Wang Fan, Vice President, China Foreign Affairs University
Jan 03, 2018
The United States must live with the reality that China will continue to grow stronger; any attempt to curtail China’s influence will come to naught, be it engagement or containment or “congagement”.
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Dec 22, 2017
President Donald Trump said he wanted to seek new partnerships and cooperation with allies during this Asian tour. However, “America First” is Trump’s one and only strategy, with addressing the trade deficit as its ultimate goal. The “Indo-Pacific” is a secondary priority, and the concept was proposed to help boost President Trump’s low approval rating.
Dec 19, 2017
The convergence of strategic threats to India, and the legacy of failed American policy in the region, have seen the resurgence of the once defunct Quadrilateral Security grouping. In doubling its efforts to serve as a regional counterweight to Chinese influence to ensure the sustained freedom of the seas and to stymie any Chinese efforts to gain control over crucial sea lanes to potentially block free trade, India would signal its leadership role.
Wang Jisi, Professor at School of International Studies and Founding President of Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University
Zhao Jianwei, Research Assistant, Peking University
Dec 15, 2017
China should start building a community with a shared future for mankind from the Asia Pacific.
Sampson Oppedisano, Executive Assistant to the Dean, The Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy
Dec 08, 2017
When a U.S. president goes on a tour of a region of the world, the goals can range from reassuring existing alliances, to encouraging the adoption of democratic values such as human rights, to working on building diplomatic relations and economic development. Not President Donald Trump.
Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Dec 06, 2017
Trump has articulated a vision for the Indo-Pacific. Has he thought it through?
Brahma Chellaney, Professor, Center for Policy Research
Nov 30, 2017
Today, the specter of a destabilizing power imbalance looms large in the world’s most dynamic region. In this light, close strategic collaboration among the major democracies can help institute power stability in the Indo-Pacific region and contain the challenges that threaten to disrupt stability and impede economic growth.
Nov 20, 2017
President Trump has faced persistent criticism for what many see as his administration's lack of an Asia policy, but during his trip to Asia, he hinted at what might become the seeds of a new American strategy: a focus on the "Indo Pacific" as opposed to the "Asia Pacific."
Wu Zhenglong, Senior Research Fellow, China Foundation for International Studies
Nov 17, 2017
The US has proposed a quadrilateral security mechanism with Japan, India, and Australia to contain China. This initiative will fail.
Su Jingxiang, Fellow, China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations
Nov 17, 2017
America’s attempts to contain China will fail, because, time and again, economics trumps politics.