Looking Back on The Asan Forum, 2013-25, as Editor and Author
As my career at Princeton University reached its end, I was fortunate to be asked by the Asan Institute to launch The Asan Forum. As the bi-monthly, on-line […]
Gilbert Rozman
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The Evolution of Chinese Thinking, 1985-2025, about the Cold War in Asia
Since the end of the Cold War, historical memory has come to occupy a central place in thinking about international relations. Under the mindset of the postwar polarized […]
The Evolution of Russian Thinking, 1985-2025, about the Early Cold War in Asia
On May 9, 2025, Vladimir Putin commemorated the victory of the Soviet Union eighty years earlier, heralding its significance for Asia as well as Europe. On September 3, […]
The China-Russia-India Troika in 2025: The View from China
The China-Russia-India Troika in 2025: The View from China Gilbert Rozman Russia and India are the two biggest challenges, apart from the United States, to forging a Sinocentric […]
Five Upsurges in the Build-up of Sinocentrism: Connecting Shifts in Chinese Foreign Policy under Mao, Deng, Jiang, Hu, and Xi
This article focuses on five upsurges in Sinocentrism, the essence of Chinese strategic thinking toward Asia,1 since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The first in […]
Chinese and Russian Designs for the Latticework of Eurasia
Chinese and Russian Designs for the Latticework of Eurasia Gilbert Rozman What do BRICS (named after early members Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), the Shanghai Cooperation […]
Japanese Perceptions of China’s Response
Japanese have been closely following the response in China to the election within the LDP of Ishiba Shigeru as prime minister. Given a slew of problems in bilateral […]
How China Doubled Down on the Polarization of Northeast Asia
On April 25, 2024, Xi Jinping gave Secretary of State Blinken a choice between stability and a downward spiral in the Sino-US relationship. China’s call for “stability” came […]
Japanese Perceptions of the Threat from China
Japanese publications have long recognized that China poses a threat to their country. Lately, the threat has appeared more serious and more urgent. In this article, I try […]
Repulsing Challenges to Sinocentrism in Northeast Asia, 2017-2020
Repeatedly, over the period 2017 to 2020, China’s leaders felt challenged over their agenda for Northeast Asia, with plans for other arenas also disrupted. The THAAD deployment, the […]