2018SEP04

Open Forum

Can China Seduce Japan? 14 Reasons for Its Overtures in 2018

By Gilbert Rozman

As Sino-US relations have deteriorated in 2018, Beijing has looked elsewhere in Asia for closer ties: to the Korean Peninsula, where Kim Jong-un was …

2018AUG31

Special Forum

Introduction

By Editorial Staff

Relations between Washington and Beijing are said to be worse than at any point since their normalization in …

2018AUG31

Special Forum

International Law in US-China Relations: Trade Wars and Maritime Rights in the …

By Jacques deLisle

In an increasingly fraught US-China relationship, issues of international law have become important in their …

2018AUG31

Special Forum

A Prognosis of the Current Sino-American Malaise

By Lowell Dittmer

The current relationship between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States has been …

2018AUG31

Special Forum

US-China Rivalry and the Future of the Korean Peninsula

By Kim Sung-han*

The ongoing “trade war” between the United States and China is not just a trade dispute in light of …

2018AUG31

Special Forum

The Current Crisis in Sino-US relations: How Deep Can It Be?

By Vasily Kashin

Sino-US relations appear to have entered a prolonged period of acute rivalry and growing hostility. The current …

2018AUG28

Open Forum

Washington Insights, Vol. 6, No. 4

By Editorial Staff

The pace of change amid the perplexity of the Trump administration is proving overwhelming to many in DC, as elsewhere. Alarm about how badly it is …

2018AUG21

Country Reports

Country Report: China (April 2018)

By Gilbert Rozman

China’s foreign relations are under extraordinary flux. Sino-US relations are viewed as more perilous than at any time since 1989 with some even …

2018AUG08

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (July 2018)

By Eun A Jo

From May to July 2018, South Korean news editorials continued to focus on bilateral dynamics among the two Koreas, the United States, and China. On …

2018AUG07

Open Forum

Unwilling Bystander: Japan Befuddled Strategically in 2018

By Gilbert Rozman

Compared to “shocks” in 1971-72 and 1987-89, when US policy shifted abruptly toward first China and then the Soviet Union, the shock of 2018 …