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[December 2006]
Commentary
20 December 2006
China, India, Japan and the US: Ties That Bind but Don't Constrain
By Sunanda Kisor Datta-Ray (Commentator based in India)
Commentary
20 December 2006
Nuclear Cooperation with India: Storms in India
By Pramit Mitra (Fellow of the South Asia Program, CSIS) and Teresita C. Schaffer (Director of the South Asia Program, CSIS)
Commentary
15 December 2006
Giving Pyongyang the Bomb
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
12 December 2006
Time for a Northeast Asian Security Institution
By Michael Schiffer (Program Officer in Policy Analysis and Dialogue at the Muscatine, Iowa-based Stanley Foundation)
Commentary
8 December 2006
Nationalism in Japan's Schools - The Battle for Young Minds
By Kevin Rafferty (Author of "Inside Japan's Powerhouses")
Commentary
6 December 2006
Nuclear Nonproliferation's Missing Link
By James Goodby (Former U.S. Ambassador, Author of At the Borderline of Armageddon - How American Presidents Managed the Atom Bomb - Rowman & Littlefield, 2006)
Commentary
1 December 2006
The Russians are Coming
By Michael Richardson (Security Specialist at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore)

[November 2006]
Commentary
28 November 2006
The Political Morning After the Thai Coup
By Donald E. Weatherbee (Donald S. Russell Professor Emeritus at the University of Carolina)
Commentary
24 November 2006
Will Chen Shui-bian Ever Quit?
By Shelly Rigger (Brown Associate Professor of Political Science at Davidson College)
Commentary
22 November 2006
Japan's Last Chance?
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
21 November 2006
Vietnam's Accession to the WTO: the Way Ahead
By Ta Minh Tuan (Deputy Director, Center for Euro-American Studies, Institute of International Relations, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Commentary
17 November 2006
The Dance of the Diplomats
By Michael Richardson (Security Specialist at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore)
Commentary
14 November 2006
China, Japan Vie for Delhi's Favours
By Sunanda Kisor Datta-Ray (Commentator based in India)
Commentary
8 November 2006
Thailand's Coup: Déjà Vu or the End of Democracy?
By Gary Kawaguchi (Commentator in Thailand)
Commentary
6 November 2006
Two Years of the Yudhoyono Presidency
By Jusuf Wanandi (Member of the Pacific Forum CSIS Board of Governors)
Commentary
2 November 2006
Nuclear Talks: A North Korean Party Trick?
By Donald Kirk (Scholar and Commentator on Korean Affairs)

[October 2006]
Commentary
31 October 2006
Abe and China: A New Opportunity
By You Ji (Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales)
Commentary
27 October 2006
Abe Shinzo's Diplomatic Debut
By Sheila Smith (Fellow, East-West Center)
Commentary
26 October 2006
U.S. and China: The Great Thaw 
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
23 October 2006
North Korea: Assessing Blame; Examining Motives
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
12 October 2006
Straight Talk About Japan's Nuclear Option
By Brad Glosserman (Executive Director, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
12 October 2006
Six-Party Talks: The Way Forward or a Dead End?
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
11 October 2006
Japan and China: It Feels Like a Thaw
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
6 October 2006
From Russia, Eastward Flows the Energy
By Michael Richardson (Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore)
Commentary
4 October 2006
North Korea's Nuclear Threat: Now What? 
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
4 October 2006
China and S.Korea: Raiders of the Arc of History 
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)

[September 2006]
Commentary
27 September 2006
Abe's Challenge: Getting the Alliance, and Relations with Japan's Neighbor's, Right
By Brad Glosserman (Executive Eirector, Pacific Forum CSIS) and Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
22 September 2006
China's Media Control - Cut the Bonds of Ignorance
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
19 September 2006
The East China Sea Dispute: Ways Forward
By Mark J. Valencia (Maritime Policy Analyst residing in Kaneohe, Hawaii)
Commentary
14 September 2006
The Aceh Peace Accords: one year later and still holding
By Allene Masters (Senior Advisor, United States-Indonesia Society in Washington, DC)
Commentary
11 September 2006
Why Rising China Can't Dominate Asia
By Robert Sutter (Professor of Asian Studies, Georgetown University)
Commentary
8 September 2006
U.S. Interests in a Changing Asia 
By Stephen Bosworth (Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University)
Commentary
6 September 2006
Australia's Ties with China and Japan
By Greg Barns (Political Commentator in Australia)
Commentary
1 September 2006
Understanding "Hedging" in Asia-Pacific Security
By Evelyn Goh (Lecturer, Oxford University)

