Abstract While East Asia is often cited as a region at high risk of interstate military conflict, it has remained free of major hostilities since…
Country or Region: China
Excerpt In November 2012, I found myself at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai—one of a tiny handful of Americans attending a forum, sponsored by prominent…
Abstract Are the BRICs driving a fundamental transformation of the world economy? Journalists, investors, policymakers, and academics alike prognosticate about the global impact of these…
Abstract Closely associated with China’s growing prominence in international politics are discussions about how to understand Chinese history, and how such perspectives inform the way…
Abstract This article analyses the impact of the Korean War on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), particularly the period of positional warfare from 1951…
Summary The national strategy of the United States has reemphasized the Asia-Pacific region, but subsequent actions in that direction seem to be preempted by more…
Summary Has China’s much-discussed charm offensive come to an end? Are fears about the country’s more assertive foreign policies justified? How will a rising China…
Abstract The Washington Consensus is not what it was. A model of development associated with the United States, it has been diminished both by apparent…
Summary The recent pivot in US foreign policy to the Asia-Pacific region acknowledges new geopolitical realities: the center of the global economy has shifted, and…
Abstract This essay proposes a new theoretical framework for analyzing the rise of China and its impact on Asian security order. While the rise of…
Abstract This article contends that as Japan weakens relative to China it must think creatively about blunting key components of China’s military strategy, particularly in…
Abstract Something profound seems to have occurred in Chinese foreign policy since the global financial crisis starting in 2007–08. Many have noted an assertive and…
Abstract Following a historical commitment to multilateralism, in the last decade the trade policy initiatives of many states in the Asia-Pacific have turned to bilateralism…
Abstract In recent years, efforts to institutionalise resource security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region have intensified. Soaring world prices for minerals and energy have seen…
Abstract This article examines the participation of China’s Yunnan Province in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in order to understand the dynamics behind the regionalisation…
