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August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Chinese views of Japanese history

Sino-Japanese relations have been on a downswing in recent years, despite resumed meetings between the leaders Xi Jinping and Abe Shinzo since late 2014. Strategic and territorial differences […]

Jin Linbo

East China Sea, militarism, Revisionism, South China Sea, Twenty-One Demands, WWII, Yasukuni
June 30, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum: Urgent Calls for a Common Agenda between Europe and Asia

The G7 summit in late May brought to the fore the question of cooperation across two continents under US leadership in the face of intensifying challenges from China […]

Editorial Staff

16 + 1, Chinese FDI, EAS, Extended deterrence, Great-power revanchism, Institution-building
June 30, 2016 Special Forum
Is the EU on the Same Page as the United States on China?

“There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.” Winston Churchill The European Union needs China, first and foremost, as an […]

Theresa Fallon

16 + 1, AIIB, Arbitration Tribunal, Checkbook diplomacy, EU-China Investment Agreement, Market Economy Status, MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, South China Sea
June 30, 2016 Special Forum
Leveraging America’s Asian Pivot to Reinforce the Transatlantic Alliance and Vice Versa

China’s rise is no longer a regional phenomenon but a global one, as the country “goes west” through its Belt & Road Initiative, waves of Chinese capital wash […]

Daniel Twining

Arc of Freedom and Prosperity, Free-riding, Japan-NATO cooperation, Japan-Russian relations, Principled neutrality, Self Defense Forces, US-Japan-Europe cooperation
June 30, 2016 Special Forum
The NATO vs. East Asian Models of Extended Nuclear Deterrence? Seeking a Synergy beyond Dichotomy

Amid North Korea’s apparent progress in its nuclear weapons program and China’s military build-up, including the modernization of its nuclear arsenal, experts and officials in East Asia, particularly […]

Michito Tsuruoka

DCA, DSC, EDD, NATO model, NPG, Nuclear allergy, Nuclear burden-sharing, Nuclear deterrence, Saber-rattling
June 30, 2016 Special Forum
The EU and China: The Search for Simplicity

The relationship between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a very significant one. Most people can agree at least on that. It is […]

Kerry Brown

High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue, Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong, Sustainability partner, Tienanmen Square arms embargo, UK-China relations
June 30, 2016 Special Forum
Regional Security Architecture in the Asia-Pacific: What Role for the EU?

Ever since the financial crisis crept from the United States to Europe in 2008, we have observed change in the international system, in general, and in Asia, in […]

Michael Reiterer

CBM, CICA, EAS, EU-China Connectivity, Global Strategy, Hegemon, Multipolarity, Revisionist foreign policy, Rule of law
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to Special Forum

The relationship between the United States and Japan has changed under Prime Minister Abe and President Obama not only becoming more robust bilaterally, but acquiring new significance in […]

Editorial Staff

Japan-US relations, South China Sea, trilateralism
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
Japan, China, and the United States in an Uncertain Asia

Since the territorial dispute erupted, there has been limited contact between the leaders of Japan and China. Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and President Xi Jinping have met only […]

Sheila A. Smith

Alliance Coordination Mechanism, Maritime Self-Defense Force, Senkaku Islands, State Oceanic Administration
April 29, 2016 Special Forum
The Japan-US-Russia Triangle in 2016

The Washington-Tokyo-Moscow triangle has intermittently drawn attention since the 1950s for its potential to shift Japan’s foreign policy and alter the course of great power balancing. Until the […]

Gilbert Rozman

2 + alpha, Abe-Putin courtship, G-7 sanctions, Hikiwake, Northern Territories, Ukraine