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August 21, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2017)

The divide over Russia’s Asian policies came into the open and sharpened as hopes for Trump changing US policy have been dashed and Putin’s prominent role at the […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Eurasian Economic Union, Greater Eurasia, OBOR, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, THAAD, turn to the East
June 2, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (May 2017)

Coverage of Russia in East Asia concentrated on the Belt and Road Initiative forum in mid-May with some attention given to the Korean Peninsula, as a new president […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

ASEAN, BRI Forum, BRIC, EEU, OBOR, Russian Far East, SCO, SREB
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
March 27, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (March 2017)

On February 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried an Interfax interview with Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov on Russian Asia policies in the past year. He cited […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Abe Shinzo, APEC, ASEAN, Cold War, Denuclearization, Eastern Economic Forum, globalization, Greater Eurasia, India, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Pakistan, Park Geun-hye, sanctions, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, TPP, Trump, Xi Jinping
February 28, 2017 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 5, No. 1)

Rarely has there been such a tumultuous period in US foreign policy, reflected in DC discussions of it; many unknown figures were joining a new administration as lines […]

Editorial Staff

Abe Shinzo, Arms trade, ASEAN, Australia, Central Asia, comfort women, contingency, G8, Georgia, India, Iran, missile tests, nuclear proliferation, One Belt One Road, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Sphere of influence, terrorism, THAAD, trilateralism, Trump, Ukraine, Vietnam, Xi Jinping
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 9, 2017 Special Forum
Russia-China Defense Cooperation: New Developments

Sino-Russian defense cooperation has intensified significantly, especially after the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, making an update of what I wrote in this journal barely a year ago […]

Paul Schwartz

Arms trade, Diaoyu islands, East China Sea, International Army Games, Joint Sea naval exercise, Lada-class submarines, MIRV, missile defense system, Peace Mission, Putin, RD-180 rocket engines, S-400, SCO, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Su-35, Taiwan, THAAD, Trump, Tsai Ing-wen, Ukraine, Xi Jinping
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
October 18, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (October 2016)

Russian articles in the late summer of 2016 found multiple reasons to take heart. The Sino-US relationship appeared more troubled, opening more space for Russia. Plans for transit […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

ASEAN, BRICS, Eastern Economic Forum, EEU, G20, SCO, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea
October 18, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (October 2016)

How did Abe’s meeting with Putin in Vladivostok contribute to a breakthrough in relations? How are growing tensions over the South China Sea (and divisiveness within ASEAN) and […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN, comfort women, G20, rebalance, SCO, Sino-Russian rapprochement, South China Sea, THAAD