East Asia, comprising China, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, and North and South Korea, is a region that has historically been of critical interest to the United States. In particular, China's growing economic, military, and diplomatic power in the region and North Korea's nuclear ambitions have long been a focus of U.S. foreign policy and of RAND research.
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Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Report
Documents the history of U.S. security management with China from 1971 to the present, examines the arguments for and against conducting activities with the People's Liberation Army, and recommends a program of military-to-military activities based on existing constraints and realistic goals.
Report
The United States and South Korea enjoy many benefits from close security cooperation but sustaining the relationship for the long haul will require focused efforts on both sides to adapt it to new global and domestic conditions.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Commentary
On the 15th anniversary of China's suppression of student protesters in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, few in the West seem aware that Beijing is again confronting a growing volume of popular protest.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Commentary
When the European Council meets at the end of March, European leaders may decide to lift the European Union's 15-year-old embargo on weapons transfers to China, which U.S. and European policy makers imposed in 1989 after the Chinese military's violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing.
Commentary
Is it time for Operation Korean Freedom? The regime change in Iraq has prompted some to urge regime change in the other two members of the President George W. Bush's "axis of evil," North Korea and Iran.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Report
Presents papers from a conference that evaluated new methodologies and trends in research on the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Report
Contains papers and discussant comments from a conference on economic and political-security subjects of mutual concern to China and the United States.
Journal Article
This chapter assesses Hu Jintao's emergence as a "national security leader."
Journal Article
Examines China's recent economic successes and challenges
Journal Article
Where a foreign company makes its corporate home in China may depend on the company's size and sector.
Report
Analyzes the growth of venture capital investment in China in the 1990s.
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