Abstract Maintaining a balance of power in Asia is essential, as is having a relationship between China and the United States that reaps the gains…
Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy
Abstract This essay considers recent calls for a new major-power relationship between the U.S. and China and examines concrete steps that both countries could take…
Introduction This essay examines four strategic dilemmas that the Republic of Korea (ROK) faces vis-á-vis China and discusses their implications for regional and U.S.-ROK relations.…
Summary The underlying beliefs that people in the United States and China hold toward each other in the security realm are likely to influence, directly…
Abstract Ever since President Barack Obama pronounced himself as the first Pacific president of the United States in November 2009, Taiwan has closely watched the…
Abstract This article examines U.S.-China military-to-military relations and outlines a strategy for improving ties by expanding contacts across a range of functional areas. Read the…
Summary In November 2011, President Obama declared, “the United States is turning [its] attention to the vast potential of the Asia Pacific region.” This announcement…
Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has pursued a persistent, reasonably coherent, two-part strategy toward China. Albeit with some shifts…
Abstract The United States’ rebalancing to Asia, initially depicted as a “pivot” to the Pacific, is less a swing away from the Middle East and…
Abstract To South Koreans, and probably to most Asians, the evolution of Washington’s rhetoric on its Asia policy has been ambiguous. The Obama administration’s declaration…
Abstract This article argues that the rise of China and the changing North-east Asian balance of power are creating the classical adjustment problems of Great…
Abstract Peace through strength, regime change to democracy, and preemptive strikes are known to be neoconservative policies which are based on such values as hegemonic…
Summary Barack Obama’s “rebalancing” or “pivot” strategy, intended to demonstrate continued US commitment to the Asia-Pacific region in a variety of military, economic, and diplomatic…
Summary The relationship between the United States and China will be of critical importance to the world throughout the twenty-first century. In the West, China’s…
Abstract Trade has always defined order and power in the Asia-Pacific. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), while not perfect, can help positively shape regional order, the…
