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June 30, 2016 Special Forum
Regional Security Architecture in the Asia-Pacific: What Role for the EU?

Ever since the financial crisis crept from the United States to Europe in 2008, we have observed change in the international system, in general, and in Asia, in […]

Michael Reiterer

CBM, CICA, EAS, EU-China Connectivity, Global Strategy, Hegemon, Multipolarity, Revisionist foreign policy, Rule of law
June 16, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from the United States: Defending Camelot

President Obama’s final G7 summit meeting occurred against the backdrop of a world in which the core values espoused by the G7—democracy, the free-market economy, and respect for […]

Frank Jannuzi

Brexit, Consensus-building, International norms, Musudan IRBM, TPP, UNCLOS Tribunal, US nuclear deterrence
June 15, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2016)

In the spring of 2016, Chinese analysts considered the repercussions of North Korea’s latest nuclear test. They assessed the prospects for China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) policy, […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

Afghan reconstruction, Cuban missile crisis, enuclearization, Japanese intervention, Sino-Iranian relations, SLOC, Sustainable security, THAAD
May 18, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Indo-Pacific Military Ties

Editorial Staff

April 28, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Indonesia

On March 20, 2016, a Chinese coastguard vessel intruded into Indonesia’s territorial sea near the Natuna Besar Island, the largest island in Indonesia’s Natuna Islands located in the […]

Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto

code of conduct, Illegal fishing, Indonesian-Sino March confrontation, Nine-dash line, sovereignty
April 19, 2016 Open Forum
Russia-Southeast Asia Relations: In China’s Shadow?

From May 19-20, the leaders of Southeast Asia nations will convene for the Russia-ASEAN summit at the Black Sea resort of Sochi to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of […]

Vitaly Kozyrev

APEC, EAS, EEU, regional security architecture, Russian Far East
April 19, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2016)

In early 2016, Chinese articles assessed Japanese relations with Myanmar, ASEAN’s South China Sea policy, and China–ASEAN relations. They considered South Korea’s new policies toward Japan and the […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

Arctic policy, ASEAN-Chinan relations, Japan-Myanmar relations, Maritime security, NPT, South China Sea
April 7, 2016 Open Forum
Mongolia’s Place in China’s Periphery Diplomacy

Under President Xi Jinping, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has reprioritized the country’s peripheral relations within its larger foreign policy portfolio. This marks a break with foreign […]

Jeffrey Reeves

Comprehensive strategic partnership, One Belt One Road, peripheral diplomacy, Steppe Road Initiative
March 10, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Gilbert Rozman has good reason to be skeptical about the Russian Far East (RFE). In my first installment, I advanced a similar argument that the root cause of […]

Artyom Lukin

Sino-Russian Relations
February 22, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum

The tension around the South China Sea has shown no sign of diminishing. China keeps flexing its muscles, as aircraft land on newly built runways on artificial islands […]

Editorial Staff

hedging, US alignment