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June 24, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2020)

In the spring of 2020, Chinese analysts began to grapple with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the future world order, Sino–US relations, and China’s relations with […]

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

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 2008 Financial Crisis, AIIB, COVID-19, Japan-South Korea relations
January 20, 2020 Special Forum
The Case of Xi Jinping

In January 1980, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping gathered senior cadres from the upper reaches of the country’s political system to discuss "the present situation and the tasks before […]

Jude Blanchette

"Belt and Road" Initiative, AIIB, community of common destiny, Global Financial Crisis, national rejuvenation, New Development Bank, Xi Jinping
February 21, 2019 Open Forum
North Korea’s Regional Integration: An Enduring Dilemma for China, South Korea, and the United States

North Korea’s integration into the regional community has emerged as a key point of realignment in Sino-South Korean relations since the 2016-2017 fallout over US Terminal High Altitude […]

See-Won Byun

AIIB, America First, New Northern Policy, One Belt One Road, Panmunjom Declaration, Sunshine Policy, THAAD, TPP
October 8, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2018)

Setting aside the rush of publications on China and North Korea—from Abe’s October visit to China to Japan’s response to plans for a new Trump-Kim summit—this report covers […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, ARF, BRI, BRICS, comfort women, EEF, free and open Indo-Pacific, Sharp power, the Quad, US-China trade war
July 24, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2018)

Zero-sum reasoning prevailed in Russian writings. The United States is the enemy, and it must be weakened, which authors take satisfaction is happening. A contradictory approach to Trump […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

AIIB, BRI, CVID, EEU, Khasan-Rajin railway, SCO, Trump-Kim summit
July 2, 2018 National Commentaries
An Australian Perspective

Donald Trump’s disruptive impact on US alliance management was exemplified by two sets of public comments earlier in June 2018. The president’s public condemnation of Justin Trudeau as […]

Andrew O’Neil

AIIB, BRI, China-Australia FTA, Five Eyes, NATO, Rules-based order
June 20, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2018)

In the spring of 2018, Chinese experts reacted to the Kim–Trump summit and evaluated the prospects for resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis, assessed South Korea’s role in […]

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

AIIB, BRI, Kim-Trump summit, South China Sea, THAAD, US-South Korea alliance
May 21, 2018 Open Forum
From Friend to Foe-ish: Washington’s Negative Turn on the Belt and Road Initiative

Despite its status as a Pacific power, the United States has been somewhat peripheral to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) since the latter’s inception in late 2013. […]

Joel Wuthnow

"Belt and Road" Initiative, ADB, AIIB, Indo-Pacific strategy, the Quad, Trans-Pacific Partnership, World Bank
November 4, 2017 Special Forum
The Trajectory of Chinese Foreign Policy: From Reactive Assertiveness to Opportunistic Activism

In recent years, particularly since Xi Jinping’s ascension to power, it has become commonplace for journalists and experts in the United States to describe China’s external behavior as […]

Ryan Hass

19th Party Congress, AIIB, BRI, BRICS, communist party, Xi Jinping
October 23, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2017)

In the summer of 2017, Chinese analysts continued to evaluate Chinese policy toward North Korea and attempted to understand the Trump administration’s policy toward China and the broader […]

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

AIIB, America First, BRI, Nuclear Suppliers’ Group, THAAD, US-South Korea-Japan trilateralism