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February 19, 2019 Special Forum
Introduction

As the 2010s draw to a close, the special character of the Sino-Russian-US great power triangle is on vivid display and hints can be detected that its nature […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, America First, China Dream, Donald Trump, Sino-Russian alliance, US-Japan alliance, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping
February 19, 2019 Special Forum
Military Aspects of the Russo-Chinese Alliance: A View from the United States

Recent official US statements postulate Sino-Russian enmity towards the US.1 Moreover, they rightly highlight an unprecedentedly close alignment of these two states against the US.2  In other words […]

Stephen Blank

BRI, C4ISR, FONOPs, INF Treaty, Northern Sea Route, Sino-Russian alliance, South China Sea, UNCLOS, Vostok 2018
February 19, 2019 Special Forum
Korea:A Bone of Contention or a Chance for Cooperation? A View from Russia

Due to the unprecedented crisis on the Korean Peninsula in 2016-2017, China and Russia drew closer on Korean affairs and became united in opposition to the US policy […]

Georgy Toloraya

CVID, double freeze, FFVD, Singapore Summit, Six-Party Talks, THAAD, turn to the East, Vietnam summit
February 19, 2019 Special Forum
The Sino-Russia-US Strategic Triangle: A View from China

Four schools of thought can be detected in Chinese publications on Sino-Russian relations and the Sino-Russian-US triangle. One school is to double-down on the “quasi-alliance” versus the shared […]

Gilbert Rozman

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Eurasian Economic Union, One Belt One Union, Silk Road Economic Belt
February 19, 2019 Special Forum
The Sino-Russian-US Triangle and Northeast Asia: A View from Japan

While there are various perspectives within Japan, here I set forth an individual viewpoint and analyze international politics as a long-time researcher of Russia. First, I couch my […]

Hakamada Shigeki

Aleksandr III, free and open Indo-Pacific, INF Treaty, NATO, Northern Territories, Senkaku Islands, TPP
February 14, 2019 Open Forum
The 1954 Geneva Conference on Korea: From Armistice to Stalemate

For fifty days in 1954, many of the Cold War’s preeminent figures met in Geneva to deal with “the Korean question,” how to reunite and bring peace to […]

Mark Tokola

Armistice, Geneva Conference, Kim Il-sung, Korean War, Syngman Rhee
February 7, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (January 2019)

Sino-Russian relations remain the bedrock of Moscow’s Asia policy, as reaffirmed by when the Russian ambassador to China recounted at the start of 2019 how relations had been […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, EEU, G20, Greater Eurasia, INF Treaty, SCO, Trump-Kim summit, turn to the East
January 31, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (January 2019)

The end of 2018 and the first weeks of 2019 saw the South Korean media obsessed with North Korea and its diplomacy with the United States and China. […]

Kim Kimberly

G20, Panmunjom Declaration, Pyongyang Declaration, Trump-Kim summit, Xi-Kim summit
December 30, 2018 Open Forum
Japan’s Debates on Russia and China: What is New in the Final Months of 2018?

Japan’s relations with China and Russia have shifted in important ways in the final months of 2018, but each bilateral relationship needs to be differentiated into multiple dimensions. […]

Gilbert Rozman

December 27, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (December 2018)

The last part of 2018 was marked by the hopeful aftermath of the Abe-Xi summit and the new push by Abe and Putin to resolve the long-lingering dispute […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, America First, APEC, East Asia Summit, free and open Indo-Pacific, Korea boom, Tokyo Strategy 2018