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March 27, 2017 Open Forum
Recent Views in Japan Concerning Sino-Russian Relations

How Japanese officials, media, and academics interpret the state of the relationship between China and Russia matters for Japan’s diplomacy with both countries and its foreign policy more […]

Yoko Hirose

8-point economic cooperation plan, Abe Shinzo, Arms sales, Balance of power, BRICS, energy, G7, India, Kuril Islands, media, NATO, Northern Territories, Putin, sanctions, SCO, Senkaku Islands, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Trump, Ukraine, US-Japan alliance, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
February 22, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2017)

In late 2016-early 2017, Chinese analysts examined state-level decision-making on the Korean Peninsula. In the first batch of articles written after the Hague tribunal’s decision, they explored China’s […]

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

ASEAN, ASEAN Maritime Forum, ASEAN Regional Forum, ASEAN+3, community of common destiny, Duterte, East Asia Summit, energy, G7, Greater Mekong Subregion, Kuril Islands, missile tests, nationalism, Northern Territories, nuclear tests, One Belt One Road, Putin, RCEP, ROK-US Alliance, sanctions, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, terrorism, THAAD, trilateralism
February 10, 2017 Open Forum
Xinjiang and the Trans-nationalization of Uyghur Terrorism: Cracks in the “New Silk Road”?

President Xi Jinping’s ambitious “One Belt, One Road” strategy has magnified Chinese concern for the security of its long restive northwestern province, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). […]

Michael Clarke

9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Central Asia, counterterrorism, critical theory, East Turkestan Islamic Movement, energy, globalization, Iraq, ISIS, mujahideen, NATO, One Belt One Road, Pakistan, realism, SCO, securitization, separatism, Silk Road Economic Belt, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, Turkestan Islamic Party, Turkey, Uyghur, war on terror, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang
February 1, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (January 2017)

Russia appears to be on the precipice of some important change with less optimism than before but more candor about uncertainties. The December Putin-Abe summit left more questions […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Abe Shinzo, ASEAN, Central Asia, comfort women, EAS, energy, Eurasian Economic Union, G7, Greater Eurasia, GSOMIA, India, Kazakhstan, Kuril Islands, Mongolia, Northern Territories, One Belt One Road, Park Geun-hye, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, Trump
February 1, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (January 2017)

Three shocks left Japan’s media groping for answers at the end of 2016 and the start of 2017. The Trump shock kept playing out after the initial alarm […]

Editorial Staff

abductions, Abe Shinzo, anti-globalization, ASEAN, Australia, comfort women, Crimea, Diaoyu islands, energy, GSOMIA, India, Ing-wen, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Park Geun-hye, Philippines, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Senkaku Islands, strategic patience, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, Trans-Siberian Railroad, trilateralism, Trump, Tsai, Ukraine
December 28, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

The long-awaited December 15-16 Yamaguchi-Tokyo summit appears to have been a failure, which masqueraded as a step forward. That is the conclusion many sources in Japan have drawn, […]

Gilbert Rozman

1956 Joint Declaration, Abe Shinzo, Eastern Economic Forum, energy, G7, Hikiwake, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Peace Treaty, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Territorial Disputes, trilateralism, Trump administration, two plus alpha
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
Introduction

The Trump campaign and transition have aroused anxiety unlike anything seen in the recent history of US presidential leadership changes. This is visible in virtually every region in […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN, Asia pivot, burden-sharing, cross-Strait relations, Denuclearization, Duterte, energy, nuclear proliferation, Putin, rebalance, sanctions, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea, Taiwan, tariffs, TPP, trilateralism, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, war on drugs
December 16, 2016 Open Forum
Caught Between Two Big Powers? Central Asia Under the Weight of Russian and Chinese Influence

In 1991, the Soviet Union’s collapse reshaped the East/West problematic as it had emerged after World War II. Inside Soviet space, a number of cultural elements distinguished the […]

Sebastien Peyrouse

Afghanistan, Arab Spring, Armenia, authoritarianism, banking, Belarus, Central Asia, Collective Security Treaty Organization, colonialism, colored revolutions, Crimea, drug trafficking, energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Georgia, Islam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, migration, NATO, One Belt One Road, Putin, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Territorial Disputes, terrorism, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang
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