2012-12-21 by Richard Weitz As soon as North Korea had announced its plans to launch another nuclear test, Chinese officials had expressed “deep concern” and had dispatched a senior official to lobby against the test on behalf of the new Chinese leadership headed by Xi Jinping. Although Pyongyang ignored these warnings,…
2012-12-20 by Richard McCormack The Chinese government is setting up shop in America’s back yard. Chinese state owned enterprises are pumping billions of dollars of direct investment into energy and mining projects in Latin America in “an attempt to strengthen aspects of its economy considered to be strategic in the long…
2012-12-18 by Richard Weitz Yesterday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, China experts Andrew J. Nathan and Andrew Scobell presented some of the themes in their new book entitled China’s Search for Security (Columbia University Press, 2012). Their articles in Foreign Affairs and The Washington Quarterly repeat the same…
2012-12-19 By Richard Weitz The change in government in Japan offers an opportunity to move forward in re-shaping the US-Japanese Alliance. The Alliance has now a long history, but re-shaping the Alliance will be crucial in the period ahead, notably with the challenges from North Korea, the PRC and new regions…
2012-12-18 by Richard Weitz In several comprehensive dialogue sessions on China-U.S. relations held at the Chinese Embassy and various Washington think tanks, several themes emerged, focused primarily on the Southeast countries of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). According to U.S. officials, their Chinese counterparts are communicating two messages -- and…
2012-12-18 By Richard Weitz The White House denounced North Korea’s December 12 missile test as a "highly provocative act that threatens regional security." National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor called the launch "another example of North Korea's pattern of irresponsible behavior." He said that the administration “would work in a concerted…
2012-12-18 by Robbin Laird If the US fails to innovate in its re-shaping of its forces in the Pacific, it will be difficult to be effective and to play the crucial lynchpin role which is essential to an allied focused strategy. It will also lead the US to not protect its…
2012-12-18 by Richard Weitz This weekend’s parliamentary elections have returned Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), and former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to power after several years of rule by the centrist Democratic Party of Japan (DJP). The LDP is projected to have increased its total to around 300 seats in the…
