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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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