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Filibustering: Flawed in Principle and Bad for Hong Kong
Politics,Hotspots,East Asia
By Richard Cullen - 09 Mar 2018

Filibustering: Flawed in Principle and Bad for Hong Kong

Largely unhindered filibustering results in notably more harm than good being visited on any serious legislative process. Full freedoms to filibuster will lead to regular abuses of process at the expense of making timely progress on significant, legislative proposals.
Australia’s China Policy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Security,Hotspots,China

By Mark J. Valencia - 02 Mar 2018

Australia’s China Policy: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

The South China Sea: A Confused and Confusing Dialogue
Security,Hotspots,Southeast Asia

By Mark J. Valencia - 20 Feb 2018

The South China Sea: A Confused and Confusing Dialogue

Hong Kong in China: Trends, Explanations and Policy Options
Politics,Hotspots,East Asia

Hong Kong in China: Trends, Explanations and Policy Options

Through re-examining survey data on political identities in Hong Kong since 1997, we refute the widespread assumption that national and local identities are in a zero-sum relationship and argues for a measurement of identities different from the standard approach.
By H. Christoph Steinhardt & Linda Chelan Li - 19 Feb 2018 | 0 comments Read more...
South China Sea: Some Recent Analyses Lack Balance
Security,Hotspots,Southeast Asia

South China Sea: Some Recent Analyses Lack Balance

Two recent publications by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative of the Center for International and Security Studies condemn China’s policies and actions in the South China Sea while ignoring the similar transgressions of the others there.
By Mark J. Valencia - 05 Feb 2018 | 0 comments Read more...
Understanding the US-China Impasse on North Korea
Hotspots,East Asia

Understanding the US-China Impasse on North Korea

It appears that the US and China are at odds about resolving the North Korean nuclear weapons and missile threat problem. This is especially so since President Trump accused China of breaking UN sanctions by shipping oil to North Korea. China denies the charge.
By John F. Copper - 05 Jan 2018 | 0 comments Read more...
The Underreported Crises of 2017
Security,Hotspots

The Underreported Crises of 2017

In 2017, the world’s press mostly focused on Donald Trump’s presidency in the US; China’s rise; and a number of global crises. 2017 also witnessed several other major humanitarian crises which, given the scale of the human suffering involved, were underreported by the world’s press.
By Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim - 22 Dec 2017 | 0 comments Read more...
US Embassy’s Relocation to Jerusalem: Beijing’s View
Politics,Hotspots

US Embassy’s Relocation to Jerusalem: Beijing’s View

The majority of Chinese state media appears to consider the current US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem as unfortunate and untimely. The stronger op-eds in the Chinese state media conceptualize the decision as an avenue that may incur retaliation against the US.
By Tai Wei Lim - 18 Dec 2017 | 0 comments Read more...
Joining the Quad: Fear versus Greed
Hotspots,China

Joining the Quad: Fear versus Greed

US pressure, both public and private, is forcing each prospective member as well as other players to face some very tough decisions regarding their future relations with China. To the chagrin of the US, their decisions are neither easy nor clear cut.
By Mark J. Valencia - 15 Dec 2017 | 0 comments Read more...
The Quad and the South China Sea
Hotspots,China

The Quad and the South China Sea

The Trump administration has re-raised the decade-old geopolitical concept of the “Indo-Pacific” region and is proposing and pushing a so-called “Quad,” a potential security arrangement among the four large democracies of India, Australia, Japan, and the US.
By Mark J. Valencia - 05 Dec 2017 | 1 comments Read more...
How Much Will the South China Sea Remain Critical for China-US Relations?
Hotspots,China

How Much Will the South China Sea Remain Critical for China-US Relations?

Although Chinese President Xi Jinping had mentioned China’s land reclamation activities in the South China Sea in his 19th Party Congress report as a domestic issue that didn’t pertain to external actors, US President Donald Trump did not offer any pushback during his Asia tour.
By Nong Hong - 01 Dec 2017 | 0 comments Read more...
The Debate Regarding US Navigation Policy in the South China Sea: Another Perspective
Hotspots

The Debate Regarding US Navigation Policy in the South China Sea: Another Perspective

PacNet, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, recently carried a debate between Stanford scholar Donald Emmerson and Harvard-affiliated scholar Andrew Taffer focusing on the US practice of “fly, sail, and operate anywhere international law allows.”
By Mark J. Valencia - 29 Nov 2017 | 0 comments Read more...

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