As tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise, the United States must carefully navigate regional tensions to ensure the current dispute between China and Vietnam does not encourage reckless behavior, but rather promotes peaceful dispute resolution.

After staying in power for only three years, Japan’s Democratic Party lost the parliament election to the Liberal Democratic Party. The Yoshihiko Noda cabinet,

The landslide victory of Shinzō Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party over the reigning Democratic Party of Japan was an outcome that was widely predicted, but the gravitas of this tectonic shift in Japanese politics is yet unknown.

A Senior Fellow at the EastWest Institute analyzes the past, present and future of “Great Power Politics” in Asia.

The U. S. Asia Pivot nevertheless has implications for the North Korean issue. A focus on China means China-North Korea issues would be dealt with within the framework of future U.S.-China relations, which could in turn affect the North Korean nuclear problem.

The turmoil lasting for more than two years in the Middle East has led to some great changes in the overall situation of this region, with new conflicts breakin

As the relationships between China and its neighbors deteriorate, Doug Bandow argues that the Sino-US relationship has never been as important.

By analyzing the history of rising and falling powers, China’s development since the end of the Cold War, and China-U.S. relations in the status quo a new type of relationship can be developed to foster cooperation and trust between major powers.

The so called “purchase” of the Diaoyu Islands carried out by the Noda government has seriously impacted the mutual trust between China and Japan. After Japan

Shinzo Abe has led the Liberal Democratic Party to win the Japanese House of Representatives election. However, the election victory doesn’t mean a widespread