Nov 22, 2009
- NewsletterJul 23, 2009
Last Friday’s attack on the Marriott hotel in Jakarta has, for me, a personal aspect, alongside its economic and political repercussions.
- NewsletterJul 16, 2009
SEOUL – According to conventional wisdom, the global economic crisis is accelerating the transfer of power and influence from the West to Asia. The United States has been particularly hard hit by the downturn and America’s loss is China’s gain. This shift is transforming international economic decisionmaking. The G8, the traditional locus of power, has been fatally wounded.
- NewsletterJul 14, 2009
The July 2009 Issue of Comparative Connections is available online:
- Critical QuestionsJul 14, 2009
Q1: A general election has reportedly been scheduled for August 30. Why is this significant?
- ReportJul 14, 2009-Regional Overview: Old Challenges, New Approaches-U.S.-Japan Relations: Coordination amid Uncertainty-U.S.-Russia Relations: Laying the Groundwork-U.S.-Korea Relations: All North Korea, All the Time
- ReportJul 14, 2009
Between June 14-18 Russian and Chinese heads of state interacted on a daily basis at three summits: the Ninth annual SCO summit and the first ever Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) summit (both in Yekaterinburg), and their own annual bilateral meeting in Moscow. The locus of Russian-China relations was, therefore, “relocated” to Russia.
- ReportJul 14, 2009
The second quarter of 2009 saw a rapid increase in tensions between North Korea and all its neighbors, and this tension dominated relations during the quarter.
- ReportJul 14, 2009
The second quarter of 2009 saw North Korea make headlines around the world, as it likes to do. (On their leisurely train journey across Siberia toward Moscow in the summer of 2001, Kim Jong-il told his Russian host, Konstantin Pulikovsky: “'I am the object of criticism around the world.
- ReportJul 14, 2009
Beijing and Taipei made significant progress in improving cross-Strait relations this quarter. In May, “Chinese Taipei” participated for the first time as an observer in the World Health Assembly. In April, the third round of ARATS-SEF talks produced three new agreements and an understanding to open Taiwan to investors from the mainland.
- ReportJul 14, 2009
The highlight of the quarter was continued maneuvering by China and Southeast Asian claimants over disputed territory and related economic claims in the South China Sea. Last quarter’s widely publicized face-off between the U.S.
