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September 2, 2019 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Japan hosted the G20 Osaka Summit at the end of June 2019, and the world promptly forgot about it and moved on. That is not a failure, at […]

Benjamin L. Self

"Belt and Road" Initiative, G20, Osaka Summit, Osaka Track, Shinzo Abe
August 29, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (August 2019)

In the middle of 2019, Chinese experts assessed Sino–US relations under the Trump administration and explored the implications of the United States’ competitive approach to China for China’s […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 5G, Doklam crisis, Indo-Pacific strategy, US-China trade war
August 28, 2019 Special Forum
Introduction

The G20 summit will easily pass into oblivion for its collective agenda, but it should long be remembered for its bilateral and trilateral summits and one that failed […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, G20 summit, US-China trade war
August 28, 2019 Special Forum
Abe’s Korea Policy

Sandwiched around the G20 Osaka summit were Abe’s “honeymoon” with Trump, called the best relationship ever with the United States, and Abe’s “nightmare” with Moon Jae-in, called the […]

Gilbert Rozman

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, G20 summit, GSOMIA, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US-China trade war, value diplomacy
August 28, 2019 Special Forum
Moon’s Failed Balancing Act

The mood was decidedly upbeat in South Korea around this time last year: following the “historic summit” between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore, many praised Moon […]

Eun A Jo

“No Japan” movement, G20 summit, GSOMIA, Korea Passing, nuclear diplomacy, Panmunjom handshake, THAAD, US-China trade war
August 28, 2019 Special Forum
Trump’s Illusions

In the eyes of US observers, the G20 summit was more a series of bilateral meetings than a multilateral summit, more a prelude to Trump’s visit to the […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, G20 summit, History Wars, nuclear diplomacy
August 28, 2019 Special Forum
Modi’s Middle Way

How many acronyms can one invent to signal a country’s foreign policy interests? Many, if you are Narendra Modi. The Indian prime minister recently spoke about an India-France […]

Constantino Xavier

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, Japan-America-India trilateral, non-alignment strategy, Russia-India-China trilateral, Security and Growth for All in the Region
August 19, 2019 Open Forum
Russia-China Relations in Central Asia: Why Is There a Surprising Absence of Rivalry?

Russia and China have been deepening their cooperation for the last quarter century. While the relationship has not reached the stage of a full-fledged alliance—both states refuse to […]

Marcin Kaczmarski

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Eurasian Economic Union, Greater Eurasia Partnership, New Silk Road, Polar Silk Road. Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt
August 19, 2019 Open Forum
Japan-US-India Defense Cooperation: Anticipating the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Other triangles keep drawing greater attention, but the US-Japan-India triangle has become the foundation of what is envisioned as the 21st century security framework involving the United States […]

Nagao Satoru*

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Asianism, free and open Indo-Pacific, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, the Quad, Trans-Pacific Partnership, US-China trade war
August 13, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (August 2019)

All roads ran through Washington in the late spring and early summer of 2019, even as Abe strove for a more autonomous role through hosting the G20, improving […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Asianism, free and open Indo-Pacific, G20, Huawei, Reiwa, Trump-Kim summit, US-China trade war