Australia and China: Souring Relations with Little Chance of a Reset on the Horizon

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (02) ◽  
pp. 108-123
Author(s):  
David WALTON
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bilateral Relationship

This article examines the bilateral relationship between Australia and China, which has become problematic since 2015. The causes for the downturn in relations are examined and two key reasons are offered: Australia is caught in the middle of power contestation between the United States and China; and Australia’s fear of its economic overdependence on China. This article deduces what a reset would look like and how this may eventuate.

China Granted MFN Status (…Again)

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-74
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
State Department ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
High Importance ◽  
Bilateral Relationship

Good afternoon. I am very pleased to welcome Vice Premier Qian Qichen to the State Department. We are meeting again, so soon after my February trip to Beijing, and I think that that indicates the high importance that the United States and China attach to our bilateral relationship.

Foreign Affairs

Brazil ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riordan Roett
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
Large Country ◽  
Bilateral Relationship

Why are diplomatic relations between the United States and Brazil so unpredictable? Although Brazil is a large country, it is not a powerful country. The asymmetries between the United States and Brazil are an important irritant in the bilateral relationship. For more than a century,...

scholarly journals Mexican Structural Reforms and the United States Congress

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (18) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Ana María Zorrilla Noriega
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
United States Congress ◽  
Structural Reforms ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
Mexican Government ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The U.S

Diverse structural reforms were enacted in Mexico during 2013 and 2014. Since these reforms were made on the constitutional level, they must be translated into specific laws and regulations; and more importantly, they must be implemented in an efficient manner. As Mexico is experiencing this transformation, its relations with United States are also evolving. This transition will probably imply new challenges with regard to different aspects of the bilateral relationship. Considering that the U.S. Congress plays a significant role in shaping those relations, the purpose of this article is to analyze some significant issues that have received or are likely to receive special attention in the U.S. Congress. This article is divided into seven sections. The first one presents an analysis of the complexity of U.S.-Mexico relations. The second part includes an explanation regarding Mexican reforms of 2013 and 2014, as well as the resulted transition in the bilateral relationship. The next four sections address significant pillars of this relationship: security, economy, migration, and energy. Each of these parts comprises a general overview of the U.S.-Mexico relations in that specific matter; a description of the views of the Mexican government and reforms of its constitutional and legal framework; and an analysis of the most relevant legislative actions that have recently taken place or are likely to receive attention in the U.S. Congress. The seventh section addresses other relevant aspects that should be taken into account in the policyand law-making processes.

scholarly journals Recasting ‘Nuclear-Free Korean Peninsula’ as a Sino-American Language for Co-ordination

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-81
Author(s):  
TAKU TAMAKI
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
The North ◽  
The Us ◽  
Nuclear Issue ◽  
Constructivist Perspective

AbstractA series of Six-Party Talks involving the United States, China, Japan, South and North Korea, and Russia resulted in the emergence of a narrative of a ‘nuclear-free Korean Peninsula’. Given the prevalence of nuclear weapons amidst Sino-American rivalry, the area is hardly ‘nuclear-free’. Instead, the phrase has evolved into a common signifier for the US and China, suggesting that, despite their rivalries, the North Korean nuclear issue can be detrimental for both – a rare convergence of interests in an often sensitive bilateral relationship. This article provides a Constructivist perspective to this particular aspect of Sino-American balance of power by taking the language of ‘nuclear-free’ seriously, recasting the phrase as borne of both mutual scepticism, as well as convergent interests, over the Korean Peninsula.

The Bilateral Relationship between Austria-Hungary and the United States from April to December 1917

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 261-295
Author(s):  
Václav Horčička
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
European History ◽  
The Political ◽  
Central European ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
Small Countries ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Time And Energy

The significance of the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918 is unquestionable in the context of Central European history. Small countries were formed, replacing a multinational empire. These new countries, however, had to deal with the aftermath of the downfall of the monarchy in the political, economic, and social spheres for a long time thereafter. Because so much is known about the collapse of the Danubian Monarchy today, one may wonder what else could possibly be said about the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Countless authors at home and abroad, some of them distinguished and others unreliable, as well as eyewitnesses and professional historians, have all devoted time and energy to this subject throughout the nearly one hundred years that have passed since the old monarchy fell apart.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Initial Reaction ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
Gulf Crisis ◽  
Basic Facts

