Preview: Many observers believe that the greatest damage Russia has done to U.S. interests in recent years stems from the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016…
Country or Region: United States
Abstract: North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies. Since their first…
Abstract: The claim that the United States seeks primacy – a concept distinct from military superiority – in the Asia-Pacific is fundamentally wrong.
Abstract: The Trump administration should continue to waive nuclear-related sanctions, lift the travel ban and support Iranian domestic freedoms.
Abstract: By talking directly with Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump did achieve something unprecedented, but it was all in Kim’s favour.
Abstract: Bound by the strategic primacy of the Indian Ocean and by the constraints on its sea-power projection, India’s interests sit uneasily with those of…
Abstract: The United States and China are separated not only by divergent interests, some of which might be reconciled, but by incompatible visions for the…
Abstract: This article argues that Beijing’s ambitious ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) is driven by the convergence of Innenpolitik and Aussenpolitik motivations including a desire:…
Description: In this essay, the author provides an overview of dialogues between the United States and the Soviet Union, later Russia, regarding India’s nuclear weapons…
Abstract: Over the last decade or so, especially during much of Barack Obama’s presidential tenure, the defence sector has become the focus area of cooperation…
Abstract: This article examines one critical but understudied question: how does China challenge the international order through multilateral institutions? By integrating institutional balancing theory in…
Abstract: The quadrilateral dialogue, an informal gathering between officials from the US, Japan, India and Australia, has been revived after a decade-long hiatus. The return…
Abstract: This paper argues that Australia should continue to seek greater defense cooperation with Washington, particularly when it comes to military surveillance technologies and activities.
Abstract: The ‘Indo-Pacific’ has emerged as the newest addition to the lexicon of Asian regionalism. Conceived of as the conjunction of the Pacific and Indian…
Abstract: Since the early years of the twenty-first century, a number of key regional governments have consciously chosen to alter the way they talk about…
