Deterrence, Assurance and China’s Agency in its Taiwan Policy
In their important new paper in Foreign Affairs “Taiwan and the True Source of Deterrence,” Bonnie Glaser, Jessica Chen Weiss, and Tom Christensen have underlined the complexity of […]
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Country Report: Russia (September 2019)
Three themes pervaded Russian writings on East Asia over the summer of 2019 after the G20 summit in Osaka: 1) China—its model, its trade war with the US, […]
Winning the ideological competition with China
The 2017 US National Security Strategy describes a vision of the international arena defined by a return of great power competition, with China as the leading rival of […]
Introduction
As the 2010s draw to a close, the special character of the Sino-Russian-US great power triangle is on vivid display and hints can be detected that its nature […]
Analyzing the Relationship between Identity and Democratization in Taiwan and Hong Kong in the Shadow of China
After 160 years of non-democratic colonial rule by the British, Hong Kong became part of China in 1997 under a mini-constitution, the Basic Law, that guaranteed a number […]
Russia’s Revived Debate on China: Historical Perspective and Implicit Significance
In the fall of 2018, the case is again being made that Russia is likely to be amenable to distance itself from China despite the recent tightening of […]
Security II
Sino-Japan relations, as reported in the mass media over the last several weeks, seem to have positive prospects, accelerated by the fortieth anniversary of the Japan-China Treaty of […]
Authoritarian Sharp Power: Comparing China and Russia
The notion and practices of “sharp power” are increasingly grabbing our attention. This is so as the ascent of sharp power is taking place amidst the recent retreat […]
Understanding the Challenge from China
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) characterizes China as a “revisionist power” that is “attempting to erode American security and prosperity” and “shape a world antithetical to […]
A Civilizational Perspective
Donald Trump is pressing his idea of “America First,” which could have deep civilizational implications, undercutting “universal values” and adding momentum to recent assertiveness about distinctive civilizations by […]