Abstract Chinese foreign policy is slowly shifting away from a strict interpretation of noninterference, towards a pragmatic and incremental adaptation to new challenges to China’s…
Country or Region: China
Summary In the twenty-first century, the Indo-Pacific, which spans from the western Pacific Ocean to the western Indian Ocean along the eastern coast of Africa,…
Abstract This article aims to understand China’s historic claim, the purpose and status of the nine-dashed line map and analyses the legal implications of China’s…
Summary Some of the United States’ greatest challenges over the coming decades are likely to emanate from the Asia-Pacific region. China and India are rising…
Abstract This paper analyses how the situation in China’s most northwestern province-level unit Xinjiang has affected China’s overall foreign relations since disturbances in its capital…
Abstract For a long time, the People’s Republic of China was known to be prone to use military force to settle foreign policy crises or…
Abstract Can US engagement moderate China’s strategic competition with America? This study indicates that the answer is a qualified yes. Under unipolarity, a rising state…
Abstract China has been rightly regarded as the most important player in the South China Sea dispute. The nature and scope of China’s claim, its…
Abstract In recent years, the Chinese leadership has increasingly turned its attention towards the maritime domain. This article discusses Beijing’s latest attempts to secure China’s…
Abstract The Soviet Union’s collapse transformed the bipolar cold war international system into a “unipolar” system dominated by the United States. During the 1990s, the…
Summary For well over half a century, the United States has been a global power with global interests. These interests include (but are not limited…
Summary The first twenty years of post-Cold War US defense and diplomatic policies toward Asia have looked a good deal like the previous 50, namely:…
Summary This exhaustive treatment of China’s international petroleum policy examines the cogovernance of China’s petroleum sector by its government and national oil companies, as they…
Summary Robert W. Kolb reveals how new gas resources are transforming the global energy industry, redistributing economic and geopolitical power in stunning ways. Kolb’s The…
Abstract The growing tension between China and a number of countries in Southeast Asia over the contested waters of the South China Sea has become…
