Yao Yunzhu, Retired Major General, Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Sep 07, 2012
The Asia-Pacific region is very dynamic and fast changing, not only in economic terms but also in security terms. Three recent developments will have profound implication on regional security.
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
May 25, 2012
China and Russia conducted their first official bilateral naval exercise (variously referred to as “Sea Interaction 2012” or “Maritime Cooperation 2012”) fr
Cai Penghong, Senior Fellow, SIIS
May 01, 2012
A number of events that have occurred in North Korea (DPRK) within the past few months have captured the world’s attention. The sudden death of North Korean le
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Apr 25, 2012
The majority of discussions at the April 2012 U.S. Army War College’s 23rd annual Strategy Conference focused on the rise of China and the People’s Liberation Army. Despite U.S. concerns over a lack of transparency in China’s military, the 23rd annual Strategy Conference agreed the ties linking China and the U.S. make future conflicts unlikely.
Fidel Ramos, Member, ASEAN Eminent Persons Group
Jul 26, 2011
One of the main sources of tension in Asia nowadays are the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, where the Philippines, Vietnam, China, and others have confl
Admiral Bill Owens, an admiral in the United States Navy and later Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jul 18, 2011
The recent escalation of tensions in the South China Sea once again brought the decades-long territorial dispute to the brink of a violent confrontation that re
An Huihou, Research Scholar, China Foundation for Int'l Studies
Jun 16, 2011
After five months of turmoil and turbulence in West Asia and North Africa, US President Obama made another speech about US policy in the Middle East, driving ho
Franz-Stefan Gady, Associate Editor, Diplomat
Jun 16, 2011
Cutting military and economic assistance to a country in crisis is generally seen as a failure of foreign policy. Such imperial hubris can lead to a miscalculat
Jusuf Wanandi, Vice Chair of Board of Trustees, CSIS Foundation
May 03, 2011
Premier Wen Jiabao will be attending the East Asian Summit Meeting in Indonesia in October this year, but he insisted on coming this spring for his official vis
Gong Shaopeng, Professor, China Foreign Affairs University
Apr 10, 2011
It has been a while since Western forces launched air strikes on Libyan government forces. But it is a pity that they have not yet taken any measure to address