The CSIS, together with Watson Wyatt, a consultancy, has produced an "ageing vulnerability index".
Glaser, the CSIS expert, said she believed Beijing would seek to avoid "destabilising actions", particularly with China set to host the G20 in September.
In 2003 she was a member of the CSIS commission that culminated in a $3.5 billion contract for the sale of 48 Lockheed Martin jet fighters to Poland.
The CSIS report thought Futenma the "best location on Okinawa", with Henoko the best of other options, suggesting the delay is of little concern to the Americans.
But some Canadians wonder if the case could not have been solved much earlier, or even averted, if the CSIS had not botched its part.
The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, run by the CSIS, says Vietnam has added about 120 acres (49 hectares) of land to its South China Sea holdings in recent years.
Bates Gill of the CSIS says the ousted health minister was "a breath of fresh air", who helped secure the release of an activist detained last year for revealing a secret document on the spread of HIV in China.
As Ms Glaser of the CSIS puts it, China still sees North Korea more as a strategic asset than a liability.If China is wrong, however, and a meltdown does occur, the risks are enormous.
Three countries in Iraq's immediate region face a particularly high level of risk: Syria: The CSIS report estimated that around 18% of foreign jihadists originate in Syria.
US Navy Lt Cmdr Wilson VornDick wrote in an analysis on the CSIS website: "It appears that China's building projects are part of an expansive territorial grab or to make China's disputed Nine-Dash Line claim a reality".
Source The CSIS report advocates a unified cybersecurity strategy across all risk sectors by leveraging all elements of national power.
