Bonnie S. Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia, CSIS
Sep 19, 2013
As the United States and China have been working to build a new type of great power relationship, North Korean policy has often been a point of debate. Bonnie Glaser outlines the importance of Pyongyang to the strengthening of Sino-US relations.
Yu Sui, Professor, China Center for Contemporary World Studies
Sep 19, 2013
During President Xi Jinping’s September trip to the G20 summit, he also visited four Central Asian countries to discuss comprehensive strategic partnerships with China. Yu Sui discusses the possible ramifications of these visits and other global developments on the evolving China-US-Russia relationship.
Kendrick Kuo, A China specialist pursuing graduate studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS in Washington, DC.
Sep 12, 2013
China’s sense of vulnerability, not its rivalry with the United States, accounts for its opposition to Syrian intervention.
Jiang Yuechun, Director, China Institute of Int'l Studies
Sep 11, 2013
The relations between China and the US and between China and Japan, although in constant flux, will never transcend that between the US and Japan, writes Jiang Yuechun.
Fernando Menéndez, Economist and China-Latin America observer
Sep 07, 2013
Will China’s economic slowdown have a negative impact on Latin America’s emerging markets? Fernando Menéndez explores how infrastructure development and regional trade could allow for diversification in Latin America and why China would be a prime beneficiary of the expansion.
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Sep 06, 2013
With Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin set to meet during the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Richard Weitz highlights the recent strengthening of the Sino-Russian bilateral defense relationship.
Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Aug 28, 2013
The apparent use of chemical weapons in Syria’s civil war has produced shrill calls for launching air strikes on the regime of Bashar al Assad. Furthermore, proponents of a strike are using the 1999 NATO campaign as a precedent. However, what does this approach mean for Washington’s ties with Beijing and Moscow?
Aug 23, 2013
Given her family's history in diplomacy and government, it is no surprise that high hopes have been set for Caroline Kennedy, nominated to be the US Ambassador to Japan. As tensions between the United States, China and Japan continue to heighten, Dr. Jin Ying analyzes the high expectations set for Kennedy's new position.
David Rothkopf, CEO & Editor at Large, Foreign Policy
Aug 22, 2013
Political dysfunction and distraction in Washington continues to threaten the prominence of the United States abroad. As David Rothkopf, CEO and editor at large of Foreign Policy, explains America must learn from Asia or get used to following it.
Chen Jimin, Guest Researcher, Center for Peace and Development Studies, China Association for International Friendly Contact
Aug 21, 2013
As long as there is sufficient political will and wisdom in Northeast Asia, the prospects for regional cooperation is encouraging, writes Chen Jimin.