By Matthew P. Goodman — I spent a few days in Beijing earlier this month to attend the annual China Development Forum (CDF). The elaborate two-day affair bringing together scholars, business people, and officials from China, the United States, and Europe…
By Matthew P. Goodman, Dylan Gerstel, Nicholas Szechenyi, & Michael J. Green — On Wednesday, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. president Donald Trump met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meetings and announced a bilateral trade…
By Naimisha Pradhan — India and China have had an eventful trade history. Termed the “Factory of the Modern World,” China’s economic model has industrialized into a manufacturing and trading powerhouse. India’s trade deficit with China has expanded over past…
By Richard Rossow — The results of India’s national election were released on May 23, and voters have given a fresh five-year mandate to the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While final results are still being tallied, it appears…
By Scott Kennedy — Not So Fast! Just as everyone was getting comfortable thinking a broad U.S.-China trade deal was close at hand, and the relationship between the world’s two largest powers would stabilize, a consensus emerged that President Trump…
By Yohei Katakawa — The “Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)” is the diplomatic vision of the Abe administration aiming for regional stability and prosperity through promoting a rules-based order, improving connectivity, and strengthening economic partnerships. The United States and Japan…
By Ryo Sahashi — Dr. Ryo Sahashi is an associate professor of International Politics at the University of Tokyo. In 2019, Dr. Sahashi was a Visiting Scholar with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)…
By Stephanie Segal — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan made news at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month when he announced Japan’s aspiration to make the G20 summit in Osaka a launch pad for “world-wide data governance.” This is…
By Shin Ito — Recent developments have demonstrated that even founding members of the Bretton Woods regime are willing act against the values of “liberalism, multilateralism, and rule of law,” — which are the basis of the global economic and…
By John Hemmings — This year has been marked by the return of British naval power to the Indo-Pacific. For the first time since 2013, the United Kingdom (UK) deployed warships to the region, not only consecutively deploying three vessels…
