

Reviving arms control, post-Ukraine: Why New START still matters

Larry Korb discusses the challenges of nuclear arms control and U.S.-Russia relations that may arise once there is a negotiated peace settlement with Ukraine.

the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Lawrence J. Korb, Stephen J. Cimbala

Build Back American Article
A rainbow forms behind windmills.

Build Back American

The investment plan outlined in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda would help to revitalize domestic manufacturing and ensure that clean energy supply chains are not dependent on China.

Mike Williams, Laura Edwards

The China Difference in the U.S.-South Korea Alliance Report
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook attend a news conference.

The China Difference in the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

It is important to understand why the United States and South Korea do not see eye to eye on how to confront challenges presented by China.

Tobias Harris, Abigail Bard, Haneul Lee

5 Things U.S. Policymakers Must Understand About China-Africa Relations Report
Chinese President Xi Jinping, front center, gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People, September 3, 2018, in Beijing. (Getty/Madoka Ikegami)

5 Things U.S. Policymakers Must Understand About China-Africa Relations

The United States must focus on developing a positive vision for the future of its role in Africa rather than relying solely on criticizing China’s engagement on the continent.

Jordan Link

Assessing China’s Energy and Climate Goals Report
Aerial photo taken on February 24, 2021, shows a molten-salt solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Getty/Ma Xiping/Xinhu)

Assessing China’s Energy and Climate Goals

Beijing recently released modest near-term climate targets that will make it more difficult for China to meet its own carbon neutrality goal—and for other nations to meet global climate stabilization goals.

Joanna Lewis, Laura Edwards

Interactive: The First 100 Days Interactive
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Interactive: The First 100 Days

This interactive database features nearly 250 recommendations that the next administration can advance, adopt, and implement within the first 100 days to set the country on a path toward a more progressive national security approach.

the CAP National Security and International Policy Team

There Is a Solution to the Huawei Challenge Report
Mobile phone antennas of the 5G mobile phone standard are attached to a mobile phone mast in Germany, February 2020. (Getty/Stefan Sauer)

There Is a Solution to the Huawei Challenge

To compete at full strength in 5G, the United States must first counter China's market-distorting industrial policies.

Melanie Hart, Jordan Link

Electric Vehicles Should Be a Win for American Workers Report

Electric Vehicles Should Be a Win for American Workers

Federal policymakers must invest in domestic electric vehicle production and deployment now in order to support high-quality American jobs, cut greenhouse gas emissions over the long term, and ensure national competitiveness in a key area of growth.

Karla Walter, Trevor Higgins, Bidisha Bhattacharyya, 2 More Malkie Wall, Rita Cliffton

Blunting Foreign Interference Efforts by Learning the Lessons of the Past Report

Blunting Foreign Interference Efforts by Learning the Lessons of the Past

America was caught off guard in 2016, but the country has learned a great deal from that experience—and by understanding what happened in the past, it can better protect upcoming elections.

James Lamond, Jeremy Venook

Trump’s Coronavirus Survival Strategy: Blame China Article
During a press briefing at the White House, President Donald Trump's notes show where

Trump’s Coronavirus Survival Strategy: Blame China

President Trump is looking for someone to blame for his failure to protect the American people from the COVID-19 pandemic, and he thinks China is the perfect scapegoat.

Melanie Hart, Michael Fuchs

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Philosophy on Risk Management Article
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during a ceremony in Beijing, October 2019. (Getty/How Hwee Young)

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Philosophy on Risk Management

The authors translated evidence that President Xi will likely use to claim that he anticipated a black swan event such as the COVID-19 outbreak and ordered the Chinese Communist Party to prepare for it.

Melanie Hart, Jordan Link

How to Support Democracy and Human Rights in Asia Report
 (A group of Hong Kong protesters wearing hard helmets and gas masks wards off tear gas with umbrellas.)

How to Support Democracy and Human Rights in Asia

As challenges to democracy and human rights in Asia grow, the United States must stick to its principles by acting early and often to stand up for universal values.

Michael Fuchs

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