Popular anti-foreign sentiments have been an important part of modern China’s historical interactions with the outside world, from the Boxer Rebellion at the turn of…
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A dominant theme in China’s current diplomacy is the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, aimed to promote economic integration and “connectivity” across Asia, Europe, and…
Policy Alert #105 | August 4, 2015 The launch of a UN arbitration tribunal on the China-Philippines maritime dispute has Asian powers watching closely as…
The Iran nuclear agreement is a great victory for US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, neither of whom have had much…
Policy Alert #104 | July 17, 2015 After long, fractious negotiations, world powers and Iran struck a historic deal on Tuesday to curb Iran’s nuclear program in…
Policy Alert #103 | July 2, 2015 Greece slipped deeper into its financial crisis at midnight Tuesday after it became the first developed economy to default on…
Policy Alert #102 | June 26, 2015 As the United States and China meet this week for the Strategic and Economic Dialogue, territorial disputes in the…
South Korea’s joining of the AIIB on April 11 and signing of the China-ROK FTA on June 1 signified China and South Korea’s growing interdependence…
RPI Author David Shambaugh recently published an article in Foreign Policy’s July/August 2015 Issue entitled, “China’s Soft Power Push: The Search for Respect.” He writes:…
Policy Alert #101 | June 16, 2015 The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus in South Korea has killed 16 people and infected nearly 150…
Asia Report #33 | June 2015 Now that Narendra Modi’s rule has passed the one year mark, there has been no shortage of performance assessments.…
Policy Alert #100 | May 19, 2015 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his first visit to China since taking office a year ago. The much…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States at the end of April was a resounding success overall. One of the main highlights…
Policy Alert #99 | May 6, 2015 A massive earthquake in Nepal on April 25 has claimed thousands of lives and left many survivors camped…
May 6, 2016 Read the PDF version here. Meeting the energy demands of a growing economy is one of the primary challenges in the 21st…
