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June 20, 2019 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2019)

In the spring of 2019, Chinese experts assessed China’s relations with the United States and Russia forty years after reform and opening began. They also evaluated China–Japan–South Korea […]

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

Cold War, Diaoyutai/Senkaku, Dokdo /Takeshima, freedom of navigation, South China Sea, trilateralism, US-Japan alliance
July 29, 2017 Special Forum
Introduction

Over the summer of 2017, all eyes have been on the Northern Tier of Asia: North Korean relations with the United States, Sino-US relations and the Korean Peninsula, […]

Editorial Staff

BOR, BRI, Donald Trump, freedom of navigation, Malabar naval exercise, South China Sea, TPP
February 2, 2017 National Commentaries
A Chinese Perspective

Since Donald Trump took office last month, people everywhere have been concerned that US foreign policy could experience far-reaching change; the regional strategic situation in the Asia Pacific […]

Guan Guihai

Abe Shinzo, AIIB, Arms trade, ASEAN, Diaoyu islands, East Asia Summit, East China Sea, freedom of navigation, GSOMIA, military buildup, Obama, One Belt One Road, pivot to Asia, protectionism, RCEP, rebalance to Asia, Scarborough Shoal, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Taiwan, THAAD, TPP, trade liberalization, trade wars, Trump, Tsai Ing-wen, US alliances, Xi Jinping
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
December 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Vietnam

President Duterte sparked a media frenzy on his recent visit to China when he declared that the Philippines would "separate" from the United States and align itself with […]

Vu Truong-Minh*

accommodation, ASEAN, Balance of power, Duterte, France, freedom of navigation, hedging, Hollande, India, Modi, Philippines, rise of China, security partnership, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Vietnam
April 15, 2014 Topics of the Month
Sino-US Relations – 4

Assessing US-China Relations: How We Should Not Misread China?   On March 25, 2014, President Xi Jinping met President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the third Nuclear […]

Wang Dong*

ADIZ, freedom of navigation, Philippines, Ren'ai Reef, self-righteousness, South China Sea, vital US interests