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Ely Ratner

@elyratner

Principal at The Marathon Initiative. Former DoD, White House, State, U.S. Senate; and CNAS, CFR, RAND.
Washington, D.C. Joined November 2013
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Looking forward to this great discussion tomorrow.
CNAS Verified account @CNASdc Jun 9
The Indo-Pacific is now, more than ever, a vital theater of competition—one in which U.S. allies could play a decisive role in deterring regional adversaries.

@elyratner, @DavidFeith, @AmbVMKwatra, and @LisaCurtisDC will join @AsiaLens at the CNAS 2026 National Security Conference for a panel on burden sharing and cooperation in the region.
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NEW in the July/August issue of @ForeignAffairs: For decades, U.S. strategy has failed to build competitive leverage over China. Nick Danby and I lay out how to change that, from chips and trade to the dollar and energy. foreignaffairs.com/china/fault-li…
www.foreignaffairs.com The Fault Lines in China’s Power America must build—and use—leverage against Beijing.
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On Hegseth’s soft-pedaling of China, in @nytimes:

“Trump’s accommodation of China may yield more military engagement in the near term, but it will also invite greater PLA coercion against U.S. allies. That’s not a recipe for strategic stability.”
nytimes.com/2026/05/30/wor…
www.nytimes.com Hegseth’s Message to Asian Partners: Do More to Get More At a security conference in Singapore, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Asian military leaders how they could get to “the front of the line” for U.S. assistance.
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