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July 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Chinese Perspective

"Sino-Russian Relations"   My View on Contemporary China-Russia Relations Since the beginning of 2014, the Ukrainian crisis has become the hottest international issue, captivating public attention from around […]

Feng Yujun*

BRICS, CICA, Gas deal, informal alliance, pivot to Asia, Ukraine
July 25, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (July 2014)

New Russian articles suggest that South Korea’s foreign policy is more intriguing than previously anticipated. Explaining that there is talk today of forging a new system of global […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Gas deal, global governance, New Cold War, New Silk Road, SCO, Sino-Russian alliance, soft integration, threat from the West, Trustpolitik, Ukraine
July 11, 2014 Topics of the Month
Multilateralism in Northeast Asia – 2

No one has profited more from the decline of multilateralism in East Asia than North Korea. Russia’s international isolation and China’s simmering confrontation with Japan over the disputed […]

Sergey Radchenko

Central Asia, color revolutions, Eurasian Union vs. new silk road, islands to Japan, polarization vs. multilateralism, Putin-Xi summit, ROK promise to Russia, unequal trade
June 13, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (June 2014)

The most important event in Japanese foreign policy during this time period was the visit of Barack Obama to Tokyo in late April. Yomiuri shimbun showcased its success […]

Editorial Staff

Japanese Abductees, Southeast Asia Abe-Obama summit, state branding, territorial issues, textbooks, TPP, triangles, US election
June 13, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (May 2014)

With Russia’s attention having been primarily focused on the Ukrainian crisis in the past months, the coverage of Asia in Russian media and academic reports has been even […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

debt forgiveness, Gas deal, sanctions regime, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, US-Japan alliance
June 13, 2014 Open Forum
China’s Charm Offensive to Korea: A New Approach to Extend the Strategic Buffer

It is understood that peace and stability have been China’s major security interest on the Korean Peninsula for many centuries. Given its strategic location and its geographical proximity, […]

Han Sukhee*

Ahn Jung-geun, Charm offensive, competition for influence, hedging, Jan Song-Thaek, Kim Jong-un, periphery diplomacy, public opinion
May 23, 2014 Topics of the Month
Multilateralism in Northeast Asia – 1

In Northeast Asia the search for multilateralism has taken an abrupt turn. In the 2000s the Six-Party Talks gave hope that North Korea would bring five other states […]

Sergey Radchenko

Central Asia, civilizational debates, comrades, natural resource appendage, polarization, Sino-Soviet rapprochement, strategic allies, Ukraine
May 23, 2014 Topics of the Month
India’s New Leadership and East Asia – 1

India’s election has produced a decisive majority for the political alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Incoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises to reinvigorate an economy […]

Daniel Twining

Asian commons, economic vitality, elections, India, Modi, regional security order, Southeast Asia, strategic reengagement
May 23, 2014 National Commentaries
State of the Rebalance

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Thomas Hubbard

Combined Command, enhanced defense cooperation agreement, Malaysia, Philippines, proliferation security initiative, territorial claims, TPP, Vietnam rebalance
May 23, 2014 Special Forum
China’s Regionalism in Asia

President Obama’s “tour around China” and China’s response that “China is right here whether he (Obama) comes or not”1 reflect a delicate US-China estrangement. The China-Japan Diaoyu Island […]

Zhang Xiaotong*

community of common destiny, community of common interest, evolving attitudes toward regionalism, expanded FTAs, regionalism with Chinese characteristics, TPP