Securing the National Interests: The United States and Japanese-South Korean Reconciliation
The reconciliation process in Northeast Asia, notably between Japan and South Korea (Republic of Korea), is still far from being a success story. The governments of the two states have …
Documenting German and Japanese War Crimes prior to 1945: The UN War Crimes Commission
Dan Plesch’s new book, Human Rights after Hitler: The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes, sheds light on the existence of a little-known agency founded amid the atrocities of …
Yixiang Xu discusses cooperation between China and Germany on climate change
Featuring Yixiang Xu via CGTN America on July 6, 2017.
Transatlantic Dialogue on China: Perceptions, Conflicts, and Potentials
Issue Brief 57 For both Germany and the United States, China has become a foreign policy priority: a major strategic competitor in the Asia-Pacific region for the United States, and …
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A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step: A Chinese Way of Leadership, U.S. and Germany Must Take Note
The highly anticipated first meeting between Donald Trump and China’s president Xi Jinping concluded quietly against the backdrop of U.S. missile strikes in Syria. Despite flawlessly choreographed appearances and mutually-assured …
Why International Leadership is Slipping Through America’s Hands
Amid the many controversies roiling Washington these days, there is a troubling trend that is greater than the sum of the parts: America’s singular leadership role, held with minimal challenge …
Partners in A Changing World: The Rosy Chinese-Russian Relationship and Its Implications for the Transatlantic Relationship
Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Europeans have reflected on the transatlantic relationship they’ve known for over seven decades, and which now seems to be at risk. Guided by an …
A Reset with China? Our Anxiety and Germany’s Responsibility
When the news about Donald Trump’s election victory broke, I was in Shanghai for a conference on Sino-German relations. The conference agenda was at once scrapped to make way for …
Transatlantic Relations in a Changing World Order: European and U.S. Responses to China’s Rise in Africa
A Changing World Order: China’s Rise in Africa The twenty-first century is characterized by the rise of new global players and changing power relations. In particular, China’s increasing international presence …
Different Approaches to War Crime and Memory in Germany and Japan since 1980
Seventy Years after World War II, How Should We Remember? Seventy years have passed since the end of World War II, and people in Germany and around the world are …
Compare or Not to Compare? Or How to Compare? The Problems in Contemporary German-Japanese Memory Discourse
Japan has struggled with the legacies of its imperial aggression for decades.[1] Neither domestically nor internationally has the nation been able to find a formula which would put the so-called …
