Summary Since the early 1990s and the end of the Cold War, the implications of China’s rising power have come to dominate the security agenda…
Country or Region: China
Summary Since 2008, energy and food markets―those most fundamental to human existence―have remained in turmoil. Resource scarcity has had a much bigger global impact in…
Abstract The recent pivot in US foreign policy to the Asia-Pacific region acknowledges new geopolitical realities: the center of the global economy has shifted, and…
Summary This Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often…
Summary No country feels China’s rise more deeply than Japan. Through intricate case studies of visits by Japanese politicians to the Yasukuni Shrine, conflicts over…
Summary The five major emerging national economies known as the BRICS—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—have gained on the world stage. For BRICS watchers,…
Abstract Michael Beckley’s article deserves attention for challenging the view that the United States is declining because China is rising. Its ambiguous definition of decline,…
Summary The South China Sea region contains potentially huge deposits of petroleum and natural gas, important shipping lanes and fishing areas, and is subject to…
Abstract In this article, I would like to show that China’s rough treatment of Uyghurs is related not only to domestic tensions in Xinjiang but…
Abstract Coinciding with the rise of Chinese economy, China’s foreign policy has become more assertive than ever. As part of the “Chinese Dream” promise, her…
Summary It is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized for “mixing oil and politics.” The U.S.-led Iraq War was criticized as a…
Summary The publication, written by ASPI’s senior analyst in defence strategy Benjamin Schreer, analyses the US military’s new ‘AirSea Battle’ concept. In the Asia-Pacific region,…
Summary With its expanding economy and formidable military growth, China is positioning itself to challenge the United States as the greatest international power on the…
Abstract This article examines the link between China‘s grand strategy and its participation in multilateral organisations in Asia. It argues that Chinese multilateralism arises because…
Summary China is increasingly factored into U.S. nuclear strategy. When President Obama released the administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)—a document that guides America’s nuclear policy,…
