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December 12, 2016 National Commentaries
A View from Australia

The year 2016 marked the seventieth anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Australia and the Philippines. It also heralded the election of Rodrigo Duterte as the Philippines’ 16th […]

Darren J. Lim

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Australia, Australia-Philippines Comprehensive Partnership, Davao hostage crisis, Duterte, East China Sea, mutual defense treaty, One Belt One Road, Philippines, rise of China, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes, Trump administration, war on drugs
December 5, 2016 Open Forum
Washington Insights(Vol. 4, No. 6)

The autumn of 2016 has been tumultuous in Washington, DC. Whereas in October the old agenda was still under discussion, after Donald Trump won the presidential election the […]

Editorial Staff

Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Eastern Economic Forum, energy, Korean 2017 elections, Middle Power Diplomacy, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, One Belt One Road, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, sanctions, spheres of influence, Territorial Disputes, Trump administration, Ulaanbaatar Dialogue
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum

Not long ago, there was talk of the “end of history,” as if the post-Cold War era gave the nations of the world—especially dynamic East Asia—a compelling opportunity […]

Editorial Staff

Cold War, imperialism, militarism, Sinocentrism, Territorial Disputes, WWII
August 13, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario I: Five Reasons for a Positive Outcome

Unlike the old days when there was a Soviet Union and China and Japan were quasi-strategic allies, today the situation is different. As the world changes, the “good […]

Ren Xiao*

collective self-defense, Economic Relations, Regionalism, Territorial Disputes, Yachi Shotaro
February 5, 2015 Special Forum
Abe Unleashed? Hardly

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and his LDP chalked up a third consecutive election victory and extended their hold on the Diet for two more years with a […]

Brad Glosserman

Abenomics, collective self-defense, Japan-US alliance, nuclear policy, Shinzo Abe, Territorial Disputes
February 5, 2015 Special Forum
The Foreign Policy of Abe Shinzo: Strategic Vision and Policy Implementation

On January 5, 2015, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo reaffirmed that his government will continue to pursue a “proactive contribution to international peace” in his first press conference of […]

James Przystup

ASEAN, collective self-defense, Futenma base, India, Japan-US alliance, ODA, Territorial Disputes
October 17, 2014 Special Forum
Sino-Japanese Competition and Its Multilateral Implications

While eyes are fixed on the Sino-US competition in East Asia, there is also a competition for influence between China and Japan. In the decade of the 2000s, […]

Editorial Staff

demonization, India, multilateralism, Southeast Asia, Territorial Disputes, triangular relations, Vietnam
September 2, 2014 Review Article
Japanese Publications on Japan-Russia Relations

Kaigai jijo, special Issue on turbulence in the sphere of the old Soviet Union, June 2014 Togo Kazuhiko, Hoppo ryodo kosho hiroku: ushinawareta gotabi no kikai [The Inside […]

Gilbert Rozman

China, Japan, Mini-Soviet Union, National identity, National security, Putin’s visit to Japan, Russia, sanctions, Sphere of influence, Territorial Disputes, Ukraine, USA
July 19, 2013 Special Forum
China and the United States Might Not Be Heading for a “New Cold War”

A broad range of issues is plaguing Sino-US relations in 2013. Strategic prospects might now be grimmer than at any time since the normalization of bilateral relations in […]

Zhu Feng*

Military Modernization, New Cold War, Rebalancing, South China Sea, Territorial Disputes