China

The Strategic Imperatives of Modi’s Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative

Domestic Politics Force India’s Withdrawal from RCEP and Broader Trade Disengagement

Addressing China’s Exported Emissions

Amy Namur, Young Professionals Program participant at the East-West Center in Washington…

Has U.S. Government Angst Over the China Danger Diminished?

Four Factors That Could Shape Southeast Asia in the Coming Decade

Making the Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact Work for Sri Lanka

Belt and Road Initiative 2.0: ‘Qualitatively’ Different?

N. Janardhan, Senior Research Fellow, Gulf-Asia Programme, Emirates Diplomatic Academy, explains that “While the U.S-led [Marshall Plan] was valued at $13 billion in 1950 (equivalent of $176 billion as of 2015), BRI is estimated to…

Overestimating the Power of China’s BRI — Lessons Drawn from Japanese ODA Engagement in Asia

Raymond Yamamoto, Assistant Professor at Aarhus University in Denmark, explains that “The fear of China gaining unrestricted control over other countries through BRI is…

China in Russia’s Turn to the East

In his February 2019 annual address to the Federal Assembly (the Russian parliament), President Vladimir Putin put Asian countries first…

INDIA’S ROLE IS KEY FOR INCLUDING CENTRAL ASIA IN JAPAN’S FREE AND OPEN INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY