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July 7, 2022 China · Country Reports
Country Report: China (July 2022)

In mid-2022, Chinese analysts reflected on Sino–US relations under the Biden administration, prospects for improvement, and whether the two countries are entering a “new Cold War.” While largely […]

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

AUKUS, Cold War, Quad, Taiwan, Thucydides trap
September 11, 2017 Open Forum
Keeping Northeast Asia “Abnormal”: Origins of the Liberal International Order in Northeast Asia and the New Cold War

Northeast Asia is at a crossroads. One road leads to continued economic growth, regional integration, and globalization, while the other leads to trade-wars, territorial disputes, and an arms […]

Hahm Chaibong*

abnormal states, Cold War, Peace Constitution, Thucydides trap, Yoshida Doctrine
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
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Running into a Long Brick Wall? Trump and the Future of US-China Relations

The surprise election of Donald Trump as the United States’ 45th president triggered alarm bells in capitals across the world including Beijing, given Trump’s haphazard foreign policy remarks […]

Lee Chung Min*

APEC, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Balance of power, burden-sharing, climate change, Duterte, FTAAP, Iran, ISIS, NATO, nuclear proliferation, nuclear umbrella, Paris Climate Accord, Philippines Asia pivot, RCEP, sanctions, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, Syria, Taiwan, terrorism, THAAD, Thucydides trap, TPP, trade deficit, trade war, Tsai Ing-wen