Chris Johnstone

Senior Advisor and @JapanChair @csis. Senior Advisor @TheAsiaGroup. Former NSC, OSD, and CIA. All things Red Sox and the Great Outdoors. Usual caveats apply.

[Charles Edel @CharlesEdel]

It’s hard to think of a more consequential topic than Taiwan. And, it’s hard to think of three countries more invested in preserving regional stability than 🇺🇸🇯🇵🇦🇺.

The @CSIS @AustraliaChair & @JapanChair have a new report to address this topic 👇

https://t.co/44aBkFe15e

[Eunjung Cho 조은정 @EunjungCh0]

VOA Washington Talk with @cb_johnstone

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

Check out our newest feature: Alliance Online, a digital page documenting the history of the US-Jpn alliance, with timelines, expert interviews, a database of documents, and more. A resource for students and experts!
https://t.co/O3uNmc6iIX

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

Attached is a new report co-authored with my colleague @maxbergmann , which offers a deliberate and focused agenda for deepening European security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. Feedback welcome!
https://t.co/miFTw7RgS7

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

Privilege to join my former boss Richard Lawless on VOA for a discussion of Putin's visit to the DPRK and implications for security in Asia. Thanks to @EunjungCh0 for the opportunity!

[ChinaPower @ChinaPowerCSIS]

[NEW ANALYSIS] Learn what @CSIS Directors Dr. Bonny Lin and Mr. Chris Johnstone think Taiwan, the United States, and Japan should do to respond to a more coercive Chinese Coast Guard and a potential PRC quarantine of Taiwan: https://t.co/Kp4IF87fL4

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

Sharing my new piece, with Victor Cha, on the extraordinary Japan-ROK agreement over the weekend to normalize bilateral defense ties. Largely overlooked in the media.
https://t.co/djJaRcTB6F

[CSIS Japan Chair @JapanChair]

Join us next week to hear from leading Japanese lawmakers and other experts on the road ahead for the U.S.-Japan Alliance.

🗓️5/3
🕓10:00am
In-person or online
https://t.co/r2CUsgSw05

[The Washington Quarterly @TWQgw]

Our spring issue is out! In Alliance Management, @BrianDBlank, @tara_varma, @W_Verstraete, @ka_grieco + @jekavanagh, @nktpnd + @TeeAndersVolpe, and @cb_johnstone on balancing the trade-offs of burden sharing in Europe and the Indo-Pacific

[CSIS @CSIS]

On Monday at 10 am ET, the CSIS @JapanChair welcomes the @USAmbJapan Rahm Emanuel and the Japanese Ambassador to the United States Yamada Shigeo, to preview Prime Minister Kishida's upcoming visit to Washington, DC.

Register here: https://t.co/WtHgv0nMDn

[CSIS @CSIS]

On April 8th, the CSIS @JapanChair welcomes the @USAmbJapan Rahm Emanuel, and Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Yamada Shigeo for a conversation previewing Prime Minister Kishida's upcoming visit with President Biden.

Register here: https://t.co/WtHgv0nMDn

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

Since 2000, former DepSec State Richard Armitage and former Asst Scty of Defense Joseph Nye have periodically convened a bipartisan group of experts to chart an agenda for the U.S.-Japan alliance. Join us for the launch of a new report on April 4!
https://t.co/bmhEfm6Ukc

[CSIS Japan Chair @JapanChair]

@cb_johnstone testified before the U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission (@USCC_GOV) yesterday on China's Evolving Counter Intervention Capabilities and Implications for the United States and Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners.
Read more: https://t.co/aFr96Ayfpl

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

It was great to join @Eunjung_VOA, @VOANews and Amb Jeffrey yesterday for a discussion of alliances, burdensharing, and deterrence in East Asia. Watch here!

https://t.co/tQ5H1mkD9D

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

My latest, with Jim Schoff: Tokyo has embarked on an ambitious defense strategy, and it’s time for the next step in U.S.-Japan alliance transformation: modernizing its command and control architecture. We offer a concrete blueprint for doing so.
https://t.co/1idSOs3PKO

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

Check out the first installment of CSIS' 2024 Global Forecast. Lots of great essays. @CharlesEdel and I argue that the role of allies is critical to sustaining deterrence in a year of potential American distraction.
https://t.co/lVNyryKMRf

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

This year is the 30th anniversary of the US-Jpn Security Seminar, hosted annually by CSIS. The alliance has come a long way--from a period of uncertainty and drift, Jpn today is easily the most impt partner for the US in the region. Check out our event:
https://t.co/OMRwTpTMLY

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

Privilege to collaborate with Jude Blanchette and @gdp1985 on this piece. The economic and financial impacts of a cross-strait crisis, some of which would unfold before hostilities, are not well understood. This piece sets out some broad conclusions.
https://t.co/RM4WKRyxw2

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

A warm congratulations to Amb Tomita Koji @JapanEmbDC , who is approaching the end of his time as Japan's Ambassador to the United States. Just the right person at a consequential time in the U.S.-Japan relationship. You'll be missed!

[Chris Johnstone @cb_johnstone]

It was a pleasure to join @Eunjung_VOA and @snydersas for a discussion of the APEC meetings, the U.S.-ROK alliance, and trilateral relations with Japan. Check it out here!

https://t.co/fzjyEmXVCJ