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February 2, 2017 National Commentaries
A US Perspective

At the end of the first month of his presidency, how should we anticipate Trump’s post “pivot to Asia” policy toward East Asia? What matters: his personnel picks, […]

Gilbert Rozman

Abe Shinzo, ASEAN, Australia, Denuclearization, East China Sea, freedom of navigation operations, GSOMIA, India, Kim Jong-nam, military buildup, missile defense, missile tests, Obama, pivot to Asia, rebalance, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, trilateralism, Trump, Tsai Ing-wen, US alliances, Xi Jinping
December 20, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2016)

During the fall of 2016, Chinese experts continued to evaluate Sino-Russian and Sino-US relations. They drew attention to Japan’s “Taiwan faction,” assessed strengthening Japanese-Australian relations, and analyzed South […]

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

Abe Shinzo, ASEAN, Asia pivot, Australia, Balance of power, BRICS, color revolutions, Diaoyu islands, East China Sea, energy, Eurasian Economic Union, FTAAP, G20, Global Financial Crisis, great power relations, India, Iran nuclear deal, isolationism, middle power diplomacy One Belt One Road, Paris Climate Accord, rebalance, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Senkaku Islands, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, Sphere of influence, Taiwan, TPP, Tsai Ing-wen
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Facing China: Policy Challenges for the Trump Administration in East Asia

As Donald J. Trump comes to power as the 45th president of the United States, he and his national security and foreign policy team will face significant challenges […]

Jacques deLisle

Agreed Framework, Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, burden-sharing, Charm offensive, constitutional revisionism, cross-Strait relations, Denuclearization, East China Sea, FTAAP, IMF, International law, nationalism, Obama administration, One Belt One Road, RCEP, rebalance, rise of China, Security and Economic Dialogue, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, spheres of influence, Taiwan, tariffs, Territorial Disputes, THAAD, TPP, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, UNCLOS, World Bank, WTO, Xi Jinping
December 13, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (November)

Two themes dominated the news in November: the “shock” of the election of Donald Trump, which is covered separately in a Special Forum article, and the “anticipation” of […]

Editorial Staff

AIIB, ASEAN, comfort women, East China Sea, energy, G20, GSOMIA, Hikiwake, Kaesong Industrial Complex, Northern Territories, Russian Far East, sanctions, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, THAAD, theater missile defense, trilateralism, Trump administration, two islands plus alpha
December 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Australia

The year 2016 marked the seventieth anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Australia and the Philippines. It also heralded the election of Rodrigo Duterte as the Philippines’ 16th […]

Darren J. Lim

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Australia, Australia-Philippines Comprehensive Partnership, Davao hostage crisis, Duterte, East China Sea, mutual defense treaty, One Belt One Road, Philippines, rise of China, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Trump administration, war on drugs
December 8, 2016 Open Forum
US-Japan-India Trilateral Relations: Opportunities and Challenges

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Japan in November and made clear his desire to make relations with Japan, already quite strong, a key priority for Delhi in the […]

J. Berkshire Miller

Abe Shinzo, Asia rebalance, East China Sea, Indo-Pacific, Malabar exercises, Narendra Modi, National Security Strategy 2013, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, principled security network, Senkaku Islands, trade relations, trilateralism
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Chinese views of Japanese history

Sino-Japanese relations have been on a downswing in recent years, despite resumed meetings between the leaders Xi Jinping and Abe Shinzo since late 2014. Strategic and territorial differences […]

Jin Linbo

East China Sea, militarism, Revisionism, South China Sea, Twenty-One Demands, WWII, Yasukuni
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 12, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II: India’s Balance of Interest in the Asian Century

By outlining the nuances propelling India’s diplomatic and military engagements in recent weeks, this article argues that each nation in the India-US-Japan trilateral design is guided by its […]

Titli Basu

BRICS, East China Sea, India-US-Japan, Nuclear Suppliers’ Group, RIMPAC, SCO, Shangri-La Dialogue, South China Sea, UNCLOS
November 22, 2013 National Commentaries
US Perspective

"China and International Law/Norms: A US Perspective" China’s territorial disputes with its maritime neighbors have become the most contentious and high-profile elements in Beijing’s regional foreign policy—so much […]

Jacques deLisle

Diaoyu/Senkaku, East China Sea, EEZ’s, PLA navy, Rebalancing, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, sovereignty, Taiwan, UNCLOS