The Introduction to Qatar and the Gulf Crisis introduces the chronology and basic facts of the blockade of Qatar as well as the key themes that are addressed in the book. These include the ways in which the Gulf crisis since 2017 has differed from previous episodes of tension between Gulf Cooperation Council states and a summary of the reasons why the blockade failed to achieve its objectives. The Introduction provides an overview of Qatar’s policy responses to the blockade and the successful attempts to strengthen the bilateral relationship with the United States in the aftermath of President Trump’s controversial initial reaction to the blockade.

scholarly journals The Limits of Material Benefits: Remittances and Pro-Americanism in Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Covadonga Meseguer ◽  
Pascal Jaupart ◽  
Javier Aparicio
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
The Us ◽  
Material Benefits ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Trade And Investment

We explore how the reception of remittances affects perceptions of the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States. Scholars have claimed that the economic benefits of the relationship with the US prevail over imperialistic concerns as a result of the asymmetry of power between the two countries. Empirical research shows that Latin American public opinion is indeed more supportive of the US than theory indicates. However, we identify two gaps in this literature. First, scholars have explored the determinants of generic expressions of sentiment toward the US, overlooking more concrete instances of cooperation between the two countries. Second, scholars have focused on trade and investment and have ignored how the material gains of emigration shape attitudes toward the US. The present paper fills these two gaps by using novel survey data on the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the US. On one hand, we find that while the reception of remittances correlates positively with good sentiments toward the US, the recipients of remittances are consistently more opposed to cooperation with the US in the fight against drug trafficking. We argue that this finding can be explained by the different nature of the migratory phenomenon, and the connection between anti-drug trafficking policies and the close scrutiny of illegal flows of money and people.

scholarly journals Misperceptions Between Japan and Russia

2000 ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Semyon Verbitsky ◽  
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa ◽  
Gilbert Rozman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great Powers ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
Security Environment

The twentieth century has witnessed repeated occasions when Japan and Russia have taken each other's measure and decided on policy accordingly. In the years 1985 to 1999 such mutual testing occuned again amidst adjustments in the direction of each country's global role. As has often been the case, the RussoJapanese relationship was not the main event on the world stage. Both countries placed higher priority on relations with the United States and with China. But to rank this bilateral relationship below two others is not to belittle the stakes involved. For Russia, Tokyo's strategy to look east or west and within Asia to focus in the northeast or the southeast has throughout the century made a great difference in war or peace, in development or isolation. For Japan, Moscow's strategy to balance west and east, and in the east to concentrate on China or Japan, has had telling consequences for other foreign policy choices. At stake in this bilateral relationship have been the development of Siberia and the Russian Far East; the security environment in Northeast Asia including Korea; the prospects of triangular or quadrangular relations with China and the United States; and the balance of power among the world's great powers.

Turkey-US relationship will become more transactional

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Eu ◽  
At Home

Significance The Turkish government's crackdown on internal dissent, and its opposition to Kurdish groups at home and abroad have placed its NATO ally, the United States, in an awkward diplomatic position. Impacts Diminished military-to-military ties will rob the bilateral relationship of a strengthening influence. The United States will seek to mitigate the chances of a Russia-Turkey clash to avoid further regional complications. Washington will view Ankara's extraction of migration-related concessions from the EU unfavourably.

The Cuba-U.S. Bilateral Relationship

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cold War ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Economic Relationships ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Bilateral Relationship ◽  
Political Economic

At the end of President Barack Obama’s second term, it appeared that the United States and Cuba might be on track to normalize relations after five decades of Cold War animus. These hopes seemed dashed by the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, which brought to power a candidate that made clear his desire to undo Obama’s signature policies. Drawing insight from the political, economic, and legal spheres, The Cuba-U.S. Bilateral Relationship: New Pathways and Policy Choices examines possible ways forward for the two former Cold War adversaries. Topping the list of issues that requiring attention include outstanding property claims, now worth over $8 billion, that date back to the 1959 Revolution, establishing U.S.-Cuban economic relationships in multiple sectors of the economy, and an array of contentious political issues in both Cuba and the United States. This volume addresses these issues by raising challenging policy questions, providing thought-provoking observations, offering insightful commentary, and positing viable policy choices across a range of political, legal, and economic issues.

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