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October 6, 2016 National Commentaries
Seoul’s THAAD decision and its implications for China-ROK relations

On the heels of China’s approval of tougher sanctions on North Korea—following Pyongyang’s fourth nuclear test—there was, for a moment, a sense that China’s policy on Korea was […]

Eun A Jo

Ballistic Missiles, China-South Korea relations, Nuclear Test, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, SLBM, THAAD, US-South Korean relations
October 6, 2016 National Commentaries
ASEAN’s Divided Approach to China’s Rise

In a speech marking the 25th anniversary of the establishment of ASEAN-China dialogue relations earlier this month, Chinese premier Li Keqiang offered an unsurprisingly positive view of the […]

Prashanth Parameswaran

1Malaysia Development Berhad, ASEAN-China relations, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, One Belt One Road, South China Sea
October 6, 2016 National Commentaries
Can Australia Say “No”?

Growing trade and investment between their highly complementary economies ensures that Australia and China have a common interest in maintaining healthy bilateral relations. To be sure, Canberra and […]

John Fitzgerald

China-Australia relations, Foreign donations, Foreign Investment, Political Institutions, South China Sea
September 22, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

China-Russia relations appear to have gained considerable momentum in recent years. A think tank report published this year, co-authored by Russian and Chinese experts, argues that, in the […]

Brian G. Carlson

Eurasian Economic Union, One Belt One Road, Power of Siberia, Russia Far East, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Siberia, THAAD, US hegemony
September 22, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Below I respond to the negative scenario for Sino-Russian relations, as presented by Brian Carlson, and attempt to discern the most realistic outcome for how this relationship will […]

Gregory Shtraks

Eurasian Economic Union, G20, One Belt One Road, Russia Far East, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, US hegemony
September 22, 2016 Review Article
Chinese Perspectives on Economic Diplomacy

With China’s growing economic (and political) clout, economic diplomacy has become an important tool in Chinese foreign policy. Beijing has provided extensive inducements in the form of aid […]

Audrye Wong

ASEAN, Asian Infrastructural Investment Bank, One Belt One Road, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum

Not long ago, there was talk of the “end of history,” as if the post-Cold War era gave the nations of the world—especially dynamic East Asia—a compelling opportunity […]

Editorial Staff

Cold War, imperialism, militarism, Sinocentrism, Territorial Disputes, WWII
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
South Korean views of Chinese history

Residents of both the ROK and the PRC often invoke their respective nation’s millennia-old history as an integral part of their identity and worldview. One might find, therefore, […]

Kirk W. Larsen

Arirang, Dano Festival/Duanwujie, Koguryo/Gaogouli dispute, Northeast Project, Paektu/Changbai, THAAD, UNESCO, Yanbian Farmers' Dance
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Chinese views of South Korean history

On August 3, Beijing ribao depicted THAAD as not aimed at defending against North Korea, but rather splitting China from South Korea.1 On August 7, Huanqiu shibao depicted […]

Gilbert Rozman

China Dream, Cold War, communism, Koguryo, Korean War, Multipolarity, Northeast Project, regional order, Sinocentrism, Trustpolitik
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 […]

(Tokyo University)

East China Sea, militarism, Revisionism, South China Sea, Twenty-One Demands, WWII, Yasukuni