Abstract: This essay examines China’s maritime strategy in the Indian Ocean and possible Indian responses. It first considers why China is interested in the Indian…
Country or Region: China
Abstract: The idea of China dotting the Indian Ocean littoral with points of influence was also picked up by the media, which adopted the phrase…
Abstract The MSR is one component of Xi’s OBOR initiative, with the other component being the Silk Road Economic Belt connecting Europe and Asia. Since…
Abstract Although China has not formally put forward an Indo-Pacific naval strategy, the new national defense strategy of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Fighting Regional…
Abstract I argue that China’s failure to try to co-opt India as a partner or address some of its concerns is a mistake. China’s projection…
Abstract China’s economic statecraft in Europe relies upon three distinct strategies: specific and diffuse reciprocity, and strategic engagement—each designed to advance a specific type of…
Abstract As the importance of China in the global economy has grown, changes in its domestic economy have increasing impact in the EU. However, a…
Abstract This study assumes that the EU can contribute to a constructive transformation of regional conflicts in the South China Sea. To prove this assumption,…
Abstract This paper provides a political analysis on two territorial disputes that South Korea has with Japan over Dokdo/Takeshima and with China over Iŏdo/Suyan Rocks,…
Abstract This essay offers an insight into one of the most significant bilateral relations in modern world politics: the U.S.-and-China relationship. It argues that the…
Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, there have been many ups and downs in U.S. relations with China. Each presidential administration—whether Democrat or…
Abstract Chinese President Xi Jinping emphatically rejects the so-called Thucydides Trap and its analogy that a rising China is destined for war with the United…
Abstract In the nine years after the inauguration of the Lee Myung-bak administration in February 2008, the consensus regarding the alliance between the Republic of…
Abstract Whether you hold a crystal ball passed down from Thucydides or are trained in the offensive realist tradition, your predictions about the future of…
Summary Although social movements and media can help destabilize authoritarian governments, not all social protest is effective or culminates in the toppling of dictatorships. Frequently,…
