Charles Edel

Charles Edel is the Australia chair and a senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. During the Obama administration, he served as a member of the U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff.

Articles by Charles Edel
The main conference room inside the Situation Room complex at the White House in Washington, DC, 18 May 2007.
The main conference room inside the Situation Room complex at the White House in Washington, DC, 18 May 2007.

The U.S. Needs an Economic War Council for China
Argument
Charles Edel, Edward Fishman
Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Sheean
Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Sheean

China Has Only Itself to Blame for AUKUS
Argument
Charles Edel
A protester holds a Trump flag inside the U.S. Capitol building near the Senate chamber in Washington on Jan. 6.
A protester holds a Trump flag inside the U.S. Capitol building near the Senate chamber in Washington on Jan. 6.

The Founding Fathers Didn’t See This Coming
Review
Charles Edel
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Australia Is Having a Strategic Revolution, and It’s All About China
Argument
Zack Cooper, Charles Edel
Employees of the state guesthouse set up the flags of China and the United States for the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ahead of her meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing on June 29, 2008.
Employees of the state guesthouse set up the flags of China and the United States for the arrival of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ahead of her meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing on June 29, 2008.

The 5 Ways U.S.-China Competition Is Hardening
Argument
Charles Edel, Mira Rapp-Hooper
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