U.S.-Cuba Reset

正President Obama’s trip to Cuba will seal diplomatic legac U.S.-Cuba relations will take another significant step toward reconciliation this spring when U.S.President Barack Obama visits Havana.He will be the first sitting U.S.president to visit the island nation since Calvin Coolidge     

An Awkward Detente

正Will Obama’s trip to Havana bear tangible fruits for bilateral relations?America’s ongoing presidential campaign was temporarily upstaged by U.S.President Barack Obama’s historic state visit to Cuba on March 20-22.There is no doubt that Obama’s visit to Cuba—which was in the epicenter of a nuclear confrontation during the Cold War—is of great significance.Obama became the     

U.S. Needs Neutral Policy on Sea Disputes

正U.S.National Security Advisor Susan Rice said during her first visit to China from September 7 to 9 that President Barack Obama regards his scheduled November visit to China as a milestone,because he attaches great importance to U.S.-China relations.Although Obama’s visit is still a month away,observers believe that instability in the South China Sea due to the"pivot to Asia"policy of the U.S.will be high on the     

SECURITY ATALL COSTS

正China’s high stakes in promoting nuclear non-proliferationWith President Xi Jinping planning to attend the fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit U.S.President Barack Obama will have hosted,China’s top leaders will have personally participated in each of the summits.The attention paid by the Chinese Government to nuclear terrorism is unprecedented.In his landmark speech in Prague in 2009,     

Stuck in the Cold War

正Who can press the reset button in U.S.-Russia relations?The Obama administration’s eight years in office have failed to reset U.S.-Russia relations.Instead,they have moved toward a provocative and volatile new Cold War scenario,thereby increasing world tensions.With President Barack Obama now a lame duck and the U.S.presidential election imminent,     

PARTNERS IN DEfENSE

Understanding the risks and rewards of closer Sino-U.S. military ties One of the fruits to have emerged from the first summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama is the official acceptance of the U.S. invitation to the People’s Liberation     

AMBITION UP IN THE AIR

正Public animosity hinders American-EU deal During his visit to Europe in April,U.S.President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed in Hannover for the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership CTTIP)to be concluded this year.The TTIP is a proposed free trade agreement between the     

Middle East Solution

The Obama administration takes a star turn toward peace in the Middle East U.S. President Barack Obama began this year with an eye toward sweeping reform.     

S&ED Promotes Stable and Cooperative Sino-U.S. Ties

正THE Sixth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue(SED)convenes in Beijing this July.President Obama’s Special Representative and Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew visited China ahead of the event,from May 11 to13,to meet with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Vice Premier Wang Yang.The two sides reached consensus on the basic content of the coming SED.     

China,Free Rider or Contributor？

正IN an interview early last August with the New York Times,U.S.President Obama remarked that China had been a global free rider for the past 30 years,and that the U.S.does not expect China to do anything substantial in dealing with Iraq.Obama is in fact not the first to accuse China of being a free rider in the international community.In September 2005,U.S.former Deputy Sec-     

Perseverance Towards a Pragmatic Cooperative Relationship with the U.S.

THERE is much to look forward to this year as regards relations between China and the U.S. A new, younger leadership with a clearer global vision has taken over the helm of the Asian power, and U.S. President Obama recently embarked on his second term, which calls for new adjustments of domestic and foreign poli- cies. Fresh faces feature in the newly assembled diplomatic teams of both administrations.     

The Chinese Dream Is Conducive to the Sino-U.S. Relationship

DURING his talks with U.S. President Barack Obama at Rancho Mirage, California last June, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his American counterpart that the main purpose of his state visit was to establish a blueprint for future development of Sino-U.S. relations and for cooperation across the Pacific Ocean. The meeting is hence widely viewed as a strategic diplomatic event between the two countries＇ leaderships - one equal to their ＂handshake across the Pacific Ocean＂ in 1972.     

A Successful Visit

A state visit to China during the first year in office is unprecedented for a U. S.president, but Barack Obama has made it. Moreover, the fact that President Obama spent four days and three nights of his seven-day visit to four Asian nations in Beijing and Shanghai has demonstrated the importance his administration attaches to China and to Sino-U.S. relations in its global strategy.     

America's Next Ambassador

<正>Recently nominated U.S.Ambassador to China Gary Locke will face challenges in bridging Sino-U.S.relations Recently,U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be the next U.S.ambassador to China.Locke,once approved by the U.S.Congress,will replace current Ambassador Jon Huntsman in     

Only the Beginning

President Obama must re-evaluate the U.S. Iraq mission for the future president Barack Obama's draw-down to 50,000 U.S. troops has been well implemented and is, in fact, a prudent course of action.     

Bolstering the U.S. Middle Class

Making every attempt to boost the sluggish U.S.economy, U.S.President Barack Obama has pledged incentive programs including tax cuts for the middle class that have for generations,made our economy the envy of the world. But the program may not be a panacea as income inequality in the United States becomes entrenched.Zhang Monan,a researcher with the State Information Center,discussed this issue in an article recently published in the China Securities Journal.Edited excerpts follow.     

WORLD

正VIET NAM Visiting U.S.President Barack Obama and his Vietnamese presidential counterpart witness the inking of cooperation deals between the two governments in Hanoi on May 23.Obama announced the lifting of an embargo on arm sales to Viet Nam during his visit to Hanoi     

Extending an Olive Branch

Why the Obama administration is trying to repair relations with the Muslim world After finishing his busy schedule at the G20 summit, the NATO summit, and the summit between the lEuropean Union and the United States, U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Ankara on April 5 for a two-day visit to     

A Legal First

Chinese companies have embarked on a new era of protecting their interests in overseas markets through legal means.Sany Group,the country’s largest machinery maker,vowed on October 18 to "fight to the very end" in its lawsuit against U.S.President Barack Obama after he blocked its wind farm project on national security grounds,making it the first Chinese     

Four More Years

正What the world should expect from a second Obama term In the early hours of November 7, U.S. President Barack Obama stood in front of a cheering crowd and gave a victory speech promising that "the best is yet to come"