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Hong Kong’s New Strategic Role After the Third Plenum

Executive Summary: Key officials visited the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in late August to explain the city’s political, economic, cultural, and security responsibilities. They signaled deeper integration with

Scientist at Forefront of US Army Research Selected to Lead PRC’s Strategic Chip Production Line

Executive Summary: Beijing continues to exploit US policies to circumvent technology controls and to lower the scrutiny applied to its technology transfer activities. Hong Kong as part of the Greater

Media Appearances

Jamestown Senior Fellow Olevs Nikers Interviewed by L’Express

Jamestown Senior Fellow Olevs Nikers was recently interviewed by French news outlet L’Express about the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit (NATO) in Washington DC... MORE

Books and Reports

The Prize: Why Taiwan and its Place in the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain Matter to the United States

Taiwan has always played a vital role in strategic thinking on the defense of Japan and of the U.S.’s position in the western Pacific. As part of the “first island chain” that circles the Chinese coast, Taiwan would be geopolitically priceless to Beijing if under its control. Such a... MORE