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Asia's 1937 Syndrome
Gordon G. ChangIn first days of July 1937, Chinese and Japanese soldiers skirmished in Wanping, a few miles southwest of what is now the Chinese capital. China’s Chiang Kai-shek then knew his army was...
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Draw a Big Red Line in Asia
Joseph A. Bosco“I have a pen and I have a phone.” That was President Obama’s commitment to take executive action and bypass legislative gridlock between the Democratic-controlled Senate and...
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Time for Tough Love in East Asia
Ted Galen CarpenterChina’s neighbors are increasingly nervous about Beijing’s expansive territorial claims and other manifestations of abrasive behavior. They are eager to huddle behind America’s...
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East Asia's Dangerous History Wars
Rajan MenonAt the annual Davos World Economic Forum, which convened last month, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe disrupted the conviviality by offering an historical analogy that jarred his...
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America's Failing China Paradigm
Gordon G. ChangSecretary of State John Kerry wrapped up his two-day visit to Beijing late last week with the release of a four-sentence joint statement on climate change. Hong Kong’s South China...
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Getting Tough in the South China Sea
Robert HaddickThe Obama administration may have finally lost its patience with China’s salami-slicing in the East and South China Seas. Remarks over the past few weeks from administration officials...
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America Turns East, China Turns West
Richard L. Russell“Bugging out” is exactly what our friends and foes alike in the greater Middle East think the United States is doing after more than a decade of war in the region. And perceptions are...
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Japan and Korea: Opportunities for Cooperation
Ashley A.C. HessJohn K. WardenEditor’s Note: TNI has teamed up with Japan-ROK Working Group at the Pacific Forum CSIS in order to preview its upcoming report focused on improving bilateral relations...
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Drive a Wedge Between Russia and China
Albert B. WolfThere’s no question that Russia’s annexation of the Crimea is a blatant violation of international law. However, talk of a new Cold War and of “containing” Russia take our eyes off of...
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Surprise Attack on Iran: Can Israel Do It?
Thomas SaetherAccording to a report in March by the Israeli daily Haaretz, Israel continues to prepare for a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Quoting anonymous members of the Knesset who were...
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Canada: The Next Oil Superpower?
Robert CollierThe Obama administration’s decision Friday, April 18 to delay yet again its final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline shows the project may be too hot to handle politically. The irony,...
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China Goes Ballistic
Andrew S. EricksonMichael S. ChaseCHINA IS INCREASINGLY A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH, not only economically but also militarily. Its aggressive stance toward some of its neighbors, along with Asia’s...
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Be Afraid: China Can't Control North Korea
Gordon G. ChangThis month in Beijing, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel asked China’s leader Xi Jinping to do more to disarm North Korea. In February, Secretary of State John Kerry, when he was in the...
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How Will We Know When China is Number One?
Peter HarrisIt has been conventional wisdom for well over a decade that China is a rising power. The statistics on China’s current size and projections about its future growth have become such clichés...
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Thucydides Trap 2.0: Superpower Suicide?
Patrick Porter˙Though Russian troops gather on Ukraine's border, and civil war devastates Aleppo, the view from Washington still sees the 'big story' of this century as the rise of China and the...
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