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"Shipping volume will plummet 35% next week, LA port official says in CNBC interview" reuters.com/markets/us/shi…

"It’s not clear to me how you would ever build an LNG carrier in the US...LNG ships are some of the most complex ships you can construct anywhere under any circumstances. The challenges around that are going to be phenomenal."

"We’ve done a back-of-the envelope look at this. A US-built LNG carrier, if you could do it at all, would be two to four times as expensive as one built in a Korean yard — and those are $260m a pop. So, the economics look quite unfavourable, and that’s an understatement.”

Trade is pivotal in Asia so I'm thrilled to welcome Barbara Weisel to our team at Carnegie Endowment as nonresident scholar in our #CarnegieAsia program. Barbara was U.S. chief negotiator of the TPP trade pact and has broad experience with Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

How has the role of overseas bases changed over time, & how do nations like the U.S., China, & Russia use them to project military power today? Isaac B. Kardon, Andrew Yeo, & Ashley J. Tellis discuss these questions & more in this week's #TheWorldUnpacked ➡️ the-world-unpacked.simplecast.com/episodes/outpo…

We discussed great power competition across the globe for military basing, access, and overflight. Along with Andrew Yeo and a fabulous cast of collaborators, we developed the first comparative look at American, Chinese, and Russian force posture in world regions. Book link 👇

"Unless and until their immediate periphery is secured, I don't think there's strategic scope for China to entertain the idea of extending itself [militarily] far beyond the Western Pacific." Will China's out-of-area military presence resemble that of the 20th-century U.S.?

"I don't think bases are going to go away anytime soon," says Andrew Yeo. "But how we reconfigure force posture - I think that's what may change." See the full episode of #TheWorldUnpacked with Andrew, Isaac B. Kardon, and Ashley J. Tellis here: youtube.com/watch?v=9Uv5FY…

Purchase the "China's Law of the Sea" audiobook by 6/11 and save 50%! Isaac B. Kardon, and Isaac B. Kardon audiobooks.com/promotions/pro…

China's role as a global security provider is expanding. In the latest #TheWorldUnpacked, Isaac B. Kardon & Sheena Chestnut Greitens discuss how Beijing is reshaping global security cooperation, what it means for smaller states navigating great-power rivalry, & how the U.S. might modify its

"Trump’s Greenland Obsession Will Not Secure America: Countering Russia and China in the Arctic requires leveraging alliances, not fracturing them" Thanks Foreign Policy for running my piece with the great Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士. BLUF: bad idea, focus on Alaska foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/26/tru…

President Trump’s desire to “get” Greenland isn’t keeping the U.S. secure. By working with – not against – its allies, Washington can counter Russia and China in the Arctic. Isaac B. Kardon and Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 explain for Foreign Policy: foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/26/tru…

From my #CarnegieAsia teammate ⁦Isaac B. Kardon⁩ - Memorandum on Reducing the Risk of U.S.-China Conflict in Maritime East Asia | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/…

Disputes over South & East China Sea islands share similar logic and WWII historical DNA with dispute over Taiwan. Key dynamic in each is the role of third countries. They have agency & interests—and are likely triggers for a maritime crisis that could escalate to US-China war.

Fed independence arbitrarily preserved by SCOTUS, temporarily affirmed by POTUS. “All is well” is my new mantra.

.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Hegseth 's speech IISS News repeated conventional wisdom that's already eroded. There's no longer a clean division where US provides security & China prosperity. China's become a regional security provider; that space is now contested: #SLD25 International Security Journal Isaac B. Kardon