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December 29, 2017 Special Forum
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 […]

Kazuhiko Togo

America First, China Dream, Donald Trump, Gosudarstvennost, Shinzo Abe, Take Back Japan
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
What Trump Should Do about China

The monkey king raised his cudgel, and there was great disorder in Heaven. The jadelike firmament was cleared of dust With this phrase, Mao Zedong began China’s Great […]

June Teufel Dreyer

4th nuclear test, ASEAN, Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, burden-sharing, China Dream, cyberespionage, Dalai Lama, Diaoyu islands, freedom of navigation, GSOMIA, NAFTA, NATO, Nine-dash line, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, nuclear proliferation, Paris Climate Accord, RCEP, rebalance, rise of China, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Taiwan, tariffs, THAAD, TPP, trade war, Tsai Ing-wen, WTO
October 20, 2016 Open Forum
One Belt, One Road: A New Roadmap for a Sinocentric World?

Nele Noesselt1 Chair for Chinese Politics, University of Duisburg-Essen In May 2015, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce […]

Nele Noesselt

China Dream, harmonious world, Maritime Silk Road, Multipolarity, New Silk Road, One Belt One Road, Silk Road Economic Belt, Sinocentrism, Tianxia
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Chinese views of South Korean history

On August 3, Beijing ribao depicted THAAD as not aimed at defending against North Korea, but rather splitting China from South Korea.1 On August 7, Huanqiu shibao depicted […]

Gilbert Rozman

China Dream, Cold War, communism, Koguryo, Korean War, Multipolarity, Northeast Project, regional order, Sinocentrism, Trustpolitik
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum

Xi Jinping, indisputably, is the most consequential Chinese leader since the period of Deng Xiaoping. Much has been written, usually from a short-term perspective, about how he is […]

Editorial Staff

Century of humiliation, China Dream, international rule of law, National identity
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Xi Jinping as Historian: Marxist, Chinese, Nationalist, Global

“Only by having a correct recognition of history can it be possible for us to open up a better future. … Forgetting history signifies betrayal.”1 In February 2014, […]

Alison Kaufman

China Dream, China's national rejuvenation, Chinese history, Chineseness, National identity, Victory Day
May 18, 2015 Topics of the Month
The Impact of Xi Jinping’s Governance of China – Ⅲ

Xi Jinping’s latest book, The Governance of China, is popping up in odd places. It was prominently displayed on Facebook-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s desk when he entertained China’s Internet […]

William A. Callahan

China Dream, Personality Cult, Two Centenary Goals
March 2, 2015 Topics of the Month
The Negative Soft Power of the China Dream – II

As Ming Wan writes in his commentary in The Asan Forum on the “China Dream,” Chinese leaders use New Year’s celebrations as an opportunity to sum up the […]

William A. Callahan

Anti-Japaneseism, China Dream, nationalism, negative soft power
December 8, 2014 Topics of the Month
China Dream – 1

What Can the China Dream “Do” in the PRC?   Since Xi Jinping chose “The China Dream” (中国梦) as his signature slogan in late 2012, much has been […]

William A. Callahan

China Dream, Chinese civilization, pessoptimistic nationalism, Road to Rejuvenation, socialism, values crisis
April 30, 2014 Topics of the Month
The “China Dream”

When Ming Wan led our Topics of the Month discussion about the “China Dream,” many were uncertain about what this concept means for international relations and how does […]

Editorial Staff

China Dream, Japan Dream, New type of great power relations, Sinocentrism