By Bonnie Glaser & Jacqueline Vitello Discussions between Presidents Obama and Xi on the margins of the nuclear security summit in The Hague were dominated by pressing issues such as Russia’s annexation of Crimea, persistent use of cyber by the…
By Victor Cha Vladimir Putin is a threat to Asia. Let me explain why. His invasion of Georgia in 2008 and now Ukraine are blatant acts of aggression. Placing troops in Crimea is a violation of the sovereignty of another…
By Carl Thayer Lew Stern argues that Vietnam has adopted a new strategic vocabulary that will facilitate an upgrade in U.S.-Vietnam defense relations from a “comprehensive partnership” to a “strategic partnership.”* Stern ascribes greater efficacy to the term “strategic partner”…
On Thursday, March 13, 2014, Bonnie Glaser, CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia within the Freeman Chair in China Studies, testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in the Russell Senate Building on Capitol Hill. Bonnie and her fellow…
By Jonathan D. London Internationally, the rhythms of Vietnam’s political calendar are not frequently discussed. And yet in the context of escalating regional tensions and of fragile efforts to address them, it is worth noting that January, February, and March…
By Jacqueline Vitello As the United States attempts to persuade China to join the West in the fight for Ukraine’s future, China continues to do what China does best: hedge its bets. Beijing has made few significant statements on the…
By Ernest Z. Bower, Christopher K. Johnson, & Thomas M. Sanderson Four days ago, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370) disappeared over the South China Sea with 239 people on board en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Nine nations are…
By Ernie Bower The White House faces a difficult decision regarding President Barack Obama’s planned trip to Malaysia in April, a visit that would be the first by a U.S. president in nearly half a century. Should he still visit…
By Anja Manuel & Lauryn Williams Eight years after its inception, the civilian nuclear deal between the United States and India has seen some early successes, but not in the way many anticipated. On March 2, 2006, Prime Minister Singh…
By Priscilla A. Tacujan The U.S. State Department has put China on notice: international law will be the sole basis for arbitration the settlement of maritime conflicts in the Asia Pacific. In effect, it has rejected Chinese claims based on…
