Song Qingrun, Associate Professor, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations
Sep 06, 2016
The three countries must identify areas of cooperation in Myanmar, such as investment, public service projects among others, and foster a viable cooperation mechanism where interests are shared, risked are distributed. A non-competitive approach will contribute to the economic prosperity of Myanmar and the well-being of its people, and will meet the interests of the three countries and the region at large.
Sajjad Ashraf, Former Adjunct Professor, National University of Singapore
Sep 05, 2016
While the U.S. calls for respect of the given ruling under the Law of the Sea Convention, of which the U.S. is not a signatory, none of the predicted responses from China and the Philippines have come true. On the contrary, both have opted for ‘strategic restraint,’ choosing to use dialogue in order to find common ground.
Liu Junhong, Researcher, Chinese Institute of Contemporary Int'l Relations
Sep 02, 2016
Not long ago, China, Japan and the ROK finally got their foreign ministers together in Tokyo. The foreign ministers’ meeting naturally had an important mission, and the opportunity it created may, to a considerable extent, reshape the relations among the three countries.
Sep 02, 2016
As both China and the U.S. play critical roles in reshaping global governance, there is a need for a new concept of “order” that is all inclusive and can accommodate the interests and concerns of all countries, providing a common roof for all.
Darcie Draudt, non-resident James A. Kelly Korean Studies fellow, Pacific Forum CSIS
Sep 02, 2016
In early July, South Korea decided to allow the United States to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. At the heart of this issue is the difference in how China and the United States view the role of South Korea and decisions related to the security and stability of the peninsula.
David Firestein, President, George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations
Sep 01, 2016
The United States and China perceive the South China Sea issue in starkly different terms.
Cheng Li, Director, John L. Thornton China Center, The Brookings Institution
Aug 30, 2016
From the time President Obama assumed office in 2009 to the present, positive U.S.-China relations have been vital to the two countries and to the world at large. Forty-four years after establishing diplomatic relations, the world’s two greatest economic powers have forged unprecedentedly close ties. Unsurprisingly, the current relationship reflects varying degrees of cooperation as well as competition.
Robert I. Rotberg, Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
Aug 24, 2016
China is South Sudan’s last best hope. Given the interminable bloodletting and brutal fratricide that engulfs Africa’s youngest nation, and given the inability of the African Union and United States to broker an effective peace, intervention and assistance by China may provide South Sudan with its only viable lifeline.
Shi Yinhong, Professor, Renmin University
Aug 23, 2016
Amid changes in global political culture and turbulent relations between powers, it is unprecedentedly difficult to create, readjust and implement rules of global governance. Efforts must be made to resist the populist, nativist and nationalist political culture that is expanding and increasing throughout the world so that major-power relations can be stabilized and improved.
Aug 22, 2016
It is unlikely that the decision by The Hague on the Philippines case will settle all of these matters. That said, one can envision a path forward, beginning with an immediate freeze on all activities in the disputed territories. That would lower tensions, allowing everyone to take a deep breath.