September 2010
A New China Requires a New US Strategy
by David Shambaugh
“The worst thing Washington could do is to operate on autopilot, to assume that past strategies and policies (which have generally served the United States well) are ipso facto indefinitely useful.”
Australia Faces a Changing Asia
by Michael Wesley
“Tensions between Australia’s strategic alignment and its economic alignment . . . heighten Canberra’s anxieties about having to choose between security and prosperity in the event of a confrontation between the United States and China."
Japan’s Long Road to Competitive Politics
by Steven Vogel
“The Democratic Party of Japan achieved a historic victory in 2009, one that will have a lasting impact on Japanese politics. Yet the party since then has delivered . . . too much political overhaul and too little policy substance.”
North Korea: How Will It End?
by Christoph Bluth
“[Adopting] unification as the central goal of policy toward the Koreas . . . . would constitute the first step on the road toward a resolution of the crisis on the peninsula.”
China’s Population Destiny: The Looming Crisis
by Wang Feng and Mara Hvistendahl
“China’s population is likely to peak less than 15 years from now, below a maximum of 1.4 billion. After that will come a prolonged, even indefinite, population decline and a period of accelerated aging.”
The Uncertain Fate of “Chindia”
by Shalendra D. Sharma
“Although Sino-Indian relations have greatly improved over the past decade, . . . [u]nresolved territorial disputes, China’s unconditional support of Pakistan, and growing competition for energy resources and regional influence could quickly derail hard-won gains.”
Thailand: From Violence to Reconciliation?
by Catharin Dalpino
“Thailand runs the risk that future protest, a right and a mainstay of liberal democracy, will escalate quickly into violence and eventually be constricted as a matter of course.”
Perspective: Asia’s Dangerous Security Dilemma
by Paul Godwin
The military modernization that Beijing regards as defensive is provoking apprehension and countermoves. The resulting dynamic could threaten the regional stability that all sides want.
Books: China Policy for Dummies.
by Reviewer: Devin Stewart
A new book argues an established truism: that China’s model of state capitalism is finding favor with authoritarians in the developing world.
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in April, May, June, and July 2010, country by country, day by day.
Map of Asia
by the editors of Current History
Map of Asia
