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September 10, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II: Problems Are Structural

On September 3, Beijing’s sky was “parade blue.” It was a rare day when the US embassy index indicated that the air quality was “good.” Following the “APEC […]

Takahara Akio*

70th Anniversary, National identity, nationalism
August 27, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II: This Triangle Will Not Take Shape

The argument in favor of a “Sino-Russian-North Korean” triangle in Northeast Asia rests on the notion that Beijing and Moscow need North Korea for reasons that outweigh their […]

Sergey Radchenko

Cold War, Iran nuclear deal, Regionalism, Six-Party Talks
August 18, 2015 Open Forum
Striking the Twenty-first Century Trade Agreement: The Case of Intellectual Property in the Trans-Pacific Partnership and US-Northeast Asian Economic Relations

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are reaching their final stage. There is a good chance that they will be concluded within a month or two. While this economic pact […]

June Park

Economic Relations, Intellectual property, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement, Trans-Pacific Partnership
August 18, 2015 Open Forum
Russia, China and the Emerging Greater Eurasia

Russia and China drawing together is an unmistakable phenomenon in today’s international relations. Is it a result of deteriorated Russo-US and Sino-US relations or does it have more […]

Alexander Lukin

Economic Relations, International law, National security, Silk Road Economic Belt, sovereignty, Ukraine crisis
August 18, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (August 2015)

Chinese articles in recent months have been unambiguous in asserting Chinese positions on issues in the forefront of international relations. They offer telling insights into the thinking behind […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Economic Relations, Middle Power Diplomacy, National security, Sino-US Relations
August 13, 2015 Open Forum
The Politics of “Struggling Co-evolution“: Trade, Power, and Vision in Vietnam’s Relations with China

China’s increasing presence, economically and militarily, has the potential to lead to a Chinese sphere of influence in which Southeast Asia is regarded as China’s “backyard.” For realist […]

Vu Truong-Minh*

Asymmetric trade, Great Mekong Sub-region, National security, South China Sea, Yarn Forward
August 13, 2015 Open Forum
Myanmar’s Liberalization and North Korea: Transforming “Outposts of Tyranny”? Lessons and Cautions

In Western popular parlance, North Korea and Myanmar have been inextricably linked through designate Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice’s memorable phrase, “outposts of tyranny.” The totalitarian/authoritarian nature of […]

David Steinberg

China, Cult of personality, Juche, Military, National identity, nationalism
August 13, 2015 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 3, No. 4)

The Cold War era is looking different from before in hindsight of the 2010s. The key breakthroughs in bilateral relations now seem less transformative, even to a degree […]

Editorial Staff

Abe-Obama summit, Japan-US relations, Regionalism, Sino-ROK Relations, unification
August 13, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario I: Five Reasons for a Positive Outcome

Unlike the old days when there was a Soviet Union and China and Japan were quasi-strategic allies, today the situation is different. As the world changes, the “good […]

Ren Xiao*

collective self-defense, Economic Relations, Regionalism, Territorial Disputes, Yachi Shotaro
August 4, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I: No Escape from Troubled Seesaw in Japan-China Relations

Japan’s relations with China for about two years from September 2012 were the worst they had been since normalization in 1972. In late 2014 and over the first […]

Takahara Akio*

EEZ, National security, Senkaku Islands