Abstract Much has been said about the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty; a treaty signed between the United States and the Soviet Union during…
Country or Region: China
Introduction In 2013, China launched an initiative to establish a new multilateral development institution, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The AIIB, Beijing argued, could help…
Introduction The disputes over the South China Sea are complex, and they overlap and collide in complex ways. At stake are questions of ownership, demarcation,…
Summary In January 2016, the RAND Corporation’s Center for Asia Pacific Policy organized a conference on maritime disputes in the East and South China Seas.…
Summary This RAND report explores the role and force posture of the U.S. Army in Southeast Asia, both now and out to 2020. The author…
Publication Year: 2015 Look East, Cross Black Waters: India’s Interest in South Asia Summary The global security interests of India and the United States overlap far…
Summary This report is the third in RAND’s ongoing Strategic Rethink series, in which RAND experts explore the elements of a national strategy for the…
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 With the rise and further opening of the Chinese economy, China is playing an increasingly important role in East Asia. China has become a…
Introduction This paper examines the possibility of East Asia’s economic integration, paying special attention to East Asia’s economic institutionalization, including East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC),…
Introduction Regionalism has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in both academic and policy circles in recent years due to a wave of efforts to form…
Introduction Northeast Asia is the only region in the world in which the technological potential to make nuclear weapons is combined with deep-seated (though currently…
Introduction Because of geographical convenience, China and East Asia have a long history of exchanges with each other. Relations between the two parties have a…
Introduction China has long land and sea borders and a long history. It has a deep sense of vulnerability to attack from the north and…
Abstract The East Asian economy is ripe for a shift toward regional integration in response to the rise of the Chinese economy and developing regionalism…
