Summary The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is one of the most areas of the world in human terms. This study provides a comprehensive overview of…
Country or Region: China
Summary China is pursuing a policy of tailored coercion in the East and South China Seas that is destabilizing the Asia-Pacific region and spurring maritime…
Summary This report addresses the increasingly important set of issues surrounding the nuclear forces of the United States and China. It focuses on a series…
Summary This monograph describes the types of antiaccess measures one particular country—China—might employ in a future conflict with the United States, how these measures might…
Abstract Despite extensive economic ties and political engagement throughout Asia and sizable investment in some of the region’s most vulnerable regimes, China has yet to…
Abstract Entering China into the US-Russian nuclear-deterrence equation creates considerable analytical challenges, for a number of reasons. To understand these challenges one must consider the…
Abstract Scholars and policy analysts seem almost obsessed with China’s continuing rise toward the status of a great power. Debates rage about whether there is…
Summary Among the most important issues in international security today are the nature and the global implications of China’s emergence as a world-class defense technology…
Abstract Why does Ma Ying-jeou pursue a China-tilting policy when US–PRC relations become more competitive after 2010? Indeed, the president’s mainland policy has gone far…
Abstract This article looks at India’s interests and strategy in the South China Sea (SCS). First, it highlights India’s maritime interests and discusses the relevance…
Abstract Since its establishment in the early 1990s, the conventional missile component of the People’s Liberation Army’s Second Artillery Force (SAF) has emerged as a…
Abstract No matter what assurances Washington provides, many in China are concerned that the United States is becoming increasingly uneasy about China’s emergence and will…
Abstract China’s “no first use” nuclear policy and assured retaliation strategy have remained relatively constant over the years. Recent doctrinal publications, however, suggest that the…
Abstract What are the Chinese views on Asian multilateralism? To answer this question, this article uses a fresh perspective—social evolution—to look at China’s engagement with…
Summary One issue could lead to a disastrous war between the United States and China: Taiwan. A growing number of Taiwanese want independence for their…
