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January 27, 2023 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (January 2023)

At the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 Russians were asking about how much room they had to maneuver in Asia given their dependence on China. […]

Editorial Staff

BRI, NATO, Ukraine, US-China rivalry
October 11, 2022 China · Country Reports
Country Report: China (September 2022)

Chinese writings in the late summer appeared in the shadow of the Ukraine war and of deep strains in Sino-US relations. Often, they raised a triangular context, usually […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

BRI, free and open Indo-Pacific, NATO, Taiwan, Ukraine War
July 30, 2021 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (July 2021)

In the late spring and early summer of 2021, Russians intensely discussed China even as they reaffirmed negative assessments of Biden’s foreign policy. Some pressed for a formal […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, Joe Biden, SCO, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, US-China rivalry, Vladmir Putin, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Xi Jinping
December 10, 2020 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 8, No. 6

The late fall of 2020 saw attention turn to Joe Biden, including his nominees for policy posts in national security and their thinking on the Indo-Pacific region. He […]

Editorial Staff

BRI, free and open Indo-Pacific, Korean War, SCO, strategic patience, the Quad, US-China rivalry
March 28, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (March 2019)

Three themes centered on East Asia drew considerable attention in Russia in the latter half of the winter of 2019: China, North Korea, and Eurasia. On China, Russia’s […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, Eurasianism, free and open Indo-Pacific, Hanoi summit, SREB, turn to the East
March 19, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (February 2019)

The winter brought disappointing news regarding Japanese foreign policy on many fronts, but at least the worst-case scenario at the Trump-Kim Hanoi summit was avoided. The hopes for […]

Editorial Staff

Abe-Xi Summit, BRI, Cold War, free and open Indo-Pacific, Hanoi summit
February 21, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2019)

In the winter of 2018–2019, Chinese experts assessed the Modi administration’s pursuit of closer maritime security ties with Southeast Asia and evaluated the weakening foundations of Chinese–Indian relations. […]

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

“One China”, Act East Policy, BRI, free and open Indo-Pacific, Indian Maritime Security Strategy, the Quad, TPP
February 19, 2019 Special Forum
Military Aspects of the Russo-Chinese Alliance: A View from the United States

Recent official US statements postulate Sino-Russian enmity towards the US.1 Moreover, they rightly highlight an unprecedentedly close alignment of these two states against the US.2  In other words […]

Stephen Blank

BRI, C4ISR, FONOPs, INF Treaty, Northern Sea Route, Sino-Russian alliance, South China Sea, UNCLOS, Vostok 2018
February 7, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (January 2019)

Sino-Russian relations remain the bedrock of Moscow’s Asia policy, as reaffirmed by when the Russian ambassador to China recounted at the start of 2019 how relations had been […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, EEU, G20, Greater Eurasia, INF Treaty, SCO, Trump-Kim summit, turn to the East
November 29, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2018)

The extraordinary flux in the Indo-Pacific area has elicited diverse and exploratory writing in Russia. No part of the region is ignored in the search for answers as […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, inter-Korean summit, KORUS FTA, Made in China 2025, SCO, turn to the East, US-DPRK summit