Excerpt “The unprecedented decision to send a surveillance vessel while also participating in the RIMPAC exercises calls China’s proclaimed stance on international navigation rights into…
Country or Region: China
Abstract Beyond simply serving as a blockbuster image engaging domestic dreams of a strong military, however, since 2008 china’s antipiracy escorts have provided important soft-power…
Introduction As tensions simmer in the East and South China Seas, clouds of doubt overhang China’s presence at Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014. The…
Abstract Using the Scarborough Shoal standoff between China and the Philippines as a case study, in this article I examine two approaches to addressing territorial…
Summary This book assesses India’s role as a major power in the Indian Ocean. Many see the Indian Ocean as naturally falling within India’s sphere…
Abstract The article will ask whether Sino-Indian strategic competition in the Indian Ocean should be properly understood through the lens of a security dilemma. It…
Abstract The United States and Russia have obligated themselves to pursuing complete nuclear disarmament. But despite the two countries’ treaty obligations, it’s reasonable to wonder…
Summary Ensuring security in the Indo-Pacific region will be the primary foreign policy challenge for the United States and liberal nations over the next generation.…
Abstract Far from being ‘naturally’ delineated by geography or bound solely through shared culture, regions are actively constructed by states and other actors pursuing specific…
Abstract The South China Sea dispute has always been a negative factor in the development of China-Philippines relations. Although China-Philippines relations have continued to improve,…
Abstract The main purpose of the article is to deal with the structurally restrictive factors of the conflict regarding the dominion over islands in Northeast…
Abstract In recent years Beijing and Washington have maintained close cooperation on issues ranging from the war on terrorsm to dealing with the North Korean…
Abstract A peace community is the ultimate goal of regional cooperation in Northeast Asia. However, a peace community cannot be accomplished in one move and…
Abstract China is now in the process of transforming itself from a weakling into one of the strong. The view in Beijing, however, is that…
Abstract China’s rapid military modernization has elicited a variety of responses from governments in the region. This article looks at the responses from Australia and…
