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NATOSource

Jul 2, 2013

The US-China Security Dilemma

By Robert Manning, Global Times

From Robert Manning, Global Times:  Eight US presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have pursued a policy of facilitating China’s economic modernization and integration into the international system.

China

New Atlanticist

Jul 2, 2013

US Rebalancing Asia, Not Containing China

By Robert A. Manning

A widely held belief among many in China is that every US policy move affecting the country is part of a concerted strategy of containment aimed at preventing its reemergence. Thus, the US “rebalancing” in Asia, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the US alliances with Japan, South Korea and Australia are all components of a US […]

China Economy & Business

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2013

Turkey’s Move to Chinese Air Defense Systems Appals NATO Allies

By Burak Bekdil, Hurriyet Daily News

From Burak Bekdil, Hurriyet Daily News:  Turkey’s western allies look puzzled by a looming decision by Ankara to select Chinese long-range anti-missile and air defense systems which they think cannot be integrated into the NATO-sponsored early warning architecture currently deployed on Turkish soil.

China Turkey

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2013

Alliances and American Power in the 21st Century

By Joseph S. Nye Jr., Washington Post

From Joseph S. Nye Jr., Washington Post:   [G]iven our energy resources, the U.S. economy will be less vulnerable than the Chinese economy to external shocks.

China Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Jun 13, 2013

Beijing and Washington Share Indeterminate Future

By Robert Manning

Now what? The ostensible goal of the Obama-Xi “shirtsleeves summit” was to head off the trajectory of a volatile U.S.-Chinese relationship that appeared to be sliding toward confrontation—and define a new cooperative direction, new understandings and a new framework. In this respect, it was a potentially important but modest beginning.

China Missile Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 11, 2013

US and China Explore New Relationship

By Robert Manning

It will be some time before the full consequences of the California summit meeting between US President Barack Obama and China’s new leader, Xi Jinping, are revealed. Nixon-Mao it was not. Nevertheless, the well-timed and much-needed unscripted discussion focused on fundamental questions about the US-China relationship which has reached a new level of tension because […]

China Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Jun 6, 2013

EU Foreign Policy Needs a Reset

By Ulrich Speck

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is a skilled negotiator; the recent Serbia-Kosovo breakthrough will probably secure her a place in the history books. It is rather unlikely, though, that 2009 – the year EU leaders chose Ashton as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – will be remembered by […]

China European Union

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2013

How Shinzo Abe Could Win the Nobel Peace Prize

By James Clad and Robert A. Manning

Shinzo Abe has summoned the ghosts of nationalism in the Pacific. Neighbouring countries are worried by the Japanese prime minister’s revisionism concerning the historical behaviour of his country. The impact of this on Sino-Japanese relations tends to receive most attention in the western media. But there is also an increasingly fractious relationship between Japan and […]

China Japan

New Atlanticist

May 30, 2013

The Digital Iron Curtain

By Andrew Ellis

While international hacking episodes linked to the governments of Iran, Syria, North Korea, and China have received widespread attention, media outlets often underreport government use of these tools against their own citizens.

China Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

May 7, 2013

Will Chinese Nationalism Lead to War with Japan and the United States?

By Banning Garrett

Will Chinese assertiveness and nationalism lead to war with Japan and the United States, trumping the impact of globalization and growing interdependence? A recent Financial Times commentary by John Plender recently raised this prospect, a familiar theme in much of the Western media and among Washington foreign policy pundits.

China East Asia

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