October 30, 2016 Read the PDF version here. The Hague ruling in July 2016 on the South China Sea has served to sharpen the debate…
Type: Policy Briefs
Policy Briefs offer up-to-date insights on a wide range of foreign policy issues among rising powers.
September 20, 2016 Read the PDF version here. India and the United States have ratcheted up their bilateral military relations through the Logistics Exchange Memorandum…
July 22, 2016 Read the PDF version here. For Rodrigo Duterte, the new Philippine president, managing the country’s sucessess after winning its case brought against…
July 1, 2016 Read the PDF version here. On May 23, 2016, President Barack Obama announced in Hanoi that the United States was completely lifting…
August 18, 2015
For long, Japan-China relations have largely been acrimonious due to historical and territorial factors. Despite strong economic ‘bonhomie’, the two countries have failed to resolve these disputes amicably. The situation could deteriorate further in coming months following the release of Japan’s latest Defense White Paper expressing strong concern over China’s ‘coercive’ maritime advances in the East and South China Seas. The White Paper expresses strong opposition to the ongoing construction of new gas fields by the Chinese near the median line between China and Japan in the East China Sea region. These constructions have raised strong economic and security concerns within Japan. On the other hand, China has taken few steps to assuage Japanese concerns while maintaining a critical stance on Japan’s White Paper. Such developments could widen the gulf between the two countries further.
August 18, 2015 For long, Japan-China relations have largely been acrimonious due to historical and territorial factors. Despite strong economic ‘bonhomie’, the two countries have…
May 6, 2016 Read the PDF version here. Meeting the energy demands of a growing economy is one of the primary challenges in the 21st…
April 9, 2015 Read the PDF version here. Nationalism has recently become more salient in Russian foreign policy debates, especially after the annexation of Crimea…
February 18, 2015 Read the PDF version here. Nationalism has greatly shaped debates in Iran on what role the country should assume in the Middle…
December 11, 2014 Read the PDF version of this brief. The issue of nationalism in Asia has gained attention in recent years as two new…
November 24, 2014 Read the PDF version of this brief here. In recent years, observers in the Asia and the West have raised concerns about…
October 20, 2014 On November 13-14, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein will host the East Asia Summit, the apex of his country’s debut as chair of…
October 22, 2013 Japanese political leaders – faced with emerging security concerns ranging from territorial disputes with China to the nascent North Korean nuclear arsenal…
October 22, 2013 In 2012, the Rising Powers Initiative published an edited volume entitled Worldviews of Aspiring Powers: Domestic Foreign Policy Debates in China, India,…
Pakistan is undergoing a period of unprecedented transition after recent elections marked the first time two civilian governments succeeded each other peacefully. The new prime…
