U.S.-Russian public health cooperation has led to extraordinary achievements, from the development and production of the Sabin polio vaccine to the eradication of smallpox. But the full potential of this collaboration has not yet been achieved.
The Asia and the Pacific region continues to be the global growth leader even as it faces significant development challenges and downside risks.
As Taiwan peacefully manages its differences with mainland China, it seeks dignity within the international system and believes it can play a positive role supporting its close unofficial relationship with the United States.
Economic disparities and a widening development gap both among and within Southeast Asian nations are among the most pressing issues facing the region.
China’s 12th National People’s Congress has concluded and Xi Jinping assumed the presidency of a country that is at a domestic crossroads and is simultaneously a rising international power.
Current tension in Japan-China relations has implications beyond short-term concerns about an accidental clash at sea or a drop in bilateral trade.
A new initiative by the BRICS coalition of emerging countries, intended to establish a new development bank, will rival traditional development groups such as the IMF and World Bank and may shift the balance of power of the world's economy.
Richard Nixon’s 1972 decision to normalize relations with the Peoples’ Republic of China changed the global political balance in deep and lasting ways. While today’s U.S.-China relationship—a direct result of that groundbreaking trip—is in a place few could have imagined in 1972, it faces many difficult challenges in the coming years.
Leaders in China and the EU currently claim to have a stable, mutually beneficial bilateral relationship bolstered by economic and trade ties, but Sino-EU relations still face significant obstacles.
Considering the many similarities between India and Indonesia, a comparative approach to the issues that both countries face can provide potential solutions to their development challenges.






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