President Ma faces a full agenda as he prepares to launch his second four-year term on May 20, with high costs of housing and education, stagnant incomes, and changing lifestyles threatening Taiwan's economic growth, writes Douglas Paal.
Vikram Nehru argues that President Obama's trip to the Pacific will be an important milestone in his administration’s steady and determined effort to re-establish a diplomatic presence and develop closer ties with a region that is driving the world economy and unsettling the established balance of power.
The execution of America’s strategic 'pivot' to Asia, and China's response, are combining to deepen mutual suspicions and potentially destabilize the entire area, Michael Swaine argues.
Yukon Huang argues that as China’s leaders seek to preserve stability in 2012, they face a host of challenges, including reduced economic flexibility, increasing social, unrest, widening income disparities, and escalating external tensions.
Given that maintaining the status quo in the Taiwan Strait risks a serious confrontation with China, Michael Swaine argues that Washington should consider negotiating directly with Beijing, in consultation with Taipei, to move toward a more stable cross-strait relationship.
Statistical inaccuracies on the use of coal in China are likely to not only severely undermine Beijing’s energy conservation and carbon abatement policy initiatives, but also make it difficult for the international community to verify achievements claimed by the Chinese government, argues Kevin Tu.
A gradual democratic transition in China would promote a more peaceful Chinese national security policy by enabling greater checks and balances, stronger civil society, and improved civil-military relations, according to Minxin Pei.
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While much attention was paid to the competitive aspects of U.S.-China relations during President Obama's recent trip to Asia, the broader consequences and outcomes of the trip are more nuanced.
This Chinese-language monthly offers objective and original policy analysis on China for American and Chinese researchers and policymakers.
This quarterly online publication, launched by the Carnegie Endowment and partner Robert Keatley, features articles on political, economic, and social issues relating to Hong Kong.
Absent a good education environment, there is little room for the Arab world’s youth to turn into responsible citizens who can consolidate and stimulate social transformation to bring about more prosperous and free societies.
China’s traditional diplomacy is at a crossroads as it adjusts to the new global order. The financial crises, climate change, and regional instability have propelled China into a new global role and in turn, a new era of diplomacy.
The obvious and often painful mismatch between aspiration and reality in European foreign policy has plagued discourse on European integration during the last decade.
While there are a number of reasons behind Moscow’s stance on Syria, confronting the West and increasing tension in their relations with the broader Middle East is at odds with Russia’s wider interests.
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