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Jul 31, 2014

Beware the Great Clash in Asia: China vs. America Is Getting Dangerous

By Robert A. Manning

Washington has pursued a policy cooperating with Beijing where interests overlapped—but the dynamics in the Asia-Pacific are changing. A little bit of honesty in U.S. policy toward Asia could go a long way in piercing the Chinese “victim narrative”, which entails China’s view that everything it dislikes in Asia is an outgrowth of a U.S. […]

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Jul 30, 2014

Manning: Beware the Great Clash in Asia

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the National Interest on how the shifting dynamics in the Asia-Pacific affect the US-China relationship:

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Global Trade And The Americas

Jul 23, 2014

Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?

By Atlantic Council

Watch the July 23, 2014 report launch featuring Acting Deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler, TPP Caucus Co-chairs Congressmen Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and other experts from the public and private sectors. Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?, written by Atlantic Council author Peter Rashish, proposes nine concrete steps […]

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Jul 14, 2014

Pavel and Manning: How to Stop the Slide in US-China Ties

By Robert Manning, Barry Pavel

VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel and Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning cowrite for the National Interest on the US-China relationship:

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Jul 11, 2014

Manning: Asia Must Ensure Abe Maintains Pacifist Pledge

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Global Times on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to reinterpret Japan’s constitution:

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Jun 26, 2014

Cliff on Joint US-China Naval Exercises

By Roger Cliff

Reuters quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Roger Cliff on US-led naval exercises with China off of Hawaii:

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AfricaSource

Jun 23, 2014

EAC Railway: A Microcosm of China’s Foreign Policy towards Africa

By Kevin Gilmartin

On May 11 China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang formally signed a deal with a number of East African leaders for the Export Import Bank of China to finance the first stage of a modern railway network that would connect the major cities of the East African Community (EAC)—Bujumbura, Juba, Kampala, Nairobi and Kigali—with the coast. […]

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Jun 19, 2014

Manning: Asia, Take Notice of China’s Hong Kong Gambit

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the National Interest on why a recent white paper released by the Chinese State Council detailing China’s plans for Hong Kong should have Asian capitals on edge:

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Jun 13, 2014

China and America: At a Dangerous Tipping Point

By Robert A. Manning, James Clad

The notion of a cooperative U.S.-Chinese economic relationship, balanced by security hedging, has run aground. Just a year ago, presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping met in California and, in shirtsleeves, proclaimed a “new type of major-power relationship.” A noble aspiration, perhaps. But in the interim, such stage-managed optimism has been dangerously overtaken by a […]

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SouthAsiaSource

Jun 10, 2014

Modi’s India: China’s New Friend or Bitter Foe?

By Rajan Menon

Narendra Modi has taken the helm in New Delhi—and with the freedom of action provided by a parliamentary majority unmatched in India for three decades. So what sort of policy will he pursue toward China? The question is worth exploring for several reasons.

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