A View from China

The Russia-India-China (RIC) triangle serves China’s interests by assuaging Russian alarm about asymmetry in the Sino-Russian dyad and also Indian fears of Russia tilting fully to China. Chinese […]

Country Report: Russia (July 2023)

The late spring and early summer of 2023 brought a plethora of analyses of Russia’s relations in Asia, ranging from the Korean Peninsula to China to the SCO […]

Introduction

Confirmed as the head of the Chinese Communist Party and of its military in November 2012, Xi Jinping took little time to make clear his grandiose aspirations for […]

China’s Strategic Thinking toward the US Role In the Indo-Pacific, 2013–2016

President Obama’s second term overlapped perfectly with the first four years after the inauguration of President Xi Jinping, who adopted several major shifts in China’s previous foreign policy […]

China’s Relations with Asia’s Southern Tier, 2013–2016

The emergence of a new, more assertive Chinese foreign policy under President Xi Jinping had enormous implications for China’s relations with Asia’s Southern Tier—India, Australia, and the Association […]

Country Report: China (June 2023)

In early 2023, Chinese analysts explored ASEAN perspectives on the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). They considered the reasons for different levels of enthusiasm for IPEF among […]

Southeast Asia Tests the Allure of Japan’s Global Vision

Southeast Asia Tests the Allure of Japan’s Global Vision Shihoko Goto Southeast Asia is a familiar region for the Japanese, where both political leaders and corporate executives feel […]

Country Report: China (December 2022)

In late 2022, Chinese analysts devoted a great deal of attention to the Indo-Pacific. They assessed the role of minilateral cooperation in the US Indo-Pacific strategy. They examined […]

A View from the United States

From an American perspective, Australia’s turn away from China in recent years and its embrace of AUKUS in 2021 are considered appropriate and welcome responses to both China’s […]

A View from the United Kingdom

The announcement of a new trilateral security alliance between the UK, Australia and the US on September 15, 2021 took many observers by surprise. This was not just […]