[August 2006]
Commentary
25 August 2006
A String of Worrisome Incidents....
By Sheila Smith (Researcher, East-West Center) and Brad Glosserman (Executive Director, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
24 August 2006
Northern Territories: Searching for a Solution
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
23 August 2006
Fishing Wars: Japan-Russia Relations Continue Downward Spiral
By Joseph Ferguson (Vice President, National Council for Eurasian and East European Research)
Commentary
23 August 2006
Looking Beyond Koizumi
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
18 August 2006
Shortfall of Political Courage in China
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
11 August 2006
A temporary accord for China and Japan
By David Fouse (Assistant Professor at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu)
Commentary
7 August 2006
The Six-Party Talks - Getting Beyond the Impasse
By William T. Pendley (former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and the Pacific)
Commentary
7 August 2006
America's Growing Insecurity
By Eric Teo Chu Cheow (Council Member, Singapore Institute for International Affairs)

[July 2006]
Commentary
28 July 2006
Doha Trade Round: It's Not Over Yet
By Mike Moore (former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation)
Commentary
28 July 2006
Re-Engaging with Southeast Asia
By Ellen L. Frost (Visiting Fellow and Adjunct Research Fellow in the Institute for International Economics at the National Defense University)
Commentary
28 July 2006
Is the ARF obsolete? Three steps to avoid irrelevance
By Barry Desker (Director of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University)
Commentary
26 July 2006
Building trust or giving it away? The Roh administration's engagement of the North
By Leif-Eric Easley (Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University, and a member of the Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders Program)
Commentary
24 July 2006
North Korean missile launches and implications for U.S. policy
By Arnold Kanter (Principal at the Scowcroft Group and a former Under Secretary of State)
Commentary
21 July 2006
Group of Eight Wrap-up: No Clear Measure of Success
By Joseph Ferguson (Vice President, National Council for Eurasian and East European Research)
Commentary
19 July 2006
UNSC passes the test . . . so far!
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
14 July 2006
A 'Plan B' for the WTO: how to rescue the Doha Round
By Barry Desker (Director at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore)
Commentary
14 July 2006
The Business of Pointing Missiles
By Michael Richardson (Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore)
Commentary
12 July 2006
Why Did Pyongyang Break its Moratorium on Missile Launches?
By C. Kenneth Quinones (Professor, Akita International University)
Commentary
7 July 2006
United Front Against North Korea: China is the Key
By Chadwick I. Smith (Consultant based in Japan)
Commentary
7 July 2006
DPRK Missile Launches: Multiple Tests, Multiple Failures?
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
6 July 2006
Preparing for the Post-Koizumi-era: the Pieces Are in Place
By Brad Glosserman (Executive director of the Pacific Forum CSIS)

