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March 25, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (March 2016)

Vladimir Lukin, after explaining shortcomings of the United States, wrote in Rossiia v Global’noi Politike, no. 1, about his conceptions of China and India. He praised Deng Xiaoping […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

EEU, Russian Far East, Silk Road Economic Belt, Sino-US Relations, TPP
February 22, 2016 Open Forum
Honeymoons Gone Awry: Abe-Putin, Putin-Xi, and Park-Xi

The term “honeymoon” has been used for three bilateral relationships in Northeast Asia, and there remains some uncertainty whether it still applies today. It gained popularity following what […]

Gilbert Rozman

Honeymoon
February 22, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2016)

At the end of 2015 and the start of 2016, Chinese journal articles were assessing the foreign policy of South Korea to North Korea and Japan in fast-changing […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Japanese expansion, Maritime Silk Road, North Korean nuclear program, US containment
February 4, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario (Synopsis of Japanese Sources)

Xi Jinping’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, even more than Barack Obama’s “rebalance,” is a bold reconceptualization of the economic, geopolitical, and regional identity of Asia. The positive […]

Gilbert Rozman

ASEAN, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Asian infrastructure investments, Asian Regionalism, China's hub-and-spokes system, Japan-China competition, One Belt One Road, One Road"
January 29, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
China’s New Silk Roads

Editorial Staff

January 29, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Implications for Asian Regionalism and Late Development

In September 2013, President Xi Jinping, while visiting Kazakhstan, announced the new “Silk Road Economic Belt” initiative. In October 2013, during his visit to Indonesia, Xi proposed to […]

Min Ye

Asian Regionalism, Economic Relations, New Silk Road Strategy, One Belt One Road, Trans-Pacific Partnership
December 23, 2015 Special Forum
Mongolia Hangs in the Balance: Political Choices and Economic Realities

Year 2015 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Mongolia’s democratic revolution. Ever since it escaped the protective embrace of its northern neighbor, Mongolia maintained an astute foreign policy, pursuing […]

Sergey Radchenko

Economic Relations, Good Neighbor policy, Khalkin Gol Battle of 1939, Neutrality, Regionalism, third neighbor policy
December 23, 2015 Special Forum
Russia, China, and Central Asia: Time for Decision

When the Soviet Union disintegrated, one might have expected Central Asia to become a natural region of rivalry between Moscow, which could no longer exercise formal political control […]

Richard Weitz

Arab Spring, EEU, Regionalism, Silk Road Economic Belt, Uighur militancy
December 23, 2015 Special Forum
Sino-Russian Defense Relations Intensify

Between 1991 and 2006, Russian arms sales to China grew tremendously, as China eagerly sought to upgrade its military capabilities by incorporating advanced Russian military equipment and technology. […]

Paul Schwartz

Bilateral arms trade, Chinese self-sufficiency, Maritime military, National security, Peace Mission exercises, R&D, Western sanctions
December 18, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario for Modi’s India “Acts East” Take Two: What Should It Be?

Without getting into a quibble with Mr. Twinning’s analysis, parts of which I respectfully disagree with, allow me to use this opportunity to rather take a long view […]

Manish Tewari

Indian exceptionalism, Indo-Japan relations, National security, Neighborhood diplomacy, Regionalism