2019AUG28

Special Forum

Trump’s Illusions

By Editorial Staff

In the eyes of US observers, the G20 summit was more a series of bilateral meetings than a multilateral summit, …

2019AUG28

Special Forum

Modi’s Middle Way

By Constantino Xavier

How many acronyms can one invent to signal a country’s foreign policy interests? Many, if you are …

2019AUG19

Open Forum

Russia-China Relations in Central Asia: Why Is There a Surprising Absence of Rivalry?

By Marcin Kaczmarski

Russia and China have been deepening their cooperation for the last quarter century. While the relationship has not reached the stage of a full-fledged …

2019AUG19

Open Forum

Japan-US-India Defense Cooperation: Anticipating the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Nagao Satoru*

Other triangles keep drawing greater attention, but the US-Japan-India triangle has become the foundation of what is envisioned as the 21st century …

2019AUG13

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (August 2019)

By Editorial Staff

All roads ran through Washington in the late spring and early summer of 2019, even as Abe strove for a more autonomous role through hosting the G20, …

2019JUL29

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (July 2019)

By Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Russian authors continued to show a preference for big questions. What is the character of the transformation under way in Northeast Asia? How has …

2019JUL29

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (July 2019)

By Editorial Staff

In the summer of 2019, South Korean media discussed the country’s relations with China, the United States, North Korea, and Japan. Specifically, …

2019JUL29

Open Forum

Deciphering China’s Intentions: What Can Open Sources Tell Us?

By Joel Wuthnow

Over the past several years, bold assertions about China’s long-range strategic goals have become common in the US public discourse. In 2015, …

2019JUL29

Open Forum

Washington Insights, Vol. 7, No. 4

By Editorial Staff

Donald Trump keeps seizing the initiative, overshadowing Abe Shinzo at the G20 meetings, changing the narrative at will in diplomacy with Xi Jinping and …

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 …