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June 23, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2015)

In Heping yu Fazhan, no. 2, 2015, Li Hongcai and Yang Guanghai took a broad view of security in Asia, citing Xi Jinping’s May 21, 2014 statement on […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

constructivism, SCO, Sino-ROK Relations, Sino-US Relations
June 17, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Randall Schriver’s essay “US-China Military-to-Military Relations in 2015: The Negative Indicators” sets a high bar for assessing the question of US-China mil-mil relations in 2015. He correctly notes […]

Scott W. Harold

June 12, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario I: This Triangle Will Take Shape

In the period 1949-1989, the Northern Triangle comprised of China, the Soviet Union, and North Korea played a formidable role in a hot war and then in the […]

Gilbert Rozman

US Pivot to Asia
May 26, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I

Many analysts are quick to say that 2014 was a positive year for the US-China military-to-military (mil-mil) relationship. Those same analysts likely see positive trends continuing this year. […]

Randall Schriver

ADIZ, Asia for the Asians
May 26, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario I

After a 2014 filled with both symbolically and practically important developments in US-China military-to-military relations, what does 2015 hold for ties between the two countries’ armed forces? Is […]

Scott W. Harold

Cobra Gold, RIMPAC
May 18, 2015 Topics of the Month
The Impact of Xi Jinping’s Governance of China – Ⅲ

Xi Jinping’s latest book, The Governance of China, is popping up in odd places. It was prominently displayed on Facebook-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s desk when he entertained China’s Internet […]

William A. Callahan

China Dream, Personality Cult, Two Centenary Goals
May 18, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (May 2015)

Preparations for the May 9 Victory Day celebrations showcased Russia’s relations in Asia more than in Europe despite the fact that May 9 has long been recognized as […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

EEC, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, Ukraine
May 12, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2015)

In Waijiao pinglun, no. 2, Xiong Lili and Pan Yu analyze Russia’s predicament in Europe, discerning elements of both continuity and discontinuity in the Ukrainian situation. In order […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

AIIB, Maritime Silk Road, New Cold War, Sino-Japanese Relations, US strategic encirclement
April 30, 2015 Open Forum
Mongolia’s Dilemma: A Politically Linked, Economically Isolated Small Power

Mongolia operates under the geopolitical and economic forces of rising China, reactive Japan and Russia, and retrenching America. It strives to preserve its nomadic, democratic, and Buddhist identities […]

Mendee Jargalsaikhan

Abegeopolitics, Khaan Quest, Mongolia
April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Four “Middle Power” Pivots to Asia

In this cluster of four articles on pivots to Asia, we expand the range covered in the Special Forum on pivots to Asia posted in the final issue […]

Editorial Staff

Middle Powers, National security, Sino-Russia rebalance, US-China rebalance