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May 1, 2017 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (April 2017)

The period February-April has witnessed an outpouring of Japanese articles on ties with the United States (as Trump sets his Asia policies and meets with Abe before meeting […]

Editorial Staff

Abe-Trump summit, comfort women, Economic sanctions, Kim Jong-nam, Moon Jae-in, Senkaku Islands, Strategic Triangle, Takeshima, THAAD, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit
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 24, 2017 Special Forum
The Case of Russia

When Russian and Japanese foreign and defense ministers met in Tokyo in mid-March for their 2+2 discussions, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sensed the presence of a third party […]

Chris Miller

annexation of Crimea, Cold War, Korean War, military alliance, nuclear proliferation, regime change, sanctions, Six-Party Talks, THAAD, TPP
April 24, 2017 Special Forum
The Case of Japan

Japan has never been so closely attached to the United States as it is today. The military alliance has reached an apogee different from Japan’s hands-off approach to […]

Gilbert Rozman

Anti-Americanism, bubble economy, Donald Trump, Hiroshima bombing, historical revisionism, pacifism, Pearl Harbor, TPP, Yasukuni Shrine
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
April 17, 2017 Alternative Scenarios
The Negative Scenario I

Donald Trump’s election to the presidency generated numerous articles expecting or advocating a rapprochement or even a “grand bargain” with Russia. This reaction reflected Trump’s many favorable campaign […]

Stephen Blank

Balance of power, chemical weapons, NATO, North Korea, Strategic Triangle, Syria, THAAD, TPP, Trump-Xi Summit, Ukraine
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 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