Policy Alert #61 | October 28. 2013 The United States’ prolonged budget upheaval has cast doubts on America’s role as a leader in Asia. Would…
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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,…
Policy Alert #59 | September 28, 2013 On September 14, the United States and Russia reached a sweeping deal that called for Syria’s chemical weapons…
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…
Policy Alert #58 | August 28, 2013 Last Sunday marked 60 years since the signing of the Korean War Armistice Agreement. The truce ended hostilities,…
Policy Alert #57 | August 28, 2013 On August 12, India launched its first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, joining the United States, the United…
The supremacy of the United States in Asia has been a constant in U.S.-Japan relations since the end of WWII. With China’s rise and leadership…
August 22, 2013 Faced with surging energy demand and increased public pressure for better environmental protection, the Chinese government is trying to shift its energy…
Policy Alert #56 | July 28, 2013 The Egyptian military’s deposition of former President Mohamed Morsi has observers around the globe reflecting on how events have changed…
Policy Alert #55 | July 28, 2013 Earlier this month, a jury in Florida acquitted George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year old…
Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, Japan’s acceptance and institutionalization of a non-combat military role to aid the US has led to its…
Policy Alert #54 | June 28, 2013 One year after the United States officially unveiled its strategic pivot to the Pacific, the 12th annual IISS…
