This issue of Asia Policy includes a roundtable on the strategic implications of China and Russia’s growing partnership; a special essay that calls on the United States to resume its leadership role in Asia in response to China’s rise; an article on the Chinese Communist Party’s use of pen names in the media to convey official views; an article on Vietnam’s warfighting capabilities for defending its disputed claims with China in the South China Sea; and a book review roundtable discussing Terence Roehrig’s new book Japan, South Korea, and the United States Nuclear Umbrella: Deterrence After the Cold War.