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October 20, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2015)

Li Jiacheng and Li Ang in the August Taipingyang Xuebao analyzed security relations between Japan and India. Viewing the two countries having a shared dream of being great […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

ASEAN, Indo-Japanese relations, National security, One Belt One Road, Regionalism, South China Sea
October 20, 2015 Open Forum
Asia’s Southern Tier and Northern Tier

This article is in three parts: 1) an overview with comparisons; 2) an introduction to analysis of the Southern Tier centered on ASEAN, Australia, and India; and 3) […]

Gilbert Rozman

ASEAN, Regionalism, Sino-Russian Relations, triangularity
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Xi Jinping Compared to Deng Xiaoping: Two Consequential Leaders of China

An Interview with Ezra Vogel, September 28, 2015 Author of the preeminent biography of Deng Xiaoping, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, Ezra Vogel agreed to draw […]

Ezra Vogel

Century of humiliation, hegemony, National identity, Regionalism
September 24, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of China’s Fault

In March 2015, Premier Li Keqiang gave a press conference following the conclusion of the annual National People’s Congress, in which he explained that China’s relationship with Japan […]

Amy King

CCP, Economic Relations, National identity, Re-Remember, Regionalism
September 23, 2015 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 3, No. 5)

Four events drove discussions in DC in the normally quiet weeks of late summer. First, there was the Abe statement and the implications of historical memories for bilateral […]

Editorial Staff

History Wars, Japan-US relations, Nationalism Security, Obama-Abe summit, Regionalism, ROK-Sino Relations
September 23, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II: Optimism amidst Doubts for China and Its International Behavior

On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the end of WWII, China’s much expected military parade of September 3 was held in Beijing. After all, China, the […]

Ren Xiao*

China-Japan-South Korea summit, National identity, One Belt One Road, Regionalism
September 21, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (September 2015)

On August 23 in Rossiiskaia Gazeta, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wrote about the significance of the seventieth anniversary of war’s end for relations with China. Linking the struggle […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

European Union, National security, Regionalism, Silk Road Economic Belt, Sino-Russian Relations
September 18, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Scenario of Japan’s Fault

As the fiftieth anniversary of Japan’s defeat in the Asia-Pacific War approached in the summer of 1995, the Japanese Diet debated a resolution, which, it was hoped, would […]

Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Abe Statement, History problem, National identity, Regionalism
September 17, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (September 2015)

Three themes concerning relations in Northeast Asia preoccupied the South Korean media in the late summer. Before and after the Abe statement, there was considerable interest in dealing […]

Editorial Staff

8.25 Agreement, Abe Statement, National security, Regionalism, Sino-ROK Relations
August 27, 2015 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II: This Triangle Will Not Take Shape

The argument in favor of a “Sino-Russian-North Korean” triangle in Northeast Asia rests on the notion that Beijing and Moscow need North Korea for reasons that outweigh their […]

Sergey Radchenko

Cold War, Iran nuclear deal, Regionalism, Six-Party Talks