[June 2006]
Commentary
28 June 2006
The Ball's in Your Court, Beijing
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
27 June 2006
Ballistic Missile Testing Moratorium - Will North Korea Break It?
By C. Kenneth Quinones (Professor, Akita International University)
Comment
23 June 2006
Comment on Mr. Masahiko Ishizuka's Article "Past 'Is Not Past' As Japan Faces Test to Chart Course in Asia"
By Jason Girard (University of Southern California)
Comment
23 June 2006
Comment on Mr. Masahiko Ishizuka's Article "Past 'Is Not Past' As Japan Faces Test to Chart Course in Asia"
By Kenneth Leung (University of Southern California)
Commentary
21 June 2006
North Korea Missile Test: Will They or Won't They?
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Comment
21 June 2006
Comment on Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy's Article "Troubling Signs in East Asia"
By Samantha Mahony (University of Southern California)
Comment
20 June 2006
Comment on Professor Kaoru Sugihara's Article "Higher Oil Prices Can Benefit East Asia"
By Jonathan Dethloff (University of Southern California)
Commentary
16 June 2006
Troubling Signs in East Asia
By J. Stapleton Roy (Managing Director at Kissinger Associates, Inc. and former U.S. Ambassador to China and Indonesia)
Commentary
16 June 2006
Settling the Japan/Korea Dispute: An Opportunity to Being a New Era
By Mark J. Valencia (Maritime Policy Analyst)
Commentary
14 June 2006
The External Rules That Drive Internal Reforms 
By Mike Moore (former Prime Minister of New Zealand and former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation)
Commentary
7 June 2006
Demystifying China
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
2 June 2006
The Game of Nuclear Catch-up
By Michael Richardson (Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore)

[May 2006]
Commentary
31 May 2006
Creating a Peace Regime in Korea
By James Goodby (Former US ambassador, affiliated with The Brookings Institution)
Commentary
24 May 2006
Six Party Talks: It Cuts Both Ways
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
19 May 2006
Wither the Six-Party Talks?
By Scott Snyder (Leader of Opposition at the U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee Asia SubCommittee), Ralph Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS), and Brad Glosserman (Executive Director, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
17 May 2006
A Resurgent China: Responsible Stakeholder or Robust Rival?
By Tom Lantos (Leader of Opposition at the U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee Asia SubCommittee)
Commentary
17 May 2006
Will a Resurgent China be a 'Responsible Stakeholder'?
By Henry Hyde (Chairman of U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee Asia SubCommittee)
Commentary
12 May 2006
Can "Stakeholder" Hold U.S.-China Relations?
By Jianwei Wang (Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
Comment
10 May 2006
Comment on Professor Takatoshi Ito's Article "Bidding for Public Broadcasting Service"
By Sakumi SHIMIZU (Waseda University)
Commentary
10 May 2006
Taiwan's Chen Shui-bian: Pride Before a Fall?
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
8 May 2006
What China Can Do to Improve Sino-Japanese Relations?
By Tao Wenzha (Deputy Director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
Commentary
2 May 2006
The Defense Policy Review Initiative: A Reflection
By Yuki Tatsumi (Research Fellow at the East Asia Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center)

[April 2006]
Commentary
26 April 2006
Abduction Diplomacy and the Six-Party Talks
By James L. Schoff  (Associate Director of Asia-Pacific studies at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis in Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Commentary
25 April 2006
Hu's Visit: Hot Economics, Luke-Warm Politics
By Ralph A. Cossa  (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
21 April 2006
President Hu's Visit to the U.S.: the Taiwan Stake
By Eric Teo Chu Cheow  (Council Member, Singapore Institute for International Affairs)
Comment
19 April 2006
Comment on Mr. Gyohten's Article "Increasing Importance of Japan's Communication with Global Community"
By Sakumi SHIMIZU  (Waseda University)
Commentary
19 April 2006
Japan vs China: Nothing Good Can Come from It
By Frank Ching  (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
14 April 2006
Hu's Not Coming to Dinner, but ...
By Ding Xinghao  (President of the Shanghai Association of American Studies) and Yu Bin  (Senior Research Associate for the Shanghai Institute of American Studies)
Commentary
12 April 2006
Undermining Australia and New Zealand: Beijing Stirs Up South Pacific Waves
By Greg Barns (Political Commentator in Australia)
Commentary
5 April 2006
If 'Affluence' Fails to Please
By Takamitsu SAWA (Professor, Ritsumeikan University)
Commentary
3 April 2006
New Challenges, New Opportunities for the U.S. and Japan
By Christopher Sigur (Senior Advisor to the Japan Society of Northern California) and Brad Glosserman (Executive director of the Pacific Forum CSIS)

