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Sheila Smith

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The Council on Foreign Relations, Foreign Affairs, CFR Blogs, Urban Institute, Hoover Institution, All About Jazz, Asia Times, East Asia Forum, IDN-InDepthNews, Delaware Valley Journal
Senior Fellow for Japan Studies @CFR_org. Author of Japan Rearmed (2019). Retweets are not endorsements. Views my own.
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Weaponizing Interdependence

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By Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Sheila Smith, Rebecca Friedman Lissner
| Hoover Institution
China’s stunning rise, and its global lead in manufacturing, have raised questions about both the nature of economic power and the United States’ continued economic preeminence. In one sense, there is not much reason for debate: the U.S. share of global output has been remarkably constant over the last forty years. China’s rise, though extraordinary, has statistically come at the expense of the other Group of Seven (G7) countries.
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The Asian Anchor

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By Sheila Smith
| The Council on Foreign Relations
Since the end of World War II, U.S. strategy in Asia has relied on increasingly integrated partnerships with regional allies. Of those, Australia, Japan, and South Korea have been among the United States’ most reliable associates in solving regional and global problems. But political change in the United States has ushered in an era of retrenchment. The Trump administration is questioning the value of U.S. alliances and scrutinizing the cost of long-standing security ties.
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Takaichi Walks A Tightrope

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By Sheila Smith
| The Council on Foreign Relations
Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will arrive in Washington, D.C. this week for a much-anticipated meeting with President Donald J. Trump. But what had been designed as a comfortable opportunity to develop an agreed-upon agenda for strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance has been transformed into a high-stakes test of whether the alliance can deliver in the Middle East. The Iran War has once again focused the U.S. president’s attention on what its allies are worth.
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