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January 4, 2022 Country Reports · Japan
Country Report: Japan (December 2021)

The autumn of 2021 was a time of transition in leadership without indication of any shift in foreign policy. The relationship with China had turned colder in 2020 […]

Editorial Staff

COVID-19, CPTPP, Taiwan, US-China competition, US-Japan alliance
October 8, 2020 Special Forum
Contemplating US Policy on China and the Indo-Pacific: Some Thoughts regarding a Possible Biden Administration

By most accounts, the last four years have been something of a sea change in US foreign policy. During this time, the US has stepped back from its […]

Amanda Trea Phua

COVID-19, Donald Trump, free and open Indo-Pacific, Hong Kong, Joe Biden, Taiwan, US-China rivalry, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang
September 25, 2020 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (September 2020)

Russians faced at least five Indo-Pacific regional challenges in the late summer of 2020, most of which were not being discussed forthrightly. No doubt the one looming in […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Abe Shinzo, One China policy, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Taiwan, US-China rivalry
July 29, 2019 Open Forum
Deciphering China’s Intentions: What Can Open Sources Tell Us?

Over the past several years, bold assertions about China’s long-range strategic goals have become common in the US public discourse. In 2015, Michael Pillsbury published his influential volume […]

Joel Wuthnow

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 19th Party Congress, Chinese Communist Party, Huawei, Taiwan, Xi Jinping Thought, Xinjiang, ZTE
February 9, 2017 Special Forum
Introduction

With a new US administration under Donald Trump tempted to use military power in ways still hard to predict, it is timely to review the major military challenges […]

Editorial Staff

A2/AD, Arms trade, Diaoyu islands, East China Sea, India, Korean reunification, military buildup, missile defense system, Nuclear deterrence, sanctions, Senkaku Islands, South China Sea, Taiwan, THAAD, trilateralism, Trump
February 9, 2017 Special Forum
Competing in a Shared Order in Asia

Arguably the leading challenge for US national security strategy in the coming decade is to recalibrate the US role for a more multipolar world order. The geopolitical as […]

Michael J. Mazarr

A2/AD, AirSea Battle, anti-globalization, Asia pivot, Balance of power, East China Sea, hegemonic stability theory, Iran, military buildup, Multipolarity, nationalism, Populism, public opinion, rise of China, South China Sea, Taiwan, Thucydides trap, Trump
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 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
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
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