Defining Our Relationship with India for the Next Century
It is time to expand transparent, high-standard regional lending mechanisms – tools that will actually help nations instead of saddling them with mounting debt.
U.S. & Allies
The United States and its allies are working to expand the availability of high-quality infrastructure projects in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
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When Russia Sold Alaska
When the United States took possession of Alaska from Russia, 150 years ago today, it paid less than two cents an acre. So what happened to the global market for territory?
Many Belts and Many Roads
On October 3, U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis commented on China’s Belt and Road initiative during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Chinese and Pakistani officials were quick to defend their flagship route, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Failing to Bridge the Divide in Russia-Japan Relations
Economic cooperation will be at the top of the agenda when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets President Vladimir Putin at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 6-7. The Japanese leader’s second visit to the Russian Far East in as many years marks an important milestone in his “new approach” to Russia. This policy,…
China to Shape International Trade Via Belt and Road
The Belt and Road initiative’s potential impact on international trade — cargo volume and velocity, shipping routes, supply chain reliability, and transparency — has strategic benefits and risks for the United States because of its dependence on importing raw and strategic materials for manufacturing processes, and exporting finished goods to emerging markets where consumer catchment areas are expected to be created or expanded.