Policy Alert #70 | March 28, 2014 Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Crimea, two days after a referendum that…
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As Japan debates restarting its dormant nuclear reactor fleet, leaders in Tokyo are under intense international pressure to address Japan’s large stockpile of plutonium. According to The Japan Times, the United…
Policy Alert #69 | February 20, 2014 The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics ended on Sunday night after bringing countless cheers and tears to spectators around the world.…
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Policy Alert #68 | January 28, 2014 2013 was rife with diplomatic challenges to the world order, including: increasing tensions in the East China Sea, China’s new…
Continue reading Rising Powers Assess 2013 and Give Expectations for 2014
Policy Alert #67 | January 28, 2014 A series of suicide bombings last month in the southern Russian city of Volgograd raised questions about the…
Continue reading Rising Powers Respond to Security Concerns at Upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics
Policy Alert #66 | December 28, 2013 On November 23, China announced the establishment of an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over disputed parts of…
Continue reading China’s New Air Defense Zone Triggers Flurry of Activity from Asian Powers
Policy Alert #65 | December 28, 2013 On December 5, former South African President Nelson Mandela, died at age 95. Mandela served 27 years in…
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Negotiators from Iran and the so-called P5+1 powers – the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia, and Germany –announced on November 24 that they reached a…
Policy Alert #64 | November 28, 2013 Recent revelations of the U.S. National Security Agency’s (NSA) wiretapping of world leaders have generated enormous skepticism and…
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Policy Alert #63 | November 28, 2013 On November 5, 2013, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched its first unmanned Mars-bound spacecraft Mangalyaan. If…
Continue reading India’s Mars Mission Sparks Reactions from BRIC Countries
Policy Alert #62 | October 28, 2013 On October 1, the U.S. government shutdown for the first time in seventeen years, generating enormous anxieties over…
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Policy Alert #61 | October 28. 2013 The United States’ prolonged budget upheaval has cast doubts on America’s role as a leader in Asia. Would…
Continue reading Asian Powers Re-Assess Roles in the Face of Declining U.S. Leadership
October 22, 2013 Japanese political leaders – faced with emerging security concerns ranging from territorial disputes with China to the nascent North Korean nuclear arsenal…
Continue reading Japan Debates the Right to Collective Self-Defense
October 22, 2013 In 2012, the Rising Powers Initiative published an edited volume entitled Worldviews of Aspiring Powers: Domestic Foreign Policy Debates in China, India,…
The ADIZ imbroglio: A Chinese View
Published by dennisli34 on December 15, 2013Policy Commentary December 15, 2013 In a Policy Commentary for the Rising Powers Initiative, RPI author Dr. Ren Xiao, director of the Center for the…
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