Summary The raging question in the world today is who is the real Vladimir Putin and what are his intentions. Karen Dawisha’s brilliant Putin’s Kleptocracy provides an…
Publication Type: Books
Summary The China-Pakistan axis plays a central role in Asia’s geopolitics, from India’s rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism…
Summary Pithy and reflective, this book highlights the key economic and political issues that Australia should currently be considering as a Western country geographically and…
Summary China has rapidly become Australia’s most important trading partner. It is also the rising power in our region. In The Kingdom and the Quarry…
Summary The extended Indian Ocean space from the shores of Africa to Australia, arguably, holds the potential to define the contours of the emerging global…
Summary This report calls for an inclusive approach to a region which is now home to the world’s most important and sensitive trade routes. Approaches…
Summary The Indian Ocean region is arguably one of the world’s least understood, yet its importance in geopolitics and international relations is greater than ever…
Summary In The Military Lens, Christopher P. Twomey shows how differing military doctrines have led to misperceptions between the United States and China over foreign policy—and…
Summary The US-India nuclear agreement has virtually rewritten the rules of the global nuclear regime by underlining India’s credentials as a responsible nuclear state that…
Excerpt “For the past 60 years, since roughly the outbreak of the Korean War and the U.S. response to that war, the Navy has had a…
Summary This book assesses India’s role as a major power in the Indian Ocean. Many see the Indian Ocean as naturally falling within India’s sphere…
Abstract This paper presents experimental research on the Indian Ocean being undertaken within the context of what has been termed architecture’s contemporary geographic turn. It…
Summary The geographic constructs and the geo-political imaginations have dictated the formation of informal dialogue mechanisms and multilateral structures. During Cold War, the power bloc…
Summary Ensuring security in the Indo-Pacific region will be the primary foreign policy challenge for the United States and liberal nations over the next generation.…
Summary Based on over 160 interviews, Asian Diplomacy evaluates the ministries of foreign affairs in five major Asian countries. For each country, Kishan S. Rana first sketches…
