2021APR01

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (March 2021)

By. Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Two themes gained prominence in Russian coverage of the Indo-Pacific region in the first part of 2021: the Russo-China-US triangle and the geopolitics of …

2021MAR15

Country Reports

Country Report: South Korea (March 2021)

By. Sanghwa Hong

Relations with the United States took center stage as South Koreans eyed the formation of the Biden administration, while phone conversations with …

2021MAR02

Special Forum

Introduction

By. Editorial Staff

Compared to the abundant analyses of strategic thinking of the United States and of US allies toward China, …

2021MAR02

Special Forum

Uninterrupted Rise: China’s Global Strategy According to Xi Jinping Thought

By. Steve Tsang

To many in the Chinese leadership the global financial crisis revealed that advanced Western capitalist …

2021MAR02

Special Forum

China’s Strategies toward South Korea, Japan, and Australia in the Biden Era

By. Gilbert Rozman

As the Biden administration eyes ways to strengthen US alliances, China is weighing methods to drive a wedge …

2021MAR02

Special Forum

What's Past Is Prologue: China After Xi

By. Jude Blanchette

What comes after Xi Jinping? The question itself seems premature to ask, given the near-certainty that Xi will assume a norm-breaking 3rd five-year term …

2021MAR02

Country Reports

Country Report: China (February 2021)

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

In the winter of 2020–2021, Chinese analysts contemplated a world in flux, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to devastate the United States and the …

2021MAR02

Open Forum

Washington Insights, Vol. 9, No. 1

By. Editorial Staff

China This year is the kick-off for Xi’s reelection campaign in 2022 after the Party Congress and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CCP. …

2021FEB15

Country Reports

Country Report: Japan (February 2021)

By. Editorial Staff

The end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 saw Japan in a wait-and-see mood: knowing that Joe Biden would be the US president and that Suga Yoshihide would …

2021FEB02

Country Reports

Country Report: Russia (January 2021)

By. Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Russian analysis at the end of 2020 and start of 2021 made clear Russia’s reality of becoming a junior partner to China, which was starting to …