2020JUN01

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (June 2020)

By Editorial Staff

The spring of 2020 saw a downturn in Sino-Japanese relations, which were now embroiled in the pandemic war of words, with little else on the foreign …

2020MAY25

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (May 2020)

By Editorial Staff

One message stood apart in Russian coverage of international relations in the Indo-Pacific in the early spring of 2020: what is the impact of the …

2020MAY19

Open Forum

The Launch of an Ideological Cold War in 2020: The US Perspective

By Gilbert Rozman

Today’s US response to China that suggests a cold war mentality: first, blaming problems in the Sino-US relationship, China more generally, and the …

2020MAY15

Open Forum

China’s “Wolf Warrior” Diplomacy in the COVID-19 Crisis

By Yun Sun

COVID-19, a black swan event, altered the planned trajectory of China’s domestic politics and its engagement with the rest of the world. The public …

2020MAY09

Open Forum

Kim Jong-un’s Recent Absence: A Viewpoint from North Korean Media Analysis

By Rachel Minyoung Lee

“CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT STOP LORD COPPER HIMSELF GRAVELY DISSATISFIED STOP LORD COPPER PERSONALLY REQUIRES VICTORIES STOP ON RECEIPT OF THIS CABLE …

2020MAY09

Open Forum

The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Russo-Chinese Border

By Ivan Zuenko

The pandemic has already changed the course of world history, and its future consequences, such as how and when it finishes, remain unknown to us amidst …

2020MAY04

Open Forum

Washington Insights, Vol. 8, No. 2

By Editorial Staff

Unlike previous Washington Insights based on attendance at panels and person-to-person contacts, this one draws from a mixture of Zoom meetings and …

2020APR22

Country Reports

Country Report: China (April 2020)

By Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

As 2020 began, Chinese authors were busy not only summing up the far-reaching results of 2019 but also putting them in broad analytical perspective. …

2020APR13

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (April 2020)

By Editorial Staff

Geopolitics were not high on the media’s attention list in the first months of 2020; we need to look back a little to capture the state of the …

2020MAR30

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (March 2020)

By Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Russians agree that this is a period of transformation, but there are differences regarding the nature of the changes. Essentially, three schools of …