Trouble
in Taiwan
by Michael D. Swaine March/April 2004 George W. Bush was right to rebuke Taiwan's
president over his plans for a referendum on relations
with China. Administration critics assume that democracy
and independence are inseparable, that the "one
China" principle is no longer useful, and that
China would never go to war over Taiwan. But they
are wrong on all three counts and fail to appreciate
the dangers that may lie ahead.
China's
New Diplomacy
by Evan S. Medeiros and M. Taylor Fravel November/December
2003 The
recent crisis over North Korea's nuclear weapons
has had at least one unexpected aspect: the crucial
-- and highly effective -- intervention of Beijing.
China's steady diplomacy is a sign of how much things
have changed in the country, which has long avoided
most international affairs. Recently, China has
begun to embrace regional and global institutions
it once shunned and take on the responsibilities
that come with great-power status. Just what the
results of Beijing's new sophistication will be
remains to be seen; but Asia, and the world, will
never be the same. x
Hot
Documents
The
Sino-Saudi Connection, by Gal Luft
and Anne Korin, Commentary (March 2004)
China, Napoleon once remarked, is a sleeping giant,
and "when it awakens the world will tremble."
China is now thoroughly awake...
Why
Does China Matter?, by Robert Sutter,
The Washington Quarterly (Winter 2003/04)
U.S. misperceptions, exaggerations, and sharp swings
in thinking about China’s significance in
world affairs date as far back as U.S. expectations
in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
about profits to be made in the Chinese market...
Report
of the National Commission on U.S.-Indonesian Relations,
National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), United
States-Indonesia Society (USINDO), and Stanford
University’s Asia-Pacific Research Center
(APARC) (October 16, 2003)
The report gives a lucid snapshot of U.S.-Indonesian
relations, which are important in the war against
terrorism. It argues that a reinvigorated partnership—and
greater assistance from the United States—would
help mend this vital but often fraught relationship
and ensure Indonesia's successful transition from
authoritarian rule and crony capitalism.
The
Stealth Normalization of U.S.-China Relations,
by David M. Lampton,, National Interest (Fall
2003)
The author discusses the new strategic relationship
between the United States and China and suggests
additional areas for cooperation, including negotiating
the North Korean nuclear threat, demilitarizing
the Taiwan Strait, and addressing the U.S. trade
deficit with China.
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