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September 4, 2023 National Commentaries
A Perspective from China and Russia

Three commentaries matter most in the aftermath of August’s Camp David trilateral summit of the United States, Japan, and South Korea. What the three participants say, of course, […]

Gilbert Rozman

Camp David, New Cold War, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sino-Russian Relations, trilateralism
August 25, 2021 Special Forum
The Search for European Strategic Thinking on Russia and China

Prevailing trends in world politics, especially the return of great-power rivalry, create an urgent need for new strategic thinking in Europe. The effort to devise European strategic thinking […]

Brian G. Carlson

Liberal international order, NATO, New Cold War, US hegemony, US-China rivalry
August 25, 2021 Special Forum
Europe’s Threat Assessments of Russia and China

European governments, NATO, the EU, and the G7 all identify China and Russia as threats; however, an analysis of threat assessments reveals a mix of unity and diversity. […]

Stephen Blank

Liberal international order, NATO, New Cold War, US hegemony, US-China rivalry
June 11, 2021 Special Forum
The Quad: Contrasting Chinese and US Perceptions

For Washington, the Quad is the heir to what Obama called the “pivot to Asia,” the crux of what Trump accepted from Abe as the “Free and Open […]

Gilbert Rozman

free and open Indo-Pacific, New Cold War, Quad, Quad Plus, values diplomacy
November 4, 2020 Country Reports · South Korea
Country Report: South Korea (November 2020)

The fall of 2020 left South Korea in limbo. Who would win the US presidential elections? Would there be an October or post-election surprise from North Korea? How […]

Sanghwa Hong

Donald Trump, Joe Biden, New Cold War, OPCON transfer, Suga Yoshihide, US presidential election, US-China rivalry, US-ROK alliance
May 12, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (April 2015)

In Waijiao pinglun, no. 2, Xiong Lili and Pan Yu analyze Russia’s predicament in Europe, discerning elements of both continuity and discontinuity in the Ukrainian situation. In order […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

AIIB, Maritime Silk Road, New Cold War, Sino-Japanese Relations, US strategic encirclement
December 30, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (December 2014)

The prevailing Chinese narrative is zero-sum, blaming Japan unsparingly and the United States, if in a less vitriolic manner, for regional fragmentation when a path to integration is […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Japanese containment, New Cold War, Sino-ROK alliance, US-ROK alliance
October 29, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2014)

Ukraine (Russia), South Korea, India and, as usual, Japan attracted keen attention for their potential to alter the geopolitical environment in Asia. Ukraine’s significance is its impact on […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

Civilizations, hegemonism, India, Look East policy, New Cold War, new defense guidelines, Ukraine, US-ROK alliance
September 29, 2014 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (September 2014)

While the world’s gaze centered on Russia’s relations with the West and the on-again, off-again confrontation over Ukraine, Russian publications paraded a new, more assertive outlook on Russia’s […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRICS, Central Asia, dead hikiwake, India, liberal secularism, New Cold War, turn to the East, 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