By Oliver Backes On November 12, 2014, Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev led the Russian delegation to the East Asia Summit (EAS). While Russia has taken part in this forum since 2011, it has yet to make a commitment to…
By Brandon Cleary The Chinese government has been criticized for its relatively slow and initially inadequate response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, but this criticism has not fallen on deaf ears in Beijing. China is now…
By Jack Fenwick The 14th annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit came to a close in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on September 12 with a prominent political agreement in tow: India and Pakistan are expected to be inaugurated into the ranks of…
By Thomas Vien In the recent Hong Kong protests, commentators have scrambled to use the cliché that Hong Kong could become Tiananmen 2.0. However, the stampede to reach for this off-the-shelf narrative has crowded out a more critical analysis of…
Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies Richard Rossow and Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser sat down with CSIS’s Colm Quinn to discuss Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States and the Hong Kong protests, respectively on…
CSIS Senior Vice President for Asia & Japan Chair Dr. Michael Green appeared on Charlie Rose on October 2, 2014 to discuss the ongoing Hong Kong protests, President Xi Jinping’s perspective on the movement, and implications for U.S. policy with…
By John Schaus Hong Kong has been gripped by protests since Friday, September 26. The protesters are demanding direct election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong – which Beijing has agreed to — beginning in 2017. The catch is…
On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies Christopher K. Johnson testified before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, on the topic of “A New Era of U.S.-China Relations.” Chris…
By Bonnie S. Glaser & Lin Kim China-North Korea relations have been strained since Pyongyang conducted its third nuclear test in February 2013. Chinese president Xi Jinping has yet to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, even though he…
By Daniel Remler Earlier this month, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe wrapped up his first visit to Latin America since returning to the premiership in 2012, making stops in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Trinidad and Tobago. The visit came…