2019JUL16

Open Forum

The Debate over US Policy toward China Heats Up: Doves, Hawks, Superhawks, and the Viability of the Think Tank Middle Ground

By Gilbert Rozman

The aim of this synopsis is to clarify the debate that has erupted in the early summer of 2019, to differentiate the main schools of thought, to put the …

2019JUL01

Open Forum

China and the Korean Peninsula after the Hanoi Summit

By Yun Sun

The Hanoi summit between President Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un had been expected to deliver concrete results on the nuclear …

2019JUN25

Special Forum

Introduction

By Gilbert Rozman

The fate of democratization in Asia in the post-Cold War era has been closely identified with four cases: …

2019JUN25

Special Forum

Democratization, National Identity, and Foreign Policy in Mongolia in 2019

By Mendee Jargalsaikhan

Democracy came to Mongolia in the aftermath of the Cold War as one of the uplifting success stories of that …

2019JUN25

Special Forum

Democratization, National Identity and Indonesia’s Foreign Policy

By Ralf Emmers

Indonesia has gone through a drastic transformation since the downfall of President Suharto in May 1998. Its …

2019JUN25

Special Forum

Truce and Tales in New Malaysia: Happy First Anniversary

By Sophie Lemiere

The expression “New Malaysia” or Malaysia Baharu emerged in 2016 as a semantic capsule for the …

2019JUN25

Special Forum

Myanmar’s Democratic Backsliding in the Struggle for National Identity and …

By Jonathan T. Chow

When Myanmar’s ruling military junta transitioned to a nominally civilian government in 2011, observers …

2019JUN20

Country Reports

Country Report: China (June 2019)

By Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

In the spring of 2019, Chinese experts assessed China’s relations with the United States and Russia forty years after reform and opening began. …

2019JUN17

Open Forum

Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 3

By Editorial Staff

Trade overshadows security with human rights and democratization left on the sidelines in DC gatherings in the spring of 2019. The Hanoi summit left …

2019JUN17

Open Forum

Domestic politics of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

By Min Ye

China has an authoritarian political system and state-controlled capitalism. It is natural for foreign observers to predominantly view the …