Yang Jiemian, Senior Fellow and Chairman of SIIS Academic Affairs Council
Jul 28, 2015
As the world becomes increasingly multi-polar, there has been much discussion of a new model for major-power relations and how they might shape a modern world order. The recent breakthrough in negotiations with Iran shows that the idea is moving from rhetoric to reality.
Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Jul 27, 2015
American hawks who regard China as an implacable geopolitical adversary exhibit an unhealthy foreign policy perspective. But U.S. leaders and the American public also need to be careful not to lean too far in the other direction—toward an appeasement policy toward Beijing.
Sun Chenghao, Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Jul 27, 2015
Improving U.S.-Cuba Relations have implications for China, but there is no need for strategic competition in Cuba and Latin America at large while Washington and Beijing share common interests in the region.
Ma Shikun, Senior Journalist, the People’s Daily
Jul 24, 2015
By Taking China to the International Court over Huangyuan Island, the Philippines makes trouble out of nothing.
Yin Chengde, Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Jul 22, 2015
The US pursues increasingly aggressive strategies against Russia, partly because it perceives Russia’s national power as too diminished to wage a meaningful fight, and now it has to face the music. Washington must cool things off by abandoning confrontation.
Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress Foundation
Jul 20, 2015
The upcoming 2016 Philippine Presidential election will have significant bearing on the future of infrastructure development and relations in the South China Sea. The next Philippines president may push closer to the U.S., while some want greater economic and humanitarian aid from China.
Vasilis Trigkas, Visiting Assistant Professor, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University
Jul 16, 2015
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. carries deep symbolism, both in the U.S. political heritage, and classical Greek aesthetics. Vasilis Trigkas proposes that this monument be a site for President Xi and Obama to deliver an alternative narrative for China-U.S. relations.
Kemel Toktomushev, Research Fellow, University of Central Asia
Jul 14, 2015
Neighbourhood diplomacy is becoming a foreign policy priority for official Beijing, and demonstrates that China is willing to undertake the role of mediator in Afghanistan and accelerate regional efforts to bring all relevant parties to the negotiating table.
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Jul 13, 2015
As the focus of the West was fixed in Greece and Iran, the 7th BRICS Summit began a massive shift from a dialogue to an economic partnership – one whose full impact will be witnessed in the coming years.
Jeffrey A. Bader, John C. Whitehead Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Jul 10, 2015
East Asia has avoided major military conflicts since the 1970’s. It is owing to the maturity and good sense of most of the states of the region, their emphasis on economic growth over settling scores, and the American alliances and security presence that have deterred military action and provided comfort to most peoples and states. But above all else, it is due to the reconciliation of the Asia-Pacific’s major powers, the United States and China.