Carlyle A. Thayer

This chapter presents a comparative analysis of the impact of China’s and India’s rise on Southeast Asian regional autonomy and considers implications for the U.S.

Arguing that vaccine-preventable diseases erode both human and economic development and should be viewed as enemies, Dr. Najwa Khuri-Bulos challenges the global health community to market vaccines as inexpensive weapons for national security.

As the PLA’s capabilities increase in tandem with China’s rising power and expanding national interests, the PLA is involved in an increasing number and variety of missions in addition to its traditional focus on contingencies in the Taiwan Strait. Released in cooperation with the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, Beyond the Strait explores these other missions and objectives, which include disaster and humanitarian relief, United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO), counterterrorism and border defense, and outer space and cyberspace security. Chapter authors consider the interplay between China's armed forces and its increasingly complex foreign policy and international security environment. They shed light on how these interactions affect China’s policy toward the wider Asia-Pacific region and the implications for U.S. strategic interests.

Marcus Noland

This article examines the extent to which UN Security Council sanctions imposed on North Korea following Pyongyang’s nuclear test have impacted North Korea’s foreign trade.

Lyle Goldstein and William Murray

This article highlights the opportunity available for the Chinese navy to participate in international efforts to improve and coordinate cooperation in the rescue of disabled submarines.

Stephen E. Hanson, Philip Hanson, Juliet Johnson, Stephen Wegren and Peter Rutland

In this report, five distinguished specialists on Russian politics and economics assess the remaining obstacles to full Russian WTO membership as well as the likely effects of Russian accession on the country’s economic development and relations with the West.

Roy Allison

The record today reflects a variety of serious systemic and political constraints on regionalism and multilateralism in this part of the world that are unlikely to be overcome in the medium term.

Sheldon Simon

As a non-government advisory group, CSCAP enhances the intergovernmental ties between ARF states and augments the diplomatic resources available to ARF. Yet it is not clear the extent to which ARF member states are able to reconcile consensus-based decision-making and the doctrine of noninterference with the region's changing strategic, economic, and political environment.

Sheldon Simon

This study of CSCAP activities and their impact on the ARF provides some support for epistemic community propositions in the areas of innovation, early warning, and consensus building.

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker

China’s accession to the WTO and its acquisition of PNTR status are vital not just for the prosperity of its 1.3 billion people but also for the 22 million on the island of Taiwan.