The Air Force says its China think-tank will continue. It’s director says it’s basically dead.

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The Air Force says its China think-tank will continue. It’s director says it’s basically dead.

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The United States Air Force maintains that its China Aerospace Studies Institute can continue operations without civilian staff, a stance challenged by the institute's director Brendan Mulvaney as essentially non-credible. This highlights internal tensions regarding the think tank's operational viability.

The Air Force’s stance that the China Aerospace Studies Institute can function without civilian staff is “not credible,” its Brendan Mulvaney told Breaking Defense.

World Security Politics US Air Force China Aerospace Studies Institute Brendan Mulvaney think tank civilian staff US-China relations

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