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August 4, 2020 Open Forum
Washington Insights, Vol. 8, No. 4

In mid-2020, US policy took a decidedly more negative turn toward China, driven by leaders whose foreign policy judgment was highly suspect. While there was bipartisan consensus on […]

Editorial Staff

"Belt and Road" Initiative, COVID-19, free and open Indo-Pacific, GSOMIA, Hong Kong, the Quad, US-China rivalry, US-Japan alliance, US-ROK alliance, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
July 29, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2020)

In the late spring and early summer of 2020, Russians were pondering the meaning of the Sino-US downward spiral. Was it good for their country? Was bipolarity replacing […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Bipolarity, COVID-19, Greater Eurasia, Hong Kong, Sinophobia, Xinjiang
July 29, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (August 2020)

Japanese were asking in the late spring and early summer what the collapse of Sino-US ties means for their country and for bilateral relations with both parties. Would […]

Editorial Staff

COVID-19, free and open Indo-Pacific, G7, Hong Kong, Northern Territories, US-China trade war
July 2, 2020 Open Forum
Forecasting Synergies in Chinese and Russia Digital Influence Operations

Amid the global pandemic that has wreaked havoc on countries around the world, China and Russia’s digital influence campaigns are converging. Several accounts of China’s information operations have […]

Kristine Lee

color revolutions, COVID-19, discourse power, Hong Kong, influence operation, information warfare, United Front
July 2, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (July 2020)

Foremost on the minds of South Korean media writers was the intensifying competition between the United States and China and its impact on their country. Pressure has been […]

Sanghwa Hong

comfort women, COVID-19, Fighters for Free North Korea, G7, Inter-Korean Cooperation and Exchange Act, Kunsem, US-ROK alliance, Yoon Mi-hyang
June 26, 2020 Open Forum
Three Spikes and You Are Out? China-DPRK Relations after the Cold War and the US

Exchanges of visits between Chinese and DPRK leaders and high-level delegations have been relatively rare since the end of the Cold War. However, meetings between leaders saw three […]

Jiang Tianjiao

China-DPRK relations, China-US relations, COVID-19, Denuclearization, Hanoi summit, Six-Party Talks
June 24, 2020 Country Reports
Country Report: China (June 2020)

In the spring of 2020, Chinese analysts began to grapple with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the future world order, Sino–US relations, and China’s relations with […]

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

"Belt and Road" Initiative, 2008 Financial Crisis, AIIB, COVID-19, Japan-South Korea relations
June 6, 2020 Special Forum
Introduction

From all sides one hears the same refrain: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be as great or greater than that of the end of the Cold […]

Gilbert Rozman

America First, Cold War, COVID-19, Liberal international order, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
June 6, 2020 Special Forum
Democracies with Preexisting Conditions and the Coronavirus in the Indo-Pacific

Around the globe, democracy is ailing. In the past 15 years or so, an increasing number of democracies worldwide have suffered from gradual erosion and decay. According to […]

Aurel Croissant

COVID-19, democratic backsliding, free and open Indo-Pacific, Varieties of Democracy
June 6, 2020 Special Forum
Soft Power and Sharp Power: The View from Australia

Australians of late have been shocked by the unravelling of US soft power globally and China’s offensive use of sharp power targeting their country. At issue is the […]

John Fitzgerald

COVID-19, free and open Indo-Pacific, Sharp power, soft power, the Quad, United Front