US President Obama’s recent decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan may be his last chance to solve the worsening situation. It is a gamble likely to define his presidency. And, as former intelligence official and Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution Bruce Riedel writes, the...
The Confucius Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, one of the few cosmopolitan cities that does not feature a Chinatown, recently celebrated its first anniversary. The presence of the Institute is not only a sign of China’s rising soft power, but also the many ways in which China and Brazil have become...
巴西圣保罗市（São Paulo）是为数不多的没有唐人街的国际大都市之一，该市的孔子学院最近刚迎来了第一个周年庆。据亚历山大-德-弗雷塔斯-巴博萨（Alexandre de Freitas Barbosa）教授分析，该学院的存在不仅证明了中国不断增长的软实力，同时也表明了中国和巴西在众多方面变得关系密切。当然，最重要的是贸易关系，巴西向中国供应大豆和铁矿石之类的重要商品，而中国则向巴西出口电子设备、鞋类和纺织品等。但是两国间还有着文化上的交流，在圣保罗市就有超过四十家汉语学校。然而，按巴博萨的说法，尽管中巴关系对两个当事国而言都存在着积极利好的因素，但也存在着令巴西去工业化（...
在本周访问华盛顿的时候，印度总理辛格与美国总统奥巴马之间的会谈触及到了经济合作的议题。据“亚洲战略计划”（the Asia Strategy Initiative）主席大卫•卡尔（David J. Karl）分析，他们不太可能讨论印度不断增强的经济实力所带来的双边问题。事实上，就像底特律的汽车产业重组一样，印度汽车业似乎也正在经历一场悄然的革命。有两项重大突破是这场革命的证明：一是最新推出的由塔塔集团（Tata Group）建造的超低成本的Nano微型轿车，一是塔塔对福特旗下捷豹（Jaguar）和路虎（Land Rover）两大品牌的收购。鉴于这些发展，印度有可能成为一个新的全球汽车生产中心...
Discussions between India’s Prime Minister Singh and US President Obama during the former’s visit to Washington this week touched on economic cooperation. What is unlikely to have been discussed, according to David J. Karl, president of the Asia Strategy Initiative, are bi-lateral problems that...
India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is being honored as the first state visitor to the Obama White House, but he will not be in the same place since his last visit to Washington. President Obama’s recent trip to China shows how the US policy focus has shifted from the Bush years. Perhaps the...
美国总统奥巴马最近的中国之行，反映出中美关系可能发生变化的方式。在上海的复旦大学美国研究中心（Center for American Studies）主任沈丁立看来，随着美国似乎开始接受中国就双方关系提出的条件，奥巴马此次访华的行程表明中国地位的提升。奥巴马在中国人面前的曝光很有限，因为他在上海参加的唯一一项公众活动并未在全国范围内播出。然而，两国之间的对话却充满了敬意而非冲突，体现了双方的平等会见，并在众多问题上取得了进展。两国都将推动批准《全面禁止核试验条约》（Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty），而且高层次的军事交流也在计划中。当然，有些问题仍处于僵持之中：...
US President Obama’s recent trip to China reveals the ways in which US-China relations might be changing. According to Shen Dingli, Director of the Center for American Studies at Fudan University Shanghai, the tenor of the trip showed that China’s status has risen as the US appears to be accepting...
While President Obama’s visit to Southeast Asia is hailed as a breakthrough in relations between the US and the region, the ground was prepared since the new administration took office. With accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in July, writes Nation editor Kavi Chungkittavorn,...
人们热情地称赞奥巴马总统的东南亚之行给美国与该地区间关系带来重大突破，然而此次访问其实早在奥巴马政府执政之初就开始筹划了。《国家报》（Nation）编辑卡维•钟吉塔翁（Kavi Chungkittavorn）认为，美国政府在今年七月加入《东南亚友好合作条约》（Treaty of Amity and Cooperation），以此表明了其对东盟（Asean）的诚挚态度。不过，在多年对该地区的疏忽之后，美国的此番重返也是因为自身的重大利益。美国一度长期回避残暴好战的缅甸（Burma），但这次它调整了对此东盟成员国的态度，更加接近东盟的立场。尽管诺贝尔奖得主昂山素季（Aung San Suu...
President Obama continues his first trip to Asia this week provoking diverse responses from different parts of the world. The talk of a “strategic partnership” between China and the US making a G2 has Europe scared. But, according to China specialist François Godement, there are too many...
The recent second China-Africa summit in Egypt and Beijing’s pledge of $10 billion in loans to the continent has brought into focus China’s growing investment in Africa, The responses have been diverse, not only from international observers, but also from individuals in the region. Building upon...
President Obama may be worthy of the Noble Peace Prize if he can achieve a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty on nuclear weapons. But many obstacles stand in his way. New nuclear weapon states, transfer of weapon technology, and the strategic exigencies of balancing the threat of US military...
A key element of US President Barack Obama’s foreign policy is nuclear disarmament, as evidenced by his personally shepherding the Security Council’s Resolution 1887, which seeks to halt the Bomb’s spread. However, according to nuclear proliferation expert Bennett Ramberg, this resolution does...
