Burdens of Tibet
Asia was in 2014 based on the Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) Conflict Barometer for 2014 report accounted for the most conflicts...
Danger of undefined territories in the South and East China Sea
The number of disputes has risen over the decades in the region known for dynamic economy, competition, rich waters, possible big oil and gas...
Resolving territorial disputes in the Far East – Kuril Islands
A dispute over Kuril Islands is the reason why Russia and Japan still after more than 70 years have not signed a peace treaty...
Europe and China – Factors of Mutual Understanding
Geopolitics: enmity, rapprochement, concrete political or military decisions besides straightforward interests are often based on perceptions and influenced by the (lack of) understanding of...
What could China learn from Europe?
In the nineteenth century Europe's key cultural impact on China has probably been its influence in modernizing the Chinese state. In the 1870s and...
The Asian Square Dance, Part IX: Mini Scenarios
“I predict that it is in Asia where the fate of the future will be decided.”-Tsar Alexander III Needless to say, forecasts are extremely...
To remember from South Korea’s stellar rise
The speed and determination with which South Korea rose from war-torn poverty to innovative leadership amazed the world. Sungchul Chung examines the lessons to...
The Asian Square Dance – Part VIII
The economy Economists generally agree that the cumulative economies of China and India will be larger than that of the G7 by 2030. At...
The Asian Square Dance Part VI: Russia
Russia and the US share the fact that they are both Atlantic and Pacific powers although Russia is essentially a land-based power with the...
The grand strategy of Xi Jinping
China spent much of 2014 seeking to revive a concept that Japan proclaimed seven decades ago, when it was an imperial power seeking to...