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• • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • May 19, 2014
  China Has Russia Over a Barrel

  Chinese officials are notoriously tough negotiators, especially when they know you're in a pinch. Just ask Gazprom, Russia's natural gas giant, which is on the brink of capitu...

  By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Ely Ratner

• • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • April 28, 2014
  The False Cry of the Pivot Deniers

  Former Vice President Al Gore told a crowd at the University of Hawaii on April 15 that using fake science to mislead the public on climate change is "immoral, unethical, and ...

  By Ely Ratner

• • Commentary
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • December 5, 2013
  Asians Hedge Against China

  Beijing's announcement of a new "air defense identification zone" that overlaps with existing Japanese and Korean airspace sent reverberations across the Indo-Pacific region. ...

  By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine

• • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • June 14, 2013
  An Asian Power Web Emerges

  When President Obama met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in California last week, it is doubtful that either leader focused on the growing ties among countries like Singapo...

  By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin & Richard Fontaine

• • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • May 4, 2013
  The Most Dangerous Border in the World

  The night before Beijing released its biennial defense white paper in mid-April, avowing that it would not "engage in military expansion," roughly 30 Chinese troops marched 12...

  By Alexander Sullivan & Ely Ratner