Summary Years from now, students of the PLA may well look back at the decade of the 1990s as the period of time during which…
Country or Region: China
Abstract India’s behavior in the global economy has transformed considerably, consistent with its embrace of economic globalization and deregulation since 1991. Until then, India…
Abstract Late on June 3, 1989, and into the next day Chinese soldiers brought to an abrupt end the 7-week standoff between the Chinese…
Abstract Sean Mirski’s assessment of a naval blockade is an important contribution to the debate over how the United States should respond to China’s growing…
Abstract This article makes three arguments about the Sino-American competition, the Sino-Indian rivalry, and the US-India partnership. First, past maritime-continental rivalries suggest that China will…
Abstract The mounting challenge posed by China’s military modernization has highlighted the need for the United States to analyze its ability to execute a naval…
Abstract Over the past 20 years, social scientists, government officials, and investors have expressed mounting interest in the BRIC countries, which include Brazil, Russia, India, and…
Summary The rapid modernization of the Chinese Navy is a well-documented reality of the post-Cold War world. In two decades, the People’s Liberation Army Navy…
Summary Washington’s strategic pivot to Asia and Beijing’s pursuit of new strategic and security interests in the region have led to increasing tensions between the…
Summary Lee provides an in-depth analysis of China’s diplomatic strategy in bilateral and multilateral negotiations on the South China Sea. Based on both documentary research…
Abstract Economic and political power within the international system is becoming more diffuse. Nonetheless, China is today the principal challenger to the United States (Mansfield,…
Summary This book explores the three most prominent island disputes in East Asia: the Dokdo/Takeshima, the Senkaku/Diaoyu, and the Paracel and Spratly disputes. These island…
Excerpt Europe is a landscape; East Asia a seascape. Therein lies a crucial difference between the 20th and 21st centuries. The most contested areas of…
Abstract Although disputes in the South China Sea are in general under control since 2009, developments show that China-Philippines and China-Vietnam are two key relationships…
Summary South China Sea (SCS) issues are complex and dynamic, ranging from historic claims to present day military occupation, from military security to regional stability,…
