The opening salvo of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s “global listening tour” — a swing through Asia — has produced constructive effects and positioned the United States for renewed leadership in the region.
Nearly a year ago, I recommended that the next American presidential administration focus early and often on the Asia-Pacific area, [...]

When a country has a complicated, problematic and history-burdened relationship with another nation – as China has with Japan – one would anticipate strained ties at best. Why, then, has Chinese President Hu Jintao undertaken a state visit to Tokyo?

At the beginning of President George W. Bush’s first term, many Chinese wanted to know: Why does Bush dislike us? Is China losing the United States?
Now, as Bush’s second term begins to wind down, the current issue of Foreign Affairs provocatively asks: “Is China Winning Asia?”