Xu Duo, Fox Fellow, Yale University
May 11, 2016
Obama will visit Hiroshima on May 27th when he attends the G7 summit held later this month in Japan. However, the visit may backfire and hurt Japan by touching off an inconvenient chain reaction. By fixating on the nuclear trauma while blotting out recollections of Japan’s victimization of others, Japan’s sense of its role as a victimizer has been weakened.
May 03, 2016
The following is the prepared speech by Antony J. Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States in his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations C
Wu Jianmin, Former President, China Foreign Affairs University
May 03, 2016
Dialogue has been the path to a constructive relationship between Washington and Beijing, most recently on the long-contentious issues of cyber security. There is a wide range of areas for further Sino-US cooperation, including challenges in global hotspots, bilateral economic, trade and investment cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, military-to-military exchanges and security cooperation.
Apr 29, 2016
The following is the prepared speech by Antony J. Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State of the United States in his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Comm
Apr 29, 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 28 addressed the opening ceremony of the fifth foreign ministers' meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Beijing, further elaborating his vision on security in Asia. He also touches upon China's position on security hotpots in the region, including North Korea, Afghanistan, Syria and South China Sea.
Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Randolph Bourne Institute
Apr 29, 2016
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter visited Delhi in mid-April, and along with $14 billion in supposed defensive military items from the U.S., as well as a cancelled Beijing trip, unease has spread in China’s defense community. It appears that mutual concerns about China’s ambitions are principal driving force in the China-U.S. bilateral relationship.
He Yafei, Former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Apr 27, 2016
As we enter a new age of globalization with ever deepening economic interdependence and widening gap between rich and poor, cultural interactions and mutual enrichment among nations become the essential determinant in global governance.
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Apr 26, 2016
Doug Bandow takes a global portrait of China’s strategic partnerships and “non-alliance” policies, arguing that as the great Eastern power grows so must its capacity to create not just military allies but friends.
Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Apr 22, 2016
In the past six years, Washington and Manila have been cementing a military alliance, which is reassuring to many Filipinos but leaves some apprehensive – including the leading presidential contenders. Dr. Steinbcok poses that true hedging would seek security benefits from the U.S. defense umbrella; economic returns from trade and investment with China; and political advantages from cooperation with both nations.
Chen Jimin, Guest Researcher, Center for Peace and Development Studies, China Association for International Friendly Contact
Apr 22, 2016
President Obama has embraced the rise of a strong and peaceful China as an asset in the new world order, and both politicians and academics need to do more to promote more cooperation and reduce the fear-mongering.