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Lyle
Goldstein

Director, Asia Program

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Jennifer
Kavanagh

Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis

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Daniel
Davis

Senior Fellow & Military Expert

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Benjamin
Friedman

Policy Director

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Daniel
DePetris

Fellow

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Peter
Harris

Non-Resident Fellow

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Mike
Sweeney

Non-Resident Fellow

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Thomas P.
Cavanna

Non-Resident Fellow

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In the mediaChina‑Taiwan, Asia, China, Taiwan

China, Taiwan, and the cost of american power: Is it worth sacrificing american lives for Taiwan?

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

January 20, 2026

As tensions between the United States and China escalate, Taiwan has emerged as another volatile flashpoint in global politics—and the […]

op-edTaiwan, Asia, China‑Taiwan

The new National Security Strategy’s dangerous language on Taiwan

By Lyle Goldstein

January 6, 2026

In the mediaChina, Asia, China‑Taiwan

PLA fired 27 rockets: defense ministry

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

December 31, 2025

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In the mediaChina, Asia, Nuclear weapons

A U.S.-Russia nuclear disarmament treaty may benefit U.S.-China relations

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

February 4, 2026

China, Asia

Fate of China’s top general more likely to do with power struggle than corruption

By Lyle Goldstein

January 26, 2026

In the mediaChina, Asia, Military analysis, Naval power

China’s retro submarine design speeds up challenge to U.S. undersea dominance

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

January 23, 2026

op-edGrand strategy, Alliances, China, Greenland, Russia, Western Hemisphere

Russian and Chinese threats to Greenland and the new Arctic sea routes are low

By Lyle Goldstein

January 23, 2026

In the mediaChina‑Taiwan, Asia, China, Taiwan

China, Taiwan, and the cost of american power: Is it worth sacrificing american lives for Taiwan?

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

January 20, 2026

In the mediaRussia, China

How threats of a polar war are coloring virtually every aspect of Trump’s foreign policy

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

January 19, 2026

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Watch at 92NY: China, Taiwan, and the cost of american power: Is it worth sacrificing american lives for Taiwan?

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

January 20, 2026

Read at Taipei Times: PLA fired 27 rockets: defense ministry

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

December 31, 2025

Read at Reuters: China encircles Taiwan in massive military display

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

December 30, 2025

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