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November 4, 2019 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

Every September Vladimir Putin holds a forum in Vladivostok with at least three goals in mind: 1) to propel the development of the Russian Far East; 2) to […]

Gilbert Rozman

Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasianism, G20 summit, Russian Far East. APEC summit, turn to the East
November 4, 2019 National Commentaries
An Indian Perspective

In September 2019, Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Russia’s Far East. He travelled to Vladivostok to give the keynote at the Eastern Economic […]

Tanvi Madan

"Belt and Road" Initiative, BRICS, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasian Economic Union, free and open Indo-Pacific, Shanghai Cooperation Organization
October 31, 2019 Open Forum
Asian Missiles on the March

In his Asian tour in August, US defense secretary Mark Esper said that he would like to deploy new ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia as soon as possible. […]

Richard Weitz

anti-access/area denial, GSOMIA, INF Treaty, New START Treaty, No First Use policy, THAAD
October 18, 2019 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 5

No topic stirred as much interest in DC think tanks as the US-Japan-South Korean triangle. In the background loomed North Korea, leading to overlapping interest in the Sino-North […]

Editorial Staff

Act East Policy, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, New Southern Policy, Trump-Kim summit, US-China trade war, US-ROK alliance
October 16, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2019)

Japanese foreign policy drew increased criticism in the summer of 2019. On the left, there were harsh critiques of Abe’s diplomatic failures with Russia and North Korea (both […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, "Hate Korea”, GSOMIA, INF Treaty, Trump-Kim summit, US-China trade war, US-ROK alliance
August 28, 2019 Special Forum
Modi’s Middle Way

How many acronyms can one invent to signal a country’s foreign policy interests? Many, if you are Narendra Modi. The Indian prime minister recently spoke about an India-France […]

Constantino Xavier

"Belt and Road" Initiative, free and open Indo-Pacific, Japan-America-India trilateral, non-alignment strategy, Russia-India-China trilateral, Security and Growth for All in the Region
August 19, 2019 Open Forum
Russia-China Relations in Central Asia: Why Is There a Surprising Absence of Rivalry?

Russia and China have been deepening their cooperation for the last quarter century. While the relationship has not reached the stage of a full-fledged alliance—both states refuse to […]

Marcin Kaczmarski

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Eurasian Economic Union, Greater Eurasia Partnership, New Silk Road, Polar Silk Road. Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt
July 29, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2019)

Russian authors continued to show a preference for big questions. What is the character of the transformation under way in Northeast Asia? How has history been altered by […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Great Eurasian Partnership, Osaka Summit, Silk Road Economic Belt, Trump-Kim summit, Yellow Umbrella Movement
June 25, 2019 Special Forum
Democratization, National Identity, and Foreign Policy in Mongolia in 2019

Democracy came to Mongolia in the aftermath of the Cold War as one of the uplifting success stories of that era, and it has survived for three decades […]

Mendee Jargalsaikhan

color revolution, electoral democracy, Mongolian People’s Party, Third neighbors
June 20, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2019)

In the spring of 2019, Chinese experts assessed China’s relations with the United States and Russia forty years after reform and opening began. They also evaluated China–Japan–South Korea […]

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

Cold War, Diaoyutai/Senkaku, Dokdo /Takeshima, freedom of navigation, South China Sea, trilateralism, US-Japan alliance