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December 29, 2017 Special Forum
An Economic Perspective

The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States in November 2016 created shock waves across the Asian countries that had been the targets of his […]

William W. Grimes

BRI, CPTPP, Donald Trump, KORUS FTA, RCEP, TPP
June 20, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (June 2017)

Despite his unsettling campaign rhetoric and transitional moves, Trump rekindled hope among the Japanese right and the left in his first two months in office; but in April […]

Editorial Staff

BRI, RCEP, South China Sea, THAAD, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit
June 19, 2017 National Commentaries
A View from the United States

On May 4, the United States announced the conclusion of a US-China trade deal. There is some good news in terms of immediate new market access for US […]

Joshua P. Meltzer

Belt and Road Forum, BRI, Donald Trump, RCEP, TPP, US-China Trade Agreement, Xi Jinping
June 19, 2017 National Commentaries
A View from Asia

Skeptics will scoff, but China is on course to replace the United States as the leading power in Asia. China is still not trusted: The Belt and Road […]

Tom Miller

Belt and Road Forum, BRI, RCEP, TPP, Xi Jinping
June 17, 2017 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

This second positive scenario of possible Russo-US cooperation in Asia assesses the latest developments in bilateral relations and US anti-Russian sentiments, the regional background in the Asia-Pacific as […]

Anna Kireeva

APEC, ASEAN, Asia pivot, Donald Trump, EAS, NATO, North Korea, RCEP, RFE
June 17, 2017 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

Moscow continues to pursue irreconcilable policies globally and in Asia. As Anna Kireeva has written, Russian writers, if not the government, highlight an allegedly irreconcilable Sino-American rivalry to […]

Stephen Blank

ASEAN, BRI, EURASEC, North Korea, RCEP, RFE, South China Sea, TPP
April 24, 2017 Special Forum
The Case of China

In the shadow of the recent summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, onlookers are eager for clues to the future of Sino–US relations and US policy in […]

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

AIIB, cultural diplomacy, Dalai Lama, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, OBOR, RCEP, Scarborough Shoal, separatism, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, THAAD, Tibet, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit, US-Japan Security Treaty, Uyghur, Xinjiang
April 17, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2017)

In early 2017, Chinese experts reacted to the Trump–Xi summit and assessed the broader implications of Trump’s election for the future of the world order—which Chinese observers widely […]

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

AIIB, North Korea, OBOR, RCEP, South China Sea, THAAD, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit, US-China Comprehensive Dialogue
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 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