Jul 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 peace, stability, social progress, and economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole, despite occasional disturbances across the Taiwan Strait and on the Korean Peninsula. Numerous […]

Wang Jisi*
East Asia Security Architecture , East Asian Community , New Model of Great Power Relations , TPP , Xi-Obama Summit
Jul 19,2013 Country Reports

Country Report: China (July 2013)

Country Report: China (with the assistance of Pang Zengjun) China’s newspapers, especially Global Times in its English edition, attracted increased attention in the first half of 2013 for their international relations views. Two topics have drawn the lion’s share of attention: North Korea and Japan. Both had piqued foreign interest previously. Japanese observers have closely […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Pang Zengjun)
Sino-Indian Relations , Sino-Japanese Relations , Sino-Russian Relations , Sinocentrism , Xi-Obama Summit , Xi-Park Summit
Jul 19,2013 Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (July 2013)

Country Report: Japan (with the assistance of Iwaki Shigeyuki) After Prime Minister Abe’s visit in February to the United States, Japanese sources have flitted from one problem to another in the surrounding region, but with one abiding concern: Is there a way to overcome a feeling that their country is under siege? Writings continue to […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Iwaki Shigeyuki*)
Crisis of August 2012 , Japan-China Relations , Japan-South Korean Relations , Regionalism , Revisionism , Xi-Obama Summit , Xi-Park Summit
Jul 19,2013 Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (July 2013)

Country Report: Russia (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova) This is an ideal time for a debate about the balance of Russian foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region. Nervousness about its economic prospects keeps growing with implications for its strategy to develop the Russian Far East, whose plight drew new attention in 2012 when Vladivostok […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)
India , Multipolarity , North Korea , Obama-Putin Summit , Sino-Russian Relations , Southeast Asia , Xi-Obama Summit