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Can the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis Inform the Current Challenge?

Jan 23, 2018 | Commentaries, Forums on US-China Relations, Military and Security |

(Presentation at The Sixth TCC-CPAFFC Forum on US-China Relations by Marion V. Creekmore, Jr.) Unlike the other panel members and most of the conference attendees, I am not an expert on China, the Korean Peninsula, or Northeast Asia. I am speaking because I accompanied former US President Jimmy Carter to North Korea in 1994 where he achieved a negotiating breakthrough that led to a peaceful resolution of the first North Korean nuclear crisis. I think there are lessons from the first North Korean nuclear crisis that could be useful in dealing with today’s challenge. Let’s review what happened....

China and North Korea: Comrades-in-NO-Arms

Nov 9, 2017 | Chinese Politics, Military and Security, U.S - China Relations |

When I thought of North Korea a year ago, I pictured a dark, desolate place, where color could only be found in its flags, propaganda posters and murals. It is a hateful country led by a lunatic leader. It does not have many friends in the world but its neighbor, China, is a strong ally. I almost believed that China had the power to do more to convince Kim Jong Un to freeze his nuclear programs. Now I realized that I was wrong about Sino-North Korean relations. The history between the two countries and recent interactions between Pyongyang and...

As Trump Bets on China’s Help on North Korea, Aides Ask: Is It Worth It?

Jun 16, 2017 | Military and Security, News of the Week, U.S - China Relations, US |

WASHINGTON — There is no foreign leader on whom President Trump has placed a bigger bet than Xi Jinping of China. Mr. Trump’s gamble was based on his calculation that Mr. Xi, the Chinese president, could put heavy pressure on North Korea to curb its nuclear weapons and missile programs. To secure Mr. Xi’s cooperation, the president soft-pedaled his harsh stance on China’s trade practices, and has said little about its adventurism in the South China Sea. But a growing number of Mr. Trump’s aides fear that the bet is not paying off. China has not significantly tightened the...

Partners of Necessity: The Strategic Sino-Russian Alliance in Central Asia Over Belt and Road Initiative

Jun 7, 2017 | Chinese Politics, Economy and Trade, Military and Security, U.S - China Relations, USCNPM Original |

The colossal Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a China-heavily funded economic development strategy that focuses on connectivity among countries primarily between the China and the rest of Eurasia. It consists of the land-based “Silk Road Economic Belt” (SREB) and oceangoing “Maritime Silk Road” (MSR). During the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) held in Beijing from May 14 to 15, 2017, China-Russia cooperation over BRI in Central Asia was warmly discussed. The special friendship between Beijing and Moscow is visibly displayed in Xi and Putin’s speeches, when both leaders reiterate their commitment to globalization and free trade. On a rhetorical...

America’s Wavering Commitments to the Environment, NATO, and Free Trade: A Future Under China?

Jun 2, 2017 | Chinese Politics, Commentaries, Military and Security, News of the Week, USCNPM Original |

America’s Withdrawal From the International Scene and China’s Increasing Leadership Despite facing pressures from Pope Francis to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to keep the United States in the Paris Climate Accord during the 43rd G7 Summit last weekend, President Trump has announced his decision to withdraw from the agreement. This decision is only one of several recent inward-looking international positions taken on by the Trump administration. During the May 24-25 NATO meeting in Brussels, Trump declined to affirm America’s commitment to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which outlines the principle of collective defense. Trump also accused NATO...

Category: Military and Security

Can the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis Inform the Current Challenge?

China and North Korea: Comrades-in-NO-Arms

As Trump Bets on China’s Help on North Korea, Aides Ask: Is It Worth It?

Partners of Necessity: The Strategic Sino-Russian Alliance in Central Asia Over Belt and Road Initiative

America’s Wavering Commitments to the Environment, NATO, and Free Trade: A Future Under China?

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