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November 17, 2015 Open Forum
China’s Anti-Fascist War Narrative: Seventy Years On and the War with Japan is Not Over Yet

In China, the war that ended with Japan’s surrender 70 years ago is known as the World Anti-Fascist War. Chinese communities in Melbourne and Sydney have been trying […]

John Fitzgerald

China, History, Japan, Nanjing Massacre, National identity, World Anti-Fascist War
November 13, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of China’s Fault II

In recent weeks there has been a palpable shift in the tenor of China-Japan relations. On November 1, Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Abe Shinzo met in […]

Amy King

Anti-Japanese sentiment, Commercialized media, National identity
October 23, 2015 Open Forum
Japan and the TPP Conclusion: Regional Order, Negotiations, and Domestic Adjustment

It took five and half years for 12 member states to reach general agreement over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which in encompassing 40 percent of the global economy […]

Terada Takashi*

China, Economic Relations, FTAAP, Regionalism, TPP
October 20, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2015)

Li Jiacheng and Li Ang in the August Taipingyang Xuebao analyzed security relations between Japan and India. Viewing the two countries having a shared dream of being great […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

ASEAN, Indo-Japanese relations, National security, One Belt One Road, Regionalism, South China Sea
October 20, 2015 Open Forum
Asia’s Southern Tier and Northern Tier

This article is in three parts: 1) an overview with comparisons; 2) an introduction to analysis of the Southern Tier centered on ASEAN, Australia, and India; and 3) […]

Gilbert Rozman

ASEAN, Regionalism, Sino-Russian Relations, triangularity
October 20, 2015 Open Forum
A Theoretical Explanation of the Evolving Northeast Asian Architecture: The “Incompleteness” of Sovereignty

Current literature on international relations theory is helpful in explaining Northeast Asian regional politics, but falls short. We witness the rising tension between the United States and China […]

Chun Chaesung*

Incomplete Sovereignty, International relations theory, Power-maximizer, US-China rivalry
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum

Xi Jinping, indisputably, is the most consequential Chinese leader since the period of Deng Xiaoping. Much has been written, usually from a short-term perspective, about how he is […]

Editorial Staff

Century of humiliation, China Dream, international rule of law, National identity
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Xi Jinping Compared to Deng Xiaoping: Two Consequential Leaders of China

An Interview with Ezra Vogel, September 28, 2015 Author of the preeminent biography of Deng Xiaoping, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, Ezra Vogel agreed to draw […]

Ezra Vogel

Century of humiliation, hegemony, National identity, Regionalism
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Xi Jinping as Historian: Marxist, Chinese, Nationalist, Global

“Only by having a correct recognition of history can it be possible for us to open up a better future. … Forgetting history signifies betrayal.”1 In February 2014, […]

Alison Kaufman

China Dream, China's national rejuvenation, Chinese history, Chineseness, National identity, Victory Day
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Xi Jinping’s Impact on China’s Legal Development: Domestic and International

When Xi Jinping came to the United States for a state visit in September 2015, questions about China’s posture toward the rule of law, domestically and internationally, were […]

Jacques deLisle

Legalist repression, National identity, Rule of law, Top-down government, UNCLOS