China Is the CCP’s Aspirational Leadership Narrative Un-American or Anti-American ? Wang Huning as a Test Case August 21, 2015 2 Written by Niv Horesh. In 1991, David Shambaugh famously damned China’s American-studies establishment as advancing a “shallow and seriously distorted” understanding of US culture, history,…
China 70 Years of ‘Cold Peace’ and ‘Cold War’ in East Asia Coming to an End? August 7, 2015 0 Written by Christian Wirth. 70 years passed since Emperor Hirohito declared Imperial Japan’s surrender and ended what is often referred to as The Pacific War. 25…
China Why Fresh Thinking on the South China Sea is a Problem June 16, 2015 0 Written by Kerry Brown. Almost certainly one of the headaches that a new American president will have to start engaging with when they finally come into…
US in the Asia-Pacific Why the Pivot Will Fail: Washington Won’t State Its Real Goal February 3, 2015 0 Written by Harry J. Kazianis. I have always been a big believer in goal setting. A simple idea we all take for granted, yet, goals…
US in the Asia-Pacific Alliances and Partnerships for a Rebalancing United States February 2, 2015 0 Written by Abraham M. Denmark. As the United States continues to rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific, alliances and partnerships will take on a greater significance in…
US in the Asia-Pacific U.S. in the Asia Pacific: Towards More Effective Asia Strategy January 30, 2015 2 Written by Michael Mazza. Now in its fourth year, the Obama administration’s pivot to Asia remains beset by a problem of perception. Those countries in…
Taiwan Taiwan: Between the pivot and a hard place January 30, 2015 2 Written by J. Michael Cole. More than three years have elapsed since then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton posited the idea of a U.S. “pivot,” or…
US in the Asia-Pacific Making Sense of China’s Reaction to U.S. Rebalance Strategy: What is China’s ambition? January 29, 2015 0 Written by Dingding Chen. The critical assumption behind the U.S. pivot/rebalance strategy in Asia is that the U.S. needs to maintain its hegemonic position in…
US in the Asia-Pacific The other ‘pivot’: Is Russia also rebalancing towards the Pacific? January 28, 2015 0 Written by Alex Calvo. While the US 'Pivot to the Pacific' features regularly in media and academic discourses, we hear much less about Russia's own…
US in the Asia-Pacific U.S. Rebalancing Towards the Asia-Pacific: The Defence-Security Dimension January 26, 2015 1 Written by Carlyle A. Thayer. The United States' policy of rebalancing towards the Asia-Pacific is a multidimensional strategy. This article focuses on the defence-security dimension.…
