Abstract Ever since President Barack Obama pronounced himself as the first Pacific president of the United States in November 2009, Taiwan has closely watched the…
Country or Region: China
Abstract This article examines U.S.-China military-to-military relations and outlines a strategy for improving ties by expanding contacts across a range of functional areas. Read the…
Abstract This report examines the key factors underpinning the size, nature, and resilience of national power in Taiwan and draws implications for cross-strait relations. Main…
Abstract This article argues that China’s policy on Taiwan is likely to evolve toward political engagement as a result of the multiple actions of policy…
Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has pursued a persistent, reasonably coherent, two-part strategy toward China. Albeit with some shifts…
Introduction The Asia-Pacific is emerging as the world’s most militarily significant and challenging region. China’s military has benefited from decades of double-digit growth in investment…
Abstract This article examines China’s approaches to nontraditional security in the Gulf of Aden and on the Mekong River and explores the extent to which…
Introduction This article examines South Korea’s perceptions of and policies toward China, particularly since President Park Geun-hye’s inauguration in 2013, and assesses the thesis that…
Abstract This article examines the political, economic, and security factors behind the dramatic improvement in relations between Japan and Russia since 2011 and assesses the…
Abstract The Russo-Chinese relationship is one of the most important relationships in both Asian and international security. It is undergoing dynamic evolution as a result…
Abstract Contrary to the widespread notion that the “second nuclear age” is hugely different, and for the worse, from the first nuclear age, the reality…
Abstract Energy, which has a bearing on both economic and national security, is of importance and a major constraining factor to the economic and social…
Abstract China has to promote its shale gas exploration and exploitation because of the need for economic and social development. The huge shale gas reserve…
Continue reading Zhao, Jinzhou, Changyu Liu, Hai Yang, and Yongming Li
Abstract The Lower Paleozoic shale in south China has a very high maturity and experienced strong tectonic deformation. This character is quite different from the…
Abstract Chinese foreign policy has multiple sources, and the incentives that are driving its behaviour have grown from the domestic/international, as well as from regional,…
