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Religious Liberties and Radicalism in Kazakhstan

May 7, 2013 09:00 AM

 

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Kairat Lama SharifChairman of the Religious Affairs Agency in Kazakhstan

The Jamestown Foundation invites you to a roundtable discussion with Kairat Lama Sharif, Chairman of the...


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Taiwan Military Reform: Declining Operational Capabilities?

June 7, 2013 03:14 PM

On June 6, Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) released its first “Blue Paper” evaluating Taiwan’s defense requirements. Although the report probably serves a political purpose, the DPP’s critical assessment of Taiwan’s military budget, readiness and acquisition joins several other recent developments—including Taiwan’s second Quadrennial Defense Review released in March—in raising questions about the island’s warfighting capabilities (Taipei Times, June 7). Declining operational...


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Taiwan Work Leading Small Group under Xi Jinping

June 7, 2013

For Beijing, the status of Taiwan represents the last unresolved issue from the Chinese Civil War that ended with victory for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949. Taiwan-policy has, unsurprisingly, long been a policy focus...

Category: China Brief, Elite, Foreign Policy, China and the Asia-Pacific

How China Got There First: Beijing’s Unique Path to ASBM Development and Deployment

June 7, 2013

China’s deployment of the world’s first operational anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) has just been confirmed with unprecedented clarity by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The ASBM’s development path was unusual in many...

Category: China Brief, Military/Security, Foreign Policy, China and the Asia-Pacific, Russia

The South China Sea Dispute (Part One): Negative Trends Continue in 2013

June 7, 2013

From January through May, the South China Sea dispute continued to trend in a negative direction. Consistent with the pattern of developments over the past several years, the dispute continued to be characterized by an...

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Chinese Dreams: An Ideological Bulwark, Not a Framework for Sino-American Relations

June 7, 2013

When U.S. President Barack Obama meets Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time in their current capacities on June 7–8, Washington will run squarely into Beijing’s recent efforts to strengthen China’s ideological bulwark...

Category: China Brief, In a Fortnight, Foreign Policy, Domestic/Social, China and the Asia-Pacific

Missile Defense with Chinese Characteristics

May 23, 2013

On January 27, 2013, China conducted its second mid-course missile defense interceptor test, leading to considerable speculation among Chinese and Western analysts about Beijing’s motives and intentions as well as its plans for...

Category: China Brief, Military/Security, China and the Asia-Pacific, China

Xinjiang’s April 23 Clash the Worst in Province since July 2009

May 23, 2013

On April 24, reports emerged from Xinjiang that 21 people had been killed in what was reported as a “terrorist clash” in Bachu County, Kashgar Prefecture (Xinhua, April 24). The incident came as U.S. Ambassador to Beijing Gary...

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China’s Coexistence Strategy and the Consequences for World Order

May 23, 2013

China is no longer merely a passive recipient of the world order, but it has become a key factor in determining the foreign and defense policy choices that are open to other international actors. Beijing seems to have positioned...

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China’s Reform Summed Up: Politics, No; Economics, Yes (Sort of...)

May 23, 2013 04:10 PM

A near-schizophrenic bifurcation has informed Chinese-style reform as implemented by the six-month old administration of General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. On the one hand, the...


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Chinese Dreams: An Ideological Bulwark, Not a Framework for Sino-American Relations

June 7, 2013 03:02 PM

When U.S. President Barack Obama meets Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time in their current capacities on June 7–8, Washington will run squarely into Beijing’s recent efforts to...


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