Policy Alert #51 | May 28, 2013 Since taking office as Japan’s Prime Minister for the second time, Shinzo Abe’s foreign policy posture has been…
Continue reading Shinzo Abe’s Foreign Policy and Reactions from Asian Powers
Policy Alert #51 | May 28, 2013 Since taking office as Japan’s Prime Minister for the second time, Shinzo Abe’s foreign policy posture has been…
Continue reading Shinzo Abe’s Foreign Policy and Reactions from Asian Powers
Russia, like other rising powers, faces three broad options in its relations with the world: seek to integrate further with the world economy as China…
Policy Alert #50 | April 28, 2013 The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met in Durban last week for the 5th…
Continue reading Rising Powers in Asia Express Divergent Views on Future of BRICS Group
Policy Alert #49 | April 28, 2013 In this Policy Alert, we examine the contrasting reactions of Russia, China and India to last week’s bomb…
Continue reading Boston Marathon Bombings Elicit Mixed Reactions from Asian Powers
On March 22, The Washington Free Beacon’s Bill Gertz reported that China would sell a new round of nuclear reactor technology to Pakistan at the existing site in the Chashma…
Asia Report #19 | April 2013 According to conventional wisdom, rising corruption reduces economic growth. And yet, between 1978 and 2010, even as officials were…
Continue reading China’s Twin Paradoxes: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption
April 22, 2013 The collapse of the Soviet Union generated a wide range of contending views in Russia on the nation’s place in the world…
Continue reading Russia as a Global Power: Contending Views from Russia
Policy Alert #48 | March 29, 2013 Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, died of cancer last week. In this Policy Alert, we examine Russian, Indian…
Policy Alert #47 | March 29, 2013 The banking crisis in Cyprus has generated a fierce outcry in Russia, while also highlighting the problem of…
Abstract Over the past decade and a half, relations between the United States and India have undergone a rapid and significant transformation. Washington and New…
Asia Report #20 | May 2013 The Delhi gang-rape and subsequent death of medical student Jyoti Singh Pandey in December 2012 sparked an unprecedented discussion…
Continue reading Examining Violence Against Women in India: Changes, Challenges, and Futures
Members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) met in Vienna last week to debate the possible inclusion of India into the group. China and several European nations…
Asia Report #17 | February 2013 Scott Bates, president of the Center for National Policy, has proposed a new national security policy for Taiwan entitled…
Policy Alert #46 | February 27, 2013 Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to resign has evoked much surprise and commentary in the Western media. But in…
Continue reading Asian Powers Comment on the Pope’s Resignation