Abstract The economic development of Asian Pacific countries in the passing two to three decades has been closely related to seaborne trade, and the importance…
Country or Region: China
Summary This book confronts both the maritime security challenges and responses. In Southeast Asia, maritime security has, over the last twenty years, taken on a…
Abstract China’s relations with the West deteriorated dramatically following the Tibet and Olympic torch relay controversies in the spring of 2008. Because of its focus…
Abstract As China rises to power in Asia, the hunt is on for a means to ensure its ‘peaceful rise’. One approach advanced in the…
Summary China faces increasing economic headwinds that call into question not only its near-term growth outlook but the longer-term sustainability of its economic success. At…
Abstract Despite the intense focus on China’s rise, the United States has yet to confront the most challenging question posed by this power shift: Should…
Abstract A series of seemingly unprovoked actions in the South and East China Sea has been described as an abandonment of the “second charm offensive”…
Abstract The risk of conflict in the South China Sea is significant. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines have competing territorial and jurisdictional…
Summary The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as a hinge point in the changing global balance of power and the geographic nexus of economic…
Abstract China has rapidly emerged as a global power in recent years. If Japan and the US are required to counter the rise of China,…
Abstract The United States should pursue a strategy towards China that combines continued attempts at engagement with expanded and intensified balancing. PDF
Abstract How should we deal with China, in all its dimensions — global, regional, bilateral, multilateral, and domestic? Given everything else on the plate, the…
Abstract U.S. policy toward the disputes in the South China Sea has four features. First, the United States has altered its policy in response to…
Summary The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is…
Abstract The Pentagon has concluded that the time has come to prepare for war with China, and in a manner well beyond crafting the sort…
