Product Types: Policy Memo

Policy Memo

An Evolving Agenda for the Quad

Quad leaders must develop a robust agenda that delivers meaningful success in pandemic cooperation, emerging technologies and defense and security.
June 7, 2022
Policy Memo

Russia, the West, and the rest: The hard choices the US must make to reinforce its global leadership

Washington needs a broad coalition to ameliorate the economic damage from war and sanctions, as well as a strategy for a political
May 27, 2022
Policy Memo

Climate Change and Conflict Resolution in South Asia’s Highlands

South Asia’s northern highlands offer opportunities to spur regional dispute resolution mechanisms through concerted joint-climate action.
May 19, 2022
Policy Memo

Reality Check #11: America’s Indo-Pacific strategy requires tough choices

The administration will need to scrutinize key assumptions and confront hard decisions regarding how to keep ends and means in balance.
April 6, 2022
Policy Memo

Engagement Reframed #5: Deploy America’s secret diplomatic superstars

Washington has an opportunity to advance US diplomatic goals and commercial interests by bringing music to the world.
March 24, 2022
Policy Memo

Nuclear Annexation: A New Proliferation Concern?

Does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine present a nuclear proliferation concern?
March 23, 2022
Policy Memo

A Korean Perspective on the Biden Administration’s North Korea Policy

While the Trump administration pursued “everything” on North Korea and the Obama administration “nothing,” it appears the Biden administration is open to
February 28, 2022
Policy Memo

South Korea’s Strategic Dilemma Amid US-China Competition

South Korea remains caught in the middle of an intensifying strategic competition between the United States and China.
February 28, 2022
Policy Memo

Alliance First: An Assessment of the New US Policy on the DPRK

By prioritizing an "alliance-first" strategy over denuclearization, the Biden administration's policy toward North Korea seems doomed to fail.
February 28, 2022
Policy Memo

How Beijing Views Seoul’s Role in Its Competition with Washington in the Indo-Pacific

As threat perceptions toward China grow, South Korea faces the challenge of maintaining a strategic equilibrium between Beijing and Washington, a role
February 24, 2022
Policy Memo

South Korea and the Taiwan Contingency: The Chinese View

South Korea’s potential role in a Taiwan contingency is of great importance to Chinese policy planning. Therefore, understanding and preparing for China's
February 23, 2022
Policy Memo

South Korean Angle on the Taiwan Strait: Familiar Issue, Unfamiliar Option

South Korea’s recent joint statement with the U.S. reflects a departure from its usual ambiguity about its relations with China and the
February 23, 2022