Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Apr 08, 2016
There is little doubt that the so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has lost Chinese public opinion. Doug Bandow argues that it would help if the U.S. and its allies, most obviously the Republic of Korea and Japan, made it easier for Beijing to effectively join America’s anti-Pyongyang coalition.
Fan Jishe, Professor, the Central Party School of Communist Party of China
Apr 08, 2016
Many countries have strengthened the physical protection of nuclear materials and facilities, and stronger regulations have been put into place. Now that the Nuclear Security Summits are said to have served their purpose, it is time to translate political stances into additional concrete measures and investment in nuclear security.
George Koo, Retired International Business Consultant and Contributor to Asia Times
Apr 06, 2016
Through interventionist misadventures in Iraq, Syria, and Libya, the U.S. has been a major contributing factor in the unrest and has proven incapable of maintaining peace and order by its own effort. China has a non-confrontational approach to international relations and can be an effective partner in complementing the U.S. in anti-terrorism efforts.
Zhao Minghao, Professor, Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, and China Forum Expert
Apr 02, 2016
The Fourth Nuclear Security Summit is held in Washington D.C from March 31 to April 1. Personally advocated by United States President Barack Obama, the nuclear summit has been convened once every two years since 2010.
Apr 01, 2016
Following the summit meeting in Washington D.C. between President Obama and President Xi Jinping, the U.S.-China Joint Statement on Nuclear Security Cooperation was released
AP, The Associated Press
Mar 29, 2016
President Barack Obama will be meeting with Asian leaders in Washington this week as fears grow that long-smoldering tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the South China Sea risk flaring into conflict.
Niu Jun, Professor, Peking University
Mar 25, 2016
The Chinese policy towards the DPRK was not made purely out of ideological considerations but developed its shape today due to geopolitical factors. Unforeseen aggression and expansion by Western powers led to a popular Chinese belief that the Korean Peninsula was a ‘strategic security shield’ for China. Over the years as China's political prowess has only grown North Korea is no longer a 'shield' but rather the 'shielded.'
Mar 18, 2016
The largest nuclear security center in the Asia-Pacific region, financed by China and the United States, opened Friday, according to authorities.
Fan Jishe, Professor, the Central Party School of Communist Party of China
Mar 14, 2016
Pyongyang should pay a price for its violation of Security Council resolutions, but punishment by itself will not magically solve the nuclear problem. If sanctions could not be translated into a strategic rethink, they will only add more pain to the ordinary North Koreans' already miserable life.
Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University
Mar 07, 2016
This US defense installation would offer no real protection from the North’s usable weaponry, and would surely provoke the DPRK into a new, vicious cycle of action vs. reaction. The idea has already stirred strong protests from the Chinese and Russian governments, which believe THAAD, if deployed, will threaten their security interests. The idea of deploying THAAD on Korean soil is a bad example of how anger and angst can overpower and replace rational response.