Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s choice of Asia for her first overseas trip signals that President Obama is likely to take a more active approach toward the region than his predecessor.
An assessment of the degree to which Washington and Beijing are willing or able to implement crisis management principles like maintaining direct channels of communication and preserving military flexibility.
China's rapid economic and military expansion has redefined how many countries in the region view it, but all agree that the United States must maintain an active role in Asia to help maintain stability.
Although China has captured the world's attention because of its impressive growth rates, its economy remains smaller than Japan's. Some analysts argue that the United States has engaged China at the expense of disengaging from Japan. Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki, offer a perspective on Japan's role in Asia.
Carnegie Beijing sponsored and co-hosted a policy debate with the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Center for Regional Security Studies to address the current internal and external challenges ASEAN countries face and the ASEAN Charter’s implications for alleviating some of these problems and improving regional relations.
Despite the growing global skepticism of Western-style democracy, citizens across Asia decisively reject authoritarian alternatives such as strong-man rule or military rule.
The countries of the East won't be banding together to replace the West as the seat of global power anytime soon. Many trends do suggest that Asian nations are becoming more integrated than ever before. At the same time, however, a virulent nationalism is spreading in the region, one that feeds on history to gin up hatred and push small-minded agendas.
Since its inception in Fall 2006, the series has addressed the most critical—and controversial—issues involving China's economic, socio-political, and military evolution and their policy implications for policy makers on Capitol Hill.
Japan experts discuss the political consequences of Prime Minister Abe’s resignation, and the implication it has on Japanese foreign policy regarding U.S, China, and rest of the Pacific Rim.
The U.S. foreign policy establishment is increasingly adopting a ‘Strong China’ paradigm. It will do well to remember that China is simultaneously weak – internal fissures like inequality, lack of social institutions for redress, social unrest, corruption and environmental destruction could create havoc in the country and the world.