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December 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Malaysia

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made high-profile visits to China from October 18-21 and from October 31 to November 5, 2016, respectively. It […]

Kuik Cheng-Chwee*

1MDB, Aman Youyi, ASEAN, CARAT, Comprehensive strategic partnership, corruption, Duterte, enhanced defense cooperation agreement, Infrastructure, Najib Razak, One Belt One Road, Pacific Partnership, Philippines, RCEP, South China Sea, TPP, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, war on drugs
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Synopsis of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, September 23, 2016

In the early autumn of 2016, there were repeated seminars and exchanges in Seoul and Washington, DC on three interrelated topics: how to respond effectively to the North […]

Editorial Staff

4th nuclear test, 5th nuclear test, ASEAN, East Asia Summit, Eurasia Economic Union, G2, Maritime security, Maritime Silk Road, Nordpolitik, offshore balancing, One Belt One Road, RCEP, Silk Belt Economic Road, Sinocentrism, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, strategic patience, THAAD, TPP, Trustpolitik
October 26, 2016 Open Forum
Balancing China: Moving Beyond the Containment Fallacy

At a multinational defense forum with ASEAN nations’ defense ministers in late September, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter repeated his call for like-minded nations to “catalyze the […]

Adam P. Liff

ASEAN, China threat theory, containment, deep engagement, Maritime Security Initiative, rebalance, RIMPAC, Shangri-La 2016, South China Sea
October 18, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (October 2016)

Russian articles in the late summer of 2016 found multiple reasons to take heart. The Sino-US relationship appeared more troubled, opening more space for Russia. Plans for transit […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

ASEAN, BRICS, Eastern Economic Forum, EEU, G20, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea
October 18, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2016)

How did Abe’s meeting with Putin in Vladivostok contribute to a breakthrough in relations? How are growing tensions over the South China Sea (and divisiveness within ASEAN) and […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN, comfort women, G20, rebalance, SCO, Sino-Russian rapprochement, South China Sea, THAAD
October 14, 2016 Open Forum
Asian Security after US Hegemony: Spheres of Influence and the Third Wave of Regional Order

The Asian security landscape is unsettled. The region is quickly becoming multipolar. Hedging strategies—even by US allies—are now commonplace. Intra-regional trust remains low amid myriad territorial and strategic […]

Van Jackson

ASEAN, Cold War, imperialism, soft balancing, spheres of influence, THAAD
September 22, 2016 Review Article
Chinese Perspectives on Economic Diplomacy

With China’s growing economic (and political) clout, economic diplomacy has become an important tool in Chinese foreign policy. Beijing has provided extensive inducements in the form of aid […]

Audrye Wong

ASEAN, Asian Infrastructural Investment Bank, One Belt One Road, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea
August 29, 2016 Open Forum
A Chinese Take on India’s Eastward Strategy and Its Implications

India is rising, with growing economic power and expanding interests. India is not satisfied with being a dominant power in South Asia and the Indian Ocean. It is […]

CHU Shulong

APEC, ASEAN, ASEAN + 6, BRICS, East China Sea, One Belt One Road, One Road", RCEP, SCO, South China Sea
August 24, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: China (August 2016)

The Hague tribunal’s adjudication of the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines dominated Chinese foreign policy discussions in mid-2016. Chinese analysts also assessed relations with […]

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

Arunachal Pradesh, ASEAN, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, East and South China Seas, Eurasian Economic Union, Hague Tribunal, Silk Road Economic Belt, Six-Party Talks, Tibet, Xinjiang
August 12, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2016)

Articles in the spring and early summer of 2016 were split between two categories: those on Sino-Russian relations, affirming or refuting charges that they have failed to meet […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

ASEAN, Asia-Pacific region, East and South China Seas, Eurasian Economic Union, Silk Road Economic Belt, Sochi Russia-ASEAN summit