[March 2006]
Commentary
29 March 2006
China and Russia: The Uneasy Partners 
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)
Commentary
29 March 2006
2006 National Security Strategy: It's All About Democracy 
By Ralph A. Cossa (President, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
24 March 2006
Where Energy and Politics Collide - China
By Michael Richardson (Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore)
Commentary
22 March 2006
China Woos the South Pacific
By Tamara Renee Shie (Research Assistant, Institute for National Strategic Studies - National Defense University)
Commentary
22 March 2006
Pragmatism dominate Russia-China Relations
By Yu Bin (Professor of Political Science at Wittenberg University and Senior Research Associate for the Shanghai Institute of American Studies)
Commentary
17 March 2006
The Future of U.S.-China Relations
By Joseph S. Nye (Professor at Harvard University, Chairman of the Pacific Forum CSIS Board of Governors)
Commentary
15 March 2006
Decision Time for the U.S.-ROK Alliance
By Scott Snyder (Senior Associate with The Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS, Pantech Fellow at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC)) and Brad Glosserman (Executive Director of Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
15 March 2006
Korea: Elections and FTA negotiations with the U.S.
By Jin-Hyun Kim (Chairman of the World Peace Forum, and Senior Research Advisor of KITA and a member of the Pacific Forum Board of Governors)
Commentary
10 March 2006
A Bumpy Road for the U.S.-ROK Free Trade Agreement
By Balbina Y. Hwang (Senior Policy Analyst for Northeast Asia in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation)
Commentary
10 March 2006
New Delhi finds a friend
By Michael Richardson (Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore)
Commentary
7 March 2006
A Finely Calibrated Nuclear Deal
By Anupam Srivastava (Director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Trade & Security, University of Georgia)
Commentary
3 March 2006
Nuclear Cave In
By Joseph Cirincione (Director for Non-Proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.)
Commentary
2 March 2006
Bush Team Must Avoid Pitfalls in Emerging Ties with India
By Daniel Sneider (Pantech Fellow at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center)
Commentary
1 March 2006
Japan and China: Dialogue of the Deaf
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)

[February 2006]
Commentary
24 Feb 2006
Insults Reserved for Islam
By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary
24 Feb 2006
China's Emerging Role in the Middle East
By Eric Teo Chu Cheow (Council Member, Singapore Institute for International Affairs)
Comment
15 Feb 2006
Comment on Professor Sawa's Article "Students Need Analytical Skills"
By Sakumi SHIMIZU (Waseda University)
Commentary
13 Feb 2006
Free Speech and the Muslim World
By Yang Razali Kassim (Senior Fellow, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University)
Commentary
3 Feb 2006
Sino-U.S. relations: drawing lessons from 2005
By Bonnie Glaser (Senior Associate, Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
2 Feb 2006
Horie and LDP Boosters Have It Coming
By Gregory Clark (Vice President, Akita International University)
Commentary
1 Feb 2006
The Year That Was in Asia Pacific
By Jacob Kovalio (Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa)
Commentary
1 Feb 2006
History Through a Political Lens
By Frank Ching (Commentator based in Hong Kong)

[January 2006]
Commentary
30 Jan 2006
A Way Past Kyoto's 'Hot Air'
By Takamitsu SAWA (Professor, Kyoto University)
Commentary
20 Jan 2006
Missing out in Asia
By Brad Glosserman (Executive Director of Pacific Forum CSIS)
Commentary
11 Jan 2006
India's Rise: The Facts and the Fantasy
By Chandar Sundaram (Assistant Professor, Lingnan University)
Commentary
6 Jan 2006
The Clash of Civilizations vs. the War on Terror: Some Hard Facts
By Noordin Sopiee (Chairman and CEO of ISIS-Malaysia)
Commentary
5 Jan 2006
Changing Course in Northeast Asia
By James Goodby (Former U.S. ambassador, affiliated with The Brookings Institution)
Commentary
5 Jan 2006
China-Japan Tensions - A Peacemaker Role for Canberra
By Greg Barns (Political Commentator in Australia)
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