The Chinese remember something that has been mostly forgotten by other nations. Namely, that is only these last 150 years that the country has had the...
Speaking as former Secretary General of the Council of Europe on de-escalation on the Korean Peninsula, on peace and security in Eastern Asia is a real...
Why is (the Korean peninsula and East) Asia unable to capitalize (on) its successes Speculations over the alleged bipolar world of tomorrow (the so-called G-2, China...
Why is Europe able to manage its decline, while Asia is (still) unable to capitalize (on) its success? Following the famous saying allegedly spelled by Kissinger:...
By Emre Kovacs and Murray Hunter In September 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed that China and Central Asia collaborate to build a Silk Road Economic...
Facing the waning Pax Americana and the specter of a Pax Sinica, Japan will be at the crossroads of redefining its role in world politics, perhaps...
What is a “Superpower”? This term is often used to describe a country that has achieved the most influential status in the international affairs owing in...
The shifts in global power that began in the late 20th century have accelerated since the onset of the world economic crisis in 2008 and the...
Balancing economic growth with demographic decline, calibrating brewing social expectations, tempting anti-politics of nationalism, all with the security dilemmas remains a fundamental issue for Beijing, but...
Even though sharing strong democratic values and strategic interests, Japan and its immediate neighbor, South Korea, have recently estranged themselves each other.