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August 11, 2014 Open Forum
The Asan Forum on the Occasion of Its First Anniversary

A new journal in a crowded field at a time when specialists on ongoing international relations in the Asia-Pacific are inundated with online information does not readily attract […]

Gilbert Rozman

August 11, 2014 Open Forum
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A Fading Star?

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) stands at a pivotal point in its history. On the one hand, the growing ties between Russia and China as well as the […]

Richard Weitz

Afghanistan, Central Asia, CICA, CSTO, energy, Eurasian Union, mutual reassurance, security threats, Ukraine
July 25, 2014 National Commentaries
US Perspective

"Sino-Russian Relations"   The Ukraine Crisis and the Future of Sino-Russian Relations President Vladimir Putin has described the improvement of relations with Beijing as one of his major […]

Jeffrey Mankoff

Anti-Western sentiment, Arms sales, Central Asia, CICA, Eurasian Union, financial sanctions, gas pipeline, naval maneuvers, revisionist axis, SCO, Ukraine
July 25, 2014 National Commentaries
French Perspective

"Sino-Russian Relations"   China-Russia Partnership: Perceptions in Beijing and Tokyo According to Beijing and Moscow, relations between China and Russia have never been better. One could argue, however, […]

Valerie Niquet

Balance of power, divergent threat perceptions, G2, Putin’s visit to Japan, Russia’s double game, soft balancing, Southeast Asia, the EU
July 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Chinese Perspective

"Sino-Russian Relations"   My View on Contemporary China-Russia Relations Since the beginning of 2014, the Ukrainian crisis has become the hottest international issue, captivating public attention from around […]

Feng Yujun*

BRICS, CICA, Gas deal, informal alliance, pivot to Asia, Ukraine
July 25, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2014)

New Russian articles suggest that South Korea’s foreign policy is more intriguing than previously anticipated. Explaining that there is talk today of forging a new system of global […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Gas deal, global governance, New Cold War, New Silk Road, SCO, Sino-Russian alliance, soft integration, threat from the West, Trustpolitik, Ukraine
July 11, 2014 Topics of the Month
Multilateralism in Northeast Asia – 2

No one has profited more from the decline of multilateralism in East Asia than North Korea. Russia’s international isolation and China’s simmering confrontation with Japan over the disputed […]

Sergey Radchenko

Central Asia, color revolutions, Eurasian Union vs. new silk road, islands to Japan, polarization vs. multilateralism, Putin-Xi summit, ROK promise to Russia, unequal trade
June 18, 2014 Review Article
‘Wronged by Empire: Post-Imperial Ideology and Foreign Policy in India and China’

Manjari Miller, Wronged by Empire: Post-Imperial Ideology and Foreign Policy in India and China (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013) As Asia emerges at the center of international […]

Han Minjeong*

June 18, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2014)

Regional Dynamics, the US Pivot, and Maritime Security Shi Jiazhu and Yu Lingling in Guoji guancha, No. 2, 2014 explain the US strategy in shifting the center of […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Central Asia, China’s maritime strategy, Japan-North Korea ties, Japanese militarism, peripheral diplomacy, Southeast Asia, strengthening the SCO, US offensive strategy
June 13, 2014 Open Forum
Why Values Matter in Australia’s Relations with China

Returning to Australia last year after five or six years away I had a Rip Van Winkle moment. Back in 2007, Wall Street was awash with cash, Europe […]

John Fitzgerald

Australia, Central Propaganda Bureau, immigrants, surveillance, trade-security linkage, UN Declaration of Human Rights, universal values