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December 27, 2021 National Commentaries
A View from the United States

From an American perspective, Australia’s turn away from China in recent years and its embrace of AUKUS in 2021 are considered appropriate and welcome responses to both China’s […]

June Teufel Dreyer

5G, AUKUS, Belt and Road Initiative, Economic sanctions, Quad
December 27, 2021 National Commentaries
A View from Australia

Australia’s relations with China have not been healthy for some years, but they deteriorated further in 2020-2021 when Beijing introduced savage import restrictions to punish Canberra for proposing […]

John Fitzgerald

AUKUS, Huawei, Nine-dash line, Quad, South China Sea, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy
December 27, 2021 National Commentaries
A View from the United Kingdom

The announcement of a new trilateral security alliance between the UK, Australia and the US on September 15, 2021 took many observers by surprise. This was not just […]

Kerry Brown

AUKUS, Belt and Road Initiative, Hong Kong, Quad
December 27, 2021 Special Forum
Introduction

The period 2013-2015 in South Korean foreign policy was transformative for three reasons: (1) it exposed the fallacies in Seoul’s assumptions about the future of Northeast Asia more […]

Editorial Staff

NAPCI, Park Geun-hye, trilateralism, Trustpolitik, US-South Korean Alliance
December 6, 2021 Open Forum
Washington Insights (November-December 2021)

Washington Insights (November-December 2021)

Editorial Staff

AUKUS, End of War Declaration, free and open Indo-Pacific, Quad
December 6, 2021 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (November 2021)

If during the first half of 2021 debates emerged over the merits of an alliance with China, Sino-Russian relations fell under the radar in the fall. Casting doubt […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Eurasian Economic Union, Greater Eurasia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sino-Russian alliance
November 1, 2021 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (November 2021)

On September 15, a flurry of events marked a watershed moment in the Indo-Pacific region. Following its earlier launch of new cruise missiles, North Korea fired short-range ballistic […]

Jung Seyoon

AUKUS, End of War Declaration, Five Eyes, Kishida Fumio, Quad Plus
October 25, 2021 Open Forum
Washington Forum (September-October 2021)

In the late summer and early fall 2021 the number of webinars increased. China was, of course, on people’s minds, but most attention centered on the southern tier […]

Editorial Staff

AUKUS, COVID-19, CPTPP, Quad, Taiwan contingency
October 25, 2021 China · Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2021)

In mid-2021, Chinese analysts continued to focus particular attention on India. They assessed the Modi administration’s economic diplomacy and its implications for regional relations. They also carefully evaluated […]

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

COVID-19, CPTPP, Indo-Pacific strategy, Quad, RCEP, US-ROK alliance
October 18, 2021 Open Forum
The Japanese Government’s Shifting Rhetoric about Taiwan and Its Significance

As Kishida Fumio assumes the leadership of the LDP and the position of prime minister, one of the most pressing questions about the veteran foreign minister’s thinking toward […]

Kawashima Shin*

CPTPP, free and open Indo-Pacific, Self-Defense Forces, Senkaku Islands, Taiwan contingency