China's Coming of Age on Climate Change: Just in time for Paris?
The upcoming Paris climate conference (COP21) is opening the door to a new post-2020 climate regime in which China and other large emitters will have to provide strong evidence of their domestic efforts in addressing global warming in the next century.
China and Post-Crisis Regional Financial Cooperation in East Asia
China in Asia: What is behind the new silk roads?
The Asia-Pacific region is now more than ever a priority for China’s foreign policy. The combined economic, energy and security interests concentrated in the region are of key importance for Beijing.
Nationalism in China and Japan and Implications for Bilateral Relations
Nationalism appears to be an important part of the growing frictions between China and Japan.
In Japan, the return to power of Shinzo Abe as prime minister, and the historic breakthrough of an extreme right-wing party onto the political scene reinforce the view that there has been a clear shift to the right. Public opinion is today also more realistic about direct security threats to Japan.
The United States - South Korea Military Alliance in Question
The alliance born of the Korean War trades the assurance of security for Seoul with a certain alignment with Washington.
Que se passe-t-il vraiment en Chine ?
L'évolution de l'économie chinoise a été décryptée par Benaouda Abdeddaïm, éditorialiste économique à BFM Business, Chunyan Li, présidente de FEIDA Consulting & Training auteur de "Réussir sur le marché chinois: 100 dirigeants révèlent les secrets du casse-tête chinois", Jean-Paul Tchang, consultant spécialiste de la Chine, Françoise Nicolas, directrice du Centre d'Asie à l'Ifri, et économiste, et Qunkai Liu, ingénieur télécom. - Les Décodeurs de l'éco, du 20 janvier, présenté par Fabrice Lundy, sur BFM Business.
Will Europe’s Past be East Asia’s Future?
There are some disturbing similarities between present-day Asia and pre-1914 Europe.
The "War to End All Wars": Total War, Total Peace?
The Paris Peace Conference of 1919-1920 marked the end of the First World War whose purpose was to establish the conditions for enduring, if not perpetual peace.
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