Policy Alert #72 | April 28, 2014 As President Barack Obama wraps up his week-long trip to Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and the Philippines, Asian…
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Asia Report #25 | April 2014 What explains escalating tensions between China and its neighbors in the South China Sea over the past several years?…
Policy Alert #71 | March 28, 2014 The hope for peace following the Sochi Olympics was overshadowed by mounting conflict in Ukraine after Russia sent…
Policy Alert #70 | March 28, 2014 Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Crimea, two days after a referendum that…
As Japan debates restarting its dormant nuclear reactor fleet, leaders in Tokyo are under intense international pressure to address Japan’s large stockpile of plutonium. According to The Japan Times, the United…
Policy Alert #69 | February 20, 2014 The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics ended on Sunday night after bringing countless cheers and tears to spectators around the world.…
Policy Alert #68 | January 28, 2014 2013 was rife with diplomatic challenges to the world order, including: increasing tensions in the East China Sea, China’s new…
Policy Alert #67 | January 28, 2014 A series of suicide bombings last month in the southern Russian city of Volgograd raised questions about the…
Policy Alert #66 | December 28, 2013 On November 23, China announced the establishment of an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over disputed parts of…
Policy Alert #65 | December 28, 2013 On December 5, former South African President Nelson Mandela, died at age 95. Mandela served 27 years in…
Negotiators from Iran and the so-called P5+1 powers – the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany –announced on November 24 that they reached a…
Policy Alert #64 | November 28, 2013 Recent revelations of the U.S. National Security Agency’s (NSA) wiretapping of world leaders have generated enormous skepticism and…
Policy Alert #63 | November 28, 2013 On November 5, 2013, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its first unmanned Mars-bound spacecraft Mangalyaan. If…
Policy Alert #62 | October 28, 2013 On October 1, the U.S. government shutdown for the first time in seventeen years, generating enormous anxieties over…
The ADIZ imbroglio: A Chinese View
Published by dennisli34 on December 15, 2013Policy Commentary December 15, 2013 In a Policy Commentary for the Rising Powers Initiative, RPI author Dr. Ren Xiao, director of the Center for the…