Andrew Krepinevich will explore how the U.S. nuclear posture should adapt to China’s emergence as a peer nuclear power alongside the United States and Russia. He will conduct a net assessment of the U.S. nuclear posture, as well as a planning exercise that will contemplate at least three scenarios exploring emerging challenges for nuclear deterrence and competition. The project’s findings will appear in a report.
Husain Haqqani and James Barnett will edit and publish the journal Current Trends in Islamist Ideology.
John Lee will research and write a monograph exploring the nature of China’s strategy to advance its influence and interests in developing countries in the Indo-Pacific region.
Arthur Herman will research and write a book exploring how the United States and its democratic allies and partners can mobilize their technological and industrial capacities to compete more effectively with authoritarian rivals such as China and Russia.
Hillel Fradkin, Husain Haqqani, and James Barnett will edit and publish the journal, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology.
Nate Sibley will research and write a monograph assessing a variety of policies that the United States could adopt to address the challenge of global kleptocracy. He will produce a typology of kleptocracy, review the successes and setbacks of past U.S. policies to counter kleptocracy, and explore how the United States and its key allies could build a better anti-kleptocracy policy framework.
Husain Haqqani and Aparna Pande will research and write a monograph assessing the probability that India will participate in a U.S.-led effort to counter China’s growing presence and influence in the Indo-Pacific region. They will conduct archival research, interview current and former senior Indian government officials, and analyze the works of Hindu nationalist scholars regarding their worldview and its compatibility with American expectations about India’s future geopolitical role.
Arthur Herman will research and write a book exploring how the United States and its democratic allies and partners can mobilize their technological and industrial capacities to compete more effectively with authoritarian rivals such as China and Russia.
David Asher will examine a variety of tools that could be employed to meet the challenges imposed by the political, military, and business entities that support the Chinese Communist Party’s policies of repression at home and expansionism abroad. The project’s findings will be published in a report.
Timothy Walton and Bryan Clark will lead an effort to analyze China’s decision-making and command-and-control processes and assess a variety of U.S. deterrence strategies. They will analyze the People’s Liberation Army’s writings, conduct interviews, and hold a workshop to identify trends and vulnerabilities in Chinese decision-making processes and then use those insights to identify options for optimizing U.S. force posture in the Indo-Pacific region. The project’s findings will be published in a series of reports.