Dan Steinbock, Founder, Difference Group
Aug 15, 2014
After half a century of isolation, Myanmar’s seeks to sustain its reform momentum. It is a challenging balancing act amidst Chinese rebalancing and America’s pivot to Southeast Asia.
Chen Xiangyang, Director and Research Professor, CICIR
Aug 14, 2014
As the United States continues its push into the Asia-Pacific and furthers its pivot or rebalance to the region, Chen Xiangyang urges U.S. policymakers to rethink their China-focused pivot in light of recent international developments.
Tom Watkins, President and CEO of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, FL
Aug 12, 2014
As the relationship between China and the United States remains the most important bilateral relationship in the world, Tom Watkins explores the way academic institutions and think tanks have shaped the Western perception of China.
Liu Junhong, Researcher, Chinese Institute of Contemporary Int'l Relations
Aug 08, 2014
Japan and the United States are competing for a dominant role in the Asia-Pacific, as the negotiations over the TPP ad the new Japan-US defense guidelines inflame tensions in the bilateral relationship, writes Liu Junhong.
Zhang Tuosheng, Principal Researcher at Grandview Institution, and Academic Committee Member of Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University
Aug 07, 2014
Threat perception is leading to a security crisis in East Asia. Zhang Tuosheng suggests six steps for reducing misperceptions and stemming the crisis.
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Aug 05, 2014
How can the Obama administration improve U.S.-China relations while applying greater pressure on North Korea? As Doug Bandow explains, this will be a difficult endeavor and require compromises from both nations.
Zhang Junshe, Researcher, PLA Naval Military Academic Research Institute
Jul 29, 2014
Usni.org, the official website of US Naval Institute, has created a controversy by posting an article that says, "China sends uninvited spy ship to Rimpac" (Rim of the Pacific Exercise), writes Zhang Junshe.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Jul 28, 2014
By initiating the AIIB, China demonstrates its willingness and capability to provide more public goods to the international community, writes Wu Zhenglong.
George Koo, Retired International Business Consultant and Contributor to Asia Times
Jul 25, 2014
Obama has an opportunity to break from the past and make a brilliant mark in history by curtailing his administration’s pivot to Asia, writes George Koo.
Jul 23, 2014
As the United States takes action, diplomatically and militarily, in the Asian region, the US has been seen as attempting to contain China. Justin Logan assesses this claim, and introduces the idea that the United States is indeed acting to contain China not so much economically, but militarily.