David Feith served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Before that, he was an editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong.. At the Department of State from 2017 to 2021, David helped create the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy and reorient U.S. policy toward China and Asia generally.

The First 100 Days. The First 100 Days is a series of recommendations from CNAS experts. The recommendations span the most pressing issues that will test the administration, including competition...

Nov 8, 2024 · The world is at the brink of a quantum revolution, and America’s quantum technology lead is narrowing rapidly. The United Nations recently proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, predicting that quantum will be a “key cross-cutting scientific field of the 21st century” with “tremendous impact on critical social …

Jun 20, 2024 · Introduction. On battlefields in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine, combatants have used uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, to great effect, leading some analysts to conclude that they are fundamentally changing the character of war. 1 In Libya, a 2019 offensive by General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) was supported by Chinese-made …

Dec 27, 2024 · Free Expression's final episode of 2024 features some of Wall Street Journal editor at large Gerry Baker's best interviews of the year, including conversations with Richard Fontaine and Robert Blackwill, foreign policy commentators and co-authors of “Lost Decade: The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power.”

Feb 8, 2024 · Executive Summary. This report concludes that drones have transformed the battlefield in the war in Ukraine, but in an evolutionary rather than revolutionary fashion. 1 While tactical innovation abounds and drones offer some new capabilities, their impact falls short of the truly disruptive change that constitutes a so-called revolution in military affairs.

James Martin is an active-duty U.S. Coast Guard officer detailed to the Office of the Vice President, Office of National Security Affairs, where he serves as the Executive Secretary.

Lisa Curtis is a senior fellow and director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). She is a foreign policy and national security expert with over 20 years of service in the U.S. government, including at the National Security Council (NSC), CIA, State Department, and Capitol Hill.

Today a new Axis of Upheaval—the increasing alignment among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape. Cooperation among the four countries was expanding before 2022, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine accelerated their deepening economic, military, and technological ties.Bound by shared opposition to a U.S.-led …

Jun 18, 2024 · If a draft is required, consider the use of older conscripts within the registered population. The president has the authority to prescribe the guidelines for who is drafted into training and service from within the population of individuals “liable for such training and service and who at the time of selection are registered and classified, but not deferred or exempted.” 2 …