Senior Advisor and @JapanChair @csis. Senior Advisor @TheAsiaGroup. Former NSC, OSD, and CIA. All things Red Sox and the Great Outdoors. Usual caveats apply.
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Chris Johnstone retweeted
It’s hard to think of a more consequential topic than Taiwan. And, it’s hard to think of three countries more invested in preserving regional stability than 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇦🇺.
The @CSIS @AustraliaChair & @JapanChair have a new report to address this topic 👇
csis.org/analysis/us-austral…
Chris Johnstone retweeted
VOA Washington Talk with @cb_johnstone
Check out our newest feature: Alliance Online, a digital page documenting the history of the US-Jpn alliance, with timelines, expert interviews, a database of documents, and more. A resource for students and experts!
features.csis.org/evolution-…
Attached is a new report co-authored with my colleague @maxbergmann , which offers a deliberate and focused agenda for deepening European security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. Feedback welcome!
csis.org/analysis/europes-se…
Privilege to join my former boss Richard Lawless on VOA for a discussion of Putin's visit to the DPRK and implications for security in Asia. Thanks to @EunjungCh0 for the opportunity!
Chris Johnstone retweeted
[NEW ANALYSIS] Learn what @CSIS Directors Dr. Bonny Lin and Mr. Chris Johnstone think Taiwan, the United States, and Japan should do to respond to a more coercive Chinese Coast Guard and a potential PRC quarantine of Taiwan: bit.ly/3Rhf9NW
Sharing my new piece, with Victor Cha, on the extraordinary Japan-ROK agreement over the weekend to normalize bilateral defense ties. Largely overlooked in the media.
csis.org/analysis/south-kore…
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Join us next week to hear from leading Japanese lawmakers and other experts on the road ahead for the U.S.-Japan Alliance.
🗓️5/3
🕓10:00am
In-person or online
csis.org/events/new-era-us-j…
Chris Johnstone retweeted
Our spring issue is out! In Alliance Management, @BrianDBlank, @tara_varma, @W_Verstraete, @ka_grieco + @jekavanagh, @nktpnd + @TeeAndersVolpe, and @cb_johnstone on balancing the trade-offs of burden sharing in Europe and the Indo-Pacific
Chris Johnstone retweeted
On Monday at 10 am ET, the CSIS @JapanChair welcomes the @USAmbJapan Rahm Emanuel and the Japanese Ambassador to the United States Yamada Shigeo, to preview Prime Minister Kishida's upcoming visit to Washington, DC.
Register here: csis.org/events/previewing-p…
Chris Johnstone retweeted
On April 8th, the CSIS @JapanChair welcomes the @USAmbJapan Rahm Emanuel, and Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Yamada Shigeo for a conversation previewing Prime Minister Kishida's upcoming visit with President Biden.
Register here: csis.org/events/previewing-p…
Since 2000, former DepSec State Richard Armitage and former Asst Scty of Defense Joseph Nye have periodically convened a bipartisan group of experts to chart an agenda for the U.S.-Japan alliance. Join us for the launch of a new report on April 4!
csis.org/events/us-japan-all…
Chris Johnstone retweeted
@cb_johnstone testified before the U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission (@USCC_GOV) yesterday on China's Evolving Counter Intervention Capabilities and Implications for the United States and Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners.
Read more: csis.org/analysis/chinas-evo…
It was great to join @Eunjung_VOA, @VOANews and Amb Jeffrey yesterday for a discussion of alliances, burdensharing, and deterrence in East Asia. Watch here!
youtube.com/watch?v=j5Fef6JG…
My latest, with Jim Schoff: Tokyo has embarked on an ambitious defense strategy, and it’s time for the next step in U.S.-Japan alliance transformation: modernizing its command and control architecture. We offer a concrete blueprint for doing so.
csis.org/analysis/vital-next…
Check out the first installment of CSIS' 2024 Global Forecast. Lots of great essays. @CharlesEdel and I argue that the role of allies is critical to sustaining deterrence in a year of potential American distraction.
features.csis.org/global-for…
This year is the 30th anniversary of the US-Jpn Security Seminar, hosted annually by CSIS. The alliance has come a long way--from a period of uncertainty and drift, Jpn today is easily the most impt partner for the US in the region. Check out our event:
csis.org/events/2024-us-japa…
Privilege to collaborate with Jude Blanchette and @gdp1985 on this piece. The economic and financial impacts of a cross-strait crisis, some of which would unfold before hostilities, are not well understood. This piece sets out some broad conclusions.
csis.org/analysis/scared-str…
A warm congratulations to Amb Tomita Koji @JapanEmbDC , who is approaching the end of his time as Japan's Ambassador to the United States. Just the right person at a consequential time in the U.S.-Japan relationship. You'll be missed!
It was a pleasure to join @Eunjung_VOA and @snydersas for a discussion of the APEC meetings, the U.S.-ROK alliance, and trilateral relations with Japan. Check it out here!
youtube.com/watch?v=2_B8V4gF…
