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The Japanese Government’s Shifting Rhetoric about Taiwan and Its Significance
As Kishida Fumio assumes the leadership of the LDP and the position of prime minister, one of the most pressing questions about the veteran foreign minister’s thinking toward […]
Japan’s New Security Posture and Its Implications for Taiwan
In 2021 talk of conflict over Taiwan has grown to an unprecedented level, both in Japan and the United States. Bilateral plans for responding to Chinese coercion have […]
Washington Insights Vol. 9, No. 3
All eyes were on the Biden administration in the first half of 2021. Through the winter it was ramping up through personnel decisions. From mid-March to late May […]
Chinese Views of Hegemony and Multilateralism in the Biden Era
Multilateralism was the driving theme of Xi Jinping’s 2021 World Economic Forum (WEF) speech in January, advancing his message there four years ago supporting economic globalization. Addressing post-pandemic […]
The US-Japan-ROK Trilateral in the Indo-Pacific Era: Strategic Alignment or Still in Flux?
After hitting rock bottom in the final years of the 2010s, prospects for the trilateral of the US-Japan-ROK have looked up in 2021, despite serious, lingering barriers. Four […]
Washington Insights, Vol. 9, No. 2
The months of March and April saw a revival of energetic exchanges on international affairs after the dulling effect of the past year of pandemic and the dark […]
Washington Insights, Vol. 9, No. 1
China This year is the kick-off for Xi’s reelection campaign in 2022 after the Party Congress and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CCP. Xi will […]
Biden’s Asia Policymakers
Despite credit given to Donald Trump for toughening US policy toward China and even trying a new approach to North Korea, his approach to the Indo-Pacific was roundly […]
The EU and China in 2021: Separate Discourses, Similar or Different Aims?
As the Biden administration seeks common ground across the Atlantic on China policy, it is timely to ask how similar or different are the objectives in the European […]