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May 21, 2018 Open Forum
From Friend to Foe-ish: Washington’s Negative Turn on the Belt and Road Initiative

Despite its status as a Pacific power, the United States has been somewhat peripheral to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) since the latter’s inception in late 2013. […]

Joel Wuthnow

"Belt and Road" Initiative, ADB, AIIB, Indo-Pacific strategy, the Quad, Trans-Pacific Partnership, World Bank
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Facing China: Policy Challenges for the Trump Administration in East Asia

As Donald J. Trump comes to power as the 45th president of the United States, he and his national security and foreign policy team will face significant challenges […]

Jacques deLisle

Agreed Framework, Asia pivot, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, burden-sharing, Charm offensive, constitutional revisionism, cross-Strait relations, Denuclearization, East China Sea, FTAAP, IMF, International law, nationalism, Obama administration, One Belt One Road, RCEP, rebalance, rise of China, Security and Economic Dialogue, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, spheres of influence, Taiwan, tariffs, Territorial Disputes, THAAD, TPP, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, UNCLOS, World Bank, WTO, Xi Jinping