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September 5, 2017 National Commentaries
A Japanese Perspective

With no end in sight for North Korea to back down from its hardline military stance, and continued worries about Chinese aggression in the region, there is no […]

Shihoko Goto

Abe Shinzo, AIIB, Pax Americana, TPP
July 29, 2017 Special Forum
Japan in Asia’s Southern Tier

One of the notable features of Japanese foreign policy since Prime Minister Abe Shinzo returned to power in December 2012 has been its robust engagement with the countries […]

Tatsumi Yuki*

Abe Shinzo, ADB, AIIB, BRI, Donald Trump, Fukuda Doctrine, ODA, TPP, trilateralism
April 24, 2017 Special Forum
The Case of China

In the shadow of the recent summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, onlookers are eager for clues to the future of Sino–US relations and US policy in […]

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

AIIB, cultural diplomacy, Dalai Lama, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, OBOR, RCEP, Scarborough Shoal, separatism, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, THAAD, Tibet, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit, US-Japan Security Treaty, Uyghur, Xinjiang
April 17, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2017)

In early 2017, Chinese experts reacted to the Trump–Xi summit and assessed the broader implications of Trump’s election for the future of the world order—which Chinese observers widely […]

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

AIIB, North Korea, OBOR, RCEP, South China Sea, THAAD, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit, US-China Comprehensive Dialogue
February 2, 2017 National Commentaries
A Chinese Perspective

Since Donald Trump took office last month, people everywhere have been concerned that US foreign policy could experience far-reaching change; the regional strategic situation in the Asia Pacific […]

Guan Guihai

Abe Shinzo, AIIB, Arms trade, ASEAN, Diaoyu islands, East Asia Summit, East China Sea, freedom of navigation, GSOMIA, military buildup, Obama, One Belt One Road, pivot to Asia, protectionism, RCEP, rebalance to Asia, Scarborough Shoal, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, trade liberalization, trade wars, Trump, Tsai Ing-wen, US alliances, Xi Jinping
December 13, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (November)

Two themes dominated the news in November: the “shock” of the election of Donald Trump, which is covered separately in a Special Forum article, and the “anticipation” of […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, ASEAN, comfort women, East China Sea, energy, G20, GSOMIA, Hikiwake, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Northern Territories, Russian Far East, sanctions, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, THAAD, theater missile defense, trilateralism, Trump administration, two islands plus alpha
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
South Korea’s Realignment in 2016: Opportunities, Changes, and Challenges

Since its fourth nuclear test on January 6, 2015, North Korea has been showing off its nuclear capability to acquire the status of a nuclear state. Its parade […]

Shin Beomchul*

4thnuclear test, 5th nuclear test, AIIB, Denuclearization, GSOMIA, human rights, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Middle Power Diplomacy, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Park Geun-hye, Six-Party Talks, strategic patience, THAAD, Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula, Trustpolitik, UNSCR 2270
June 30, 2016 Special Forum
Is the EU on the Same Page as the United States on China?

“There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them.” Winston Churchill The European Union needs China, first and foremost, as an […]

Theresa Fallon

16 + 1, AIIB, Arbitration Tribunal, Checkbook diplomacy, EU-China Investment Agreement, Market Economy Status, MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, South China Sea
June 22, 2016 Open Forum
China and the Evolving World Order: A Stakeholder or a Revolutionary Power?

China’s rapid rise has raised the question if China is a stakeholder or a dissatisfied revolutionary power to advance its alternative visions. This article argues that although China […]

Suisheng Zhao

AIIB, Bretton Woods, Institution-building, OBOR, Reformist, Revisionist, sovereignty, Tianxia
April 29, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Reconciling Alternative Scenarios

One Belt and One Road, hereafter the new Silk Roads, is a Chinese initiative to connect different parts of regions in Asia. As a newly launched ambitious program […]

Min Ye

ADB, AIIB, Asian Financial Crisis