It should go without saying but I’ll start by saying it: to get China policy right we must first get China right. This means seeing China as it is, not as we would like it to be or as it claims to be. If one were to …
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Editor’s Note: This issue is dedicated to the memory of Sheldon Simon, noted scholar and long-time contributor to Comparative Connections who passed away on Jan. 2. Our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. …
To outside observers South Korea’s negative attitude toward China appears to be growing apace, but it is nothing new to locals. Since an annual poll by the Institute of Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) at Seoul National …
The comprehensive 2020 index includes each PacNet commentary below. Pacific Forum will continue to publish timely insight and analysis in 2021. Comparative Connections Summary: January 2020 South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine: Three …
The following is an excerpt from Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law, published by Columbia University Press. In 2019, the world looked on as millions of ordinary Hongkongers took to the …
The following is the sixth and final part of a post-election series on the impact of the Biden administration on US relations in the Indo-Pacific. Visit here for part one, here for part two, here for part three, here for …
Though less than a year old, the second administration of Tsai Ing-wen has reaped many foreign policy successes for Taiwan. For example, successful management of Covid-19, visits by high-level American officials, the visit of …
The following is part of a post-election series on the impact of the Biden administration on US relations in the Indo-Pacific. Visit here for part one, here for part two, here for part three, and here for part four. The …
The following is part of a post-election series on the impact of the Biden administration on US relations in the Indo-Pacific. Visit here for part one, here for part two, and here for part three. Australians are pragmatic, …
The following is an extract from the introduction to the Regional Security Outlook 2021, prepared by the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific In a matter of weeks Covid-19 erased “normality” across most of …