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 […]
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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, […]
Introduction
Special Forum: Introduction The China-India-Russia Troika in the Summer of 2025 in the Context of Middle East Turmoil, Trump’s Tariffs, and the Trump-Putin Summit In August 2025, great […]
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 […]
India, Russia, and the Evolving Dynamics in the Middle East
India, Russia and the Evolving Dynamics in the Middle East Nivedita Kapoor Tumultuous developments in the Middle East in 2025 have occurred against the background of stirrings in […]
Middle East Crises Highlight Constrained Russia-China-India Cooperation
Middle East Crises Highlight Constrained Russia-China-India Cooperation Richard Weitz, Hudson Institute1 The Middle East has experienced waves of conflicts since the Hamas terrorist organization attacked Israel in October […]
Introduction
In conjunction with the publication of Xi Jinping’s Quest for a Sinocentric Asia, 2013-2024, a book drawn from articles posted in The Asan Forum, this Special Forum explores […]
The Collapse of the US-led World Order: China Gains Ground but Not Ready to Replace It
President Trump has upended the US-led post-World War II world order. Beijing watched almost in disbelief as Trump chaotically and with shocking speed withdrew the US from multilateral […]
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 […]