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May 23, 2014 Special Forum
Multilateralism in East Asia: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

In his masterpiece, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Italian film director Sergio Leone constructed a surreal cinematic space through microscopic close-ups of his movie characters juxtaposed […]

Jochen Prantl

East Asia, EU, formal-informal continuum, global-regional next, great power management, layered hierarchy of states, the state as market actor
May 23, 2014 Special Forum
ASEAN-led Multilateralism and Regional Order: The Great Power Bargain Deficit

The post-Cold War East Asian and Asia-Pacific strategic landscape has been dominated by three factors: 1) the United States’ military preponderance underpinned by its hub-and-spokes San Francisco system […]

Evelyn Goh

ASEAN, great power bargain deficit, inclusivity, institution-racing, minimalist norms, multilateralism, regional order, restricted scope, small state voices
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
November 22, 2013 Special Forum
China-Russia Relations in Central Asia

China-Russia relations in Central Asia are attracting increasing attention from scholars and policymakers. Most analysis thus far, however, has employed the competition framework in examining this relationship. In […]

Zhao Huasheng*

economic integration, limited competition, mutual strategic interests, natural resources, rules of the game, SCO, Silk Route Economic Zone, the US factor
July 19, 2013 National Commentaries
Chinese Perspective

"New Model of Great Power Relations" How is a “New Model of Great Power Relations” Possible? The two decades following the end of the Cold War witnessed continuous […]

Wang Jisi*

East Asia Security Architecture, East Asian Community, New Model of Great Power Relations, TPP, Xi-Obama Summit
July 19, 2013 National Commentaries
US Perspective

"New Model of Great Power Relations" Two Competing Visions of Asian Regional Order at Sunnylands A number of commentators in the United States and China argued that the […]

Michael J. Green

Bipolarity, New Model of Great Power Relations, Obama-Xi Summit, Pivotal Developments, Visions of Regional Order