Danny Russel quoted in The Washington Post article, “As Biden Seeks to Restore Alliances, a Souring Japan-South Korea Relationship Presents a Challenge”

"The rocky relationship between two crucial Asian allies, Japan and South Korea, had deteriorated over the issue of wartime sex slaves. Later that year, with the help of the United States, the two countries reached a landmark agreement to resolve their historical dispute… "'When there’s a serious rift in the family, it’s hard to invite your friends over for dinner,' said Daniel Russel, an Asia Society expert who was a high-ranking foreign policy official in the Obama administration. "'Given the magnitude of [...]

2021-03-02T11:00:42-05:00March 2, 2021|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, “Biden’s Plans to Rally Allies on China Are Put to the Test”

"Australia has been a target for U.S. reassurance after China drastically reduced purchases of Australian coal, wine and other goods following Canberra’s call for a global investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. "One idea, said Daniel Russel, a former top Asia official in the Bush and Obama administrations, would be to form an informal 'mutual aid society' to purchase Australian exports. 'They’re making an example of the Australians and for that reason alone the United States can’t afford to let [...]

2021-03-01T10:00:43-05:00March 1, 2021|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in Politico article, “Australia Offers Europe a Warning on a Trade Deal with China”

"Danny Russel, a senior official in the Obama White House dealing with China, said Australia’s predicament made clear that democracies need to work together to limit Beijing's use of its economic leverage. 'The heart of the matter is that if this intimidation play works against Australia ... there is going to be more of this behavior,' he argued..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2021-01-19T10:57:31-05:00January 8, 2021|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in Politico newsletter, “China Divides And Conquers Democracies Again”

"Danny Russel, a senior China hand in the Obama White House who is now at Asia Society, told Global Translations, 'We want China’s eyebrow to get burned here.' The heart of the matter, Russel said, 'is that if this intimidation play works against Australia, and in due course third countries — if it’s seen to have hurt Australia and to some degree cowed Australia — there is going to be more of this behavior...'" Read the full newsletter here: Full Newsletter

2021-01-19T09:41:44-05:00January 4, 2021|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel interviewed on NHK World, “US-Asia Relations under Biden”

"When Joe Biden becomes US president in January, relations with Asia may have a different tone. Daniel Russel of the Asia Society Policy Institute tells NHK World that the new administration will likely emphasize a more 'coherent and consistent' approach to security and diplomacy..." Watch the full interview here: Full Interview

2020-11-20T11:30:01-05:00November 12, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, “Biden, as President, Will Shift U.S. Toolkit on China”

"'These are two things that Biden and the Biden people are talking about—the first is the outreach to allies and partners and like-minded states—democracies,' said Daniel Russel, former Asia diplomat in the Obama-Biden administration, now at the Asia Society Policy Institute think tank. 'Secondly is ensuring our policy and strategy are rooted in shared values,' including human rights, democratic principles and market economies..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-11-18T16:08:00-05:00November 9, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in Kyodo News article, “Focus: Biden Eyes Undoing Trump’s Legacy of Reduced U.S. Role, Fraying Ties”

"'The United States just has so much less credibility and respect in Northeast Asia than in any other time in our modern history,' Daniel Russel, a former U.S. senior diplomat for East Asia, said during a webinar hosted by the Korea Society based in New York..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-11-18T16:12:59-05:00November 8, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald article, “Why Trump Has Become China’s Enemy … with Benefits”

"'Donald Trump has inflicted pain on the Chinese,' says Danny Russel, who was a top official on China policy in the White House and the State Department in the last Democrat administration. "'He's created problems for them with tariff upon tariff, he's embarrassed them and infuriated them,' Russel tells me. 'But he hasn't been tough in denying them things they wanted, nor in setting limits on China's behaviour. As his election plan shifted from Plan A – to run on the [...]

2020-11-18T15:47:47-05:00November 3, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in CNN article, “How China’s Xi Jinping Blew A Golden Opportunity with US President Donald Trump”

"'At the same time that Xi was hypocritically claiming to be the grand defender of the global system, Trump was attacking it viciously and putting forward a very nationalist jingoistic message. So that magnified the contrasts and widened the gap,' said [Danny] Russel, who is now vice president of international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-11-18T15:35:35-05:00October 31, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Danny Russel quoted in Stars and Stripes article, “North Korea Poised to Test Next US President with Growing Nuclear Missile Threat”

"'The North Koreans are perhaps more inclined to teach a lesson and to housebreak a new Biden administration than they are to throw a monkey wrench into what’s already a kind of wild and crazy U.S. election,' Daniel Russel, former assistant secretary of state for the region, said during a virtual panel earlier this month..." Read the full article here: Full Article

2020-10-23T17:50:27-04:00October 22, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|
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