China & Taiwan

In These PagesWe begin our summer issue of Orbis with Colin Dueck’s fine essay on how the next U.S. President can use strategic planning as a way to negotiate the difficult tradeoffs that he or she will face. He...

Books in Review William J. Perry, My Journey at the Nuclear Brink (Stanford University Press, 2015). Brad Roberts, The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century (Stanford University Press, 2016). Since the end of the Cold War,...

Books in Review Thomas J. Christensen, The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2015). Henry Paulson, Dealing With China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower (New York: Twelve, 2015)....

Abstract China’s rise is a bargaining process between China and the outside world—especially with the United States. This article suggests two strategies, “socialization” and “legitimation,” which a rising power can use to seek “accommodation for identity” with the hegemon....

Abstract The consequences and implications of China’s rise have been analyzed and discussed from a number of perspectives. There has been little analysis that specifically evaluates the implications for the Atlantic Alliance, however, and whether an international system defined...

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Russia is a key strategic player in Northeast Asia, borders on North Korea, has long experience in dealing with various Pyongyang regimes and provides goods and services vital to the North’s survival and well-being. The country...

In early June, dignitaries from over fifty countries gathered for the 15th iteration of the Shangri La meeting, organized by the prestigious London-based Institute for International Strategic Studies. Named for the hotel that serves as its venue rather...

Despite enjoying a clear-cut majority in parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party government has been able to make only limited progress with its domestic political agenda. The reasons for its failures are fairly straightforward. The Congress, the...