As Narushige Michishita and I have argued, after decades of accepting U.S. supremacy in Asia as the foundation of its foreign and security policies, finding…
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A relatively small chain of islands in the East China Sea has been the focal point of potential maritime conflict between Taiwan (R.O.C.), China (P.R.C.),…
No matter who wins the American presidency and who fills the new Chinese Politburo, on November 6 and 8 respectively, the world can expect a…
The political awakening of Burma/ Myanmar is one of the most important, and positive, developments in Southeast Asian and global affairs. One of the major…
The success of India as a major emerging power in the coming years will rely heavily on its ability to achieve and maintain energy security.…
The South China Sea is one of the great connecting oceans of the world, acting as a major conduit of Asian and global trade. It…
The car bomb targeted at an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi has accentuated the ongoing tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and the imposition of sanctions…
WASHINGTON — The visit by China’s vice president, Xi Jinping, to Washington this coming week offers a unique opportunity to take the measure of the…
A subversive pragmatic vision is increasingly challenging some of the key foundations of India’s traditional nationalist and left-of-center foreign policy, diluting the consensus that shaped…
Report of a conference organized by the IPCS in collaboration with the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University on 21 February 2011. Prof.…
Report of a conference organized by the IPCS in collaboration with the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University on 21 February 2011. Prof.…
2009—2010 will be remembered as the years in which China became difficult for the world to deal with, as Beijing exhibited increasingly tough and truculent…
Few observers of negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program anticipated a breakthrough from the Istanbul meeting between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the six major…
Mike Mochizuki, Associate Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and holds the Japan-US Relations Chair in Memory of Gaston…
What are the prospects for the development of an Asian regional community? How might identity influence the formation of that community? Will this emerging community…
