Erik R. Quam

Erik R. Quam is the Director of the China Strategic Focus Group at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

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PRC Conceptions of Comprehensive National Power: Part 1

Executive Summary: Comprehensive national power (CNP) is a central framework through which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) measures its progress toward key strategic objectives. The ends the CCP is pursuing

Events

Watch the Videos – Russia’s Future: A Challenge for U.S. Policy

The conference “Russia’s Future: A Challenge for U.S. Policy” was... MORE

Media Appearances

Jamestown Analyst Richard Arnold Interviewed by Politifact

Jamestown analyst Richard Arnold was interviewed by Politifact’s Louis Jacobson for the article “Why does Russia want the Donbas region?”. Arnold provides insight into how... MORE

Books and Reports

The Growing Importance of Belarus on NATO’s Eastern Flank

Over the past several years, the unique and widely misunderstood country of Belarus has risen to the attention of policymakers in Europe and the United States. Though for centuries an important invasion corridor across the plains of North Central Europe, its strategic importance had been overlooked by post–Cold War... MORE