By John Hamre Four hundred years ago, the first genuinely international system of states in human history emerged. Prior to that time, there were regional geopolitical systems such as the various Chinese dynasties interacting with neighboring kingdoms. But there were…
By Hahyung Lee Trustpolitik has been a longstanding policy of President Park before and since she was elected as president. The ultimate goal of trustpolitik is to lay the foundation on which neighboring countries can cooperate for the sake of…
This week feature a conversation hosted at CSIS by noted journalist Bob Schieffer which reviewed the recent U.S.-China summit. CSIS Freeman Chair Christopher Johnson, former senior U.S. government official Dr. Kurt Campbell, and Financial Times Washington Bureau Chief Demetri Sevastopulo…
By Gene Choi In April 2013, China fully financed $350 million to build a new 1.8 mile-long bridge with North Korea, a rare friendly gesture amid deteriorating North Korea-China relations under Kim Jong-un. A year later in October 2014, North…
This week we explore how Russia has assisted China’s massive military modernization program. CSIS’s Paul Schwartz, a senior associate with our Russia Eurasia Program, joins to discuss the findings of his new report Feeding the Dragon which covers Russia’s contributions…
By Cu Chi Loi The visit of Communist Party general-secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the United States in early July contributed significantly to trust building between the U.S. and Vietnamese governments, and helped address what many described as the lingering…
Who is he? Kundapur Vaman (K.V.) Kamath is the newly appointed chief of the Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB), more commonly referred to as the BRICS Bank. Previously he was CEO of ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, for…
50 The Articles of Agreement for establishing the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) were signed on June 29 by 50 member states, including countries from within Asia such as South Korea, India, and Australia, and countries outside the region…
CSIS Sumitro Chair Senior Fellow Murray Hiebert talks with Deborah Elms, Executive Director of the Asia Trade Center in Singapore, about the status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the future of trade integration in the Asia Pacific. Then CSIS Sumitro…
By Ernest Bower Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is wheels up for Singapore early next week. He is going to participate in the annual Shangri-la Dialogue, a venue for Asia’s top security officials and those concerned with defense to gather…
