Beijing and Tokyo will undoubtedly compete long after U.S. foreign policy has evolved.
Asia’s Other Great Game
THE SPECTER of the world’s two strongest nations competing for power and influence has created a convenient narrative for pundits and observers to claim that Asia’s future, perhaps even the world’s, will be shaped, in ways both large and small, by the United States and China.
From economics to political influence and security issues, American and Chinese policies are seen as inherently conflictual, creating an uneasy relationship between Washington and Beijing that affects other nations inside Asia and…
Yet this scenario often ignores another intra-Asian competition, one that…