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July 19, 2013 Special Forum
A New Cold War? Introduction to the July Special Forum

With this first issue of The Asan Forum, we post our first Special Forum, five articles that address different aspects of a single overarching theme on Asian international […]

Editorial Staff

infographics, New Cold War
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
Another Cold War in Asia?

The biggest strategic challenge for policymakers in the Asia-Pacific is the peaceful integration of China into the international order. Within three decades, China has transformed from a rural […]

Michishita Narushige*

Arms Race, Australia, New Cold War, Sino-US Relations, Southeast Asia, Trade
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
Is an Economic Cold War Emerging in Asia?

For the past 35 years, as China’s economic development accelerated in the post-Mao period, US policy towards the Asia-Pacific was aimed at fostering an environment that would gradually […]

Scott W. Harold

Beijing Consensus, FTAs, Investment, New Cold War, TPP, Trade, Washington Consensus
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
National Identity and Changing Great Power Relations in the Asia-Pacific: Is a Cold War Emerging?

International relations in the Asia-Pacific have long been driven and dominated by great power politics. Despite the growing significance of smaller nations and regional organizations in East Asian […]

Rex Li

Democratic Peace Theory, Global Financial Crisis, Japan as a Normal Power, Maritime Power, New Cold War, Strategic Encirclement
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
Cold War in Asia? China, Russia, and Asian Security

Although the Cold War ended by 1991, commentators, experts, and others repeatedly invoke this metaphor at any sign of great power tension. 1 Since the United States and […]

Stephen Blank

Arms Race, Central Asia, Cold War, India, New Cold War, Sino-Russian Relations, Southeast Asia
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
China and the United States Might Not Be Heading for a “New Cold War”

A broad range of issues is plaguing Sino-US relations in 2013. Strategic prospects might now be grimmer than at any time since the normalization of bilateral relations in […]

Zhu Feng*

Military Modernization, New Cold War, Rebalancing, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes