Abstract Some scholars believe that as China’s power grows more preponderant, it will leverage its growing might to impose its will on others in the…
Country or Region: China
Abstract In 2015, Harvard’s Graham Allison wrote an evocative article discussing the “Thucydides Trap” in relations between China and the United States, highlighting the danger…
Abstract Has China under Xi Jinping bid an official farewell to Deng Xiaoping’s “lying low” international strategy (taoguang yanghui) in pursuit of a more ambitious…
Abstract Ever since Myanmar reoriented its foreign policy as a result of its transition to democratic rule in 2010, it has significantly improved its relations…
Abstract Using the English school arguments that inter-state regulation ameliorates the consequences of the power politics of international anarchy, I analyze to what extent China…
Abstract Both the East and Southeast China Seas have been home to a series of repeated episodes of tension between the People’s Republic of China…
Abstract This article analyzes Sino-American relations using three strands of international relations scholarship–internal stability, trade expectations, and military perception. There has been no attempt to…
Abstract China’s declaration of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea shocked the international community, and many explanations have been offered…
Abstract This article deepens our understanding of the South Korean economic miracle in three ways. First, using the most recent economic data, I demonstrate that…
Abstract U.S. policy in the South China Sea has failed to fully address two problems: China’s continuing buildup of military and paramilitary power in the…
Abstract This essay will examine the evolution of the Kremlin’s policy toward BRI. The first section will briefly discuss the potential increase in economic and…
Abstract A sense of aloofness and wariness, perhaps even deflection, initially characterized India’s official response to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But as BRI…
Abstract The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been billed as the “flagship project” of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), constituting the most expansive package…
Abstract This essay presents two interconnected arguments in this context. First, it suggests that BRI is clearly motivated by Beijing’s desire to resolve long-term domestic,…
Abstract This essay will analyze the recent interactions between China and the DPRK and examine the factors that prompted China to adopt a tougher stance…
