Abstract On March 11, 2011 a massive earthquake and accompanying tsunami devastated a significant part of coastal mainland Japan north of Tokyo. The loss of…
Country or Region: China
Summary This book offers a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics driving, and constraining, nuclear power development in Asia, Europe and North America, providing detailed comparative…
Abstract This article investigates forms of social, political, and economic organization conducive to nuclear power expansion. We begin by developing a theoretical framework of nuclear…
Abstract The establishment of internationally recognized nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) by relevant countries on the basis of voluntary agreement is one of the most important and…
Summary In this text, experts from seven countries – Japan, Russia, China, the US, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia – assess the energy security issues…
Abstract Though North Korea agreed to partial denuclearization in February 2007, achieving that goal is at best a long way off. A natural gas pipeline…
Abstract This essay enumerates several opportunities for cooperation on nuclear issues— including document exchanges, visits, and exchanges of technical information— that could ease tensions arising…
Abstract Russia’s gas reserves are the world’s largest, comprising 31 percent of known global reserves, in contrast with its oil po- tential, which ranks seventh…
Abstract A Northeast Asian nuclear-weapons-free zone (NWFZ) or a Japan-South Korea NWFZ could help entice the DPRK to carry out its commitment in the September…
Abstract This article calls for an expansion in the study of Asian geopolitics beyond the Indo-Pacific axis. China’s geostrategic rise and that of Asia’s other…
Abstract In January 1998, Taiwan promulgated the Law of the Republic of China (ROC) on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone and the Law…
Abstract With the increasing use of the oceans and coastal areas, there is a need to pay greater attention to and reexamine the issue of…
Summary The relationship between China and Taiwan is more stable in 2009 than it has been in years, but China has nonetheless not renounced its…
Summary Among the hottest flashpoints in the world today, the Taiwan Strait cannot be ignored by U.S. policymakers and diplomats. China regularly rattles its saber…
Abstract Relations across the Taiwan Strait have experienced several cycles over the last 60 years. Tension and crisis seem to come and go, followed by…
