Abstract The Obama Administration’s desire to push forward with strategic nuclear arms reductions during the President’s second term requires the navigation of numerous shoals and…
Country or Region: United States
Abstract The underlying assumption is that a gradual change in economic and financial power will also lead to changes in ‘soft power’ like media communication,…
Abstract The author contends that prominent strands in the recent literature on Asia’s international relations reflect a lack of appreciation for the actual policy of…
Abstract The Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), signed in 1987, eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500…
Abstract The challenge presented by China’s military modernization has seemingly altered the conventional balance in the Western Pacific, with significant implications for U.S. national security…
Abstract America’s instruments of foreign policy are weak. As a result, Washington depends much more on its military power than it should. The militarization of…
Abstract This article examines the Obama Doctrine’s main tenets, assesses its operation— focusing on the geopolitically crucial regions of Europe, East Asia, and the Middle…
Abstract Naval programs are back on the agenda in East Asia, after a lull in defence spending in the wake of the Asian financial crisis.…
Abstract The article examines the reorientation of the defense policy of the United States, initiated during the Bush and Obama Administrations, toward giving increased priority…
Abstract China’s rapid rise in economic and military power has occurred alongside the apparent decline of Japan, which has traditionally been America’s closest ally in…
Abstract While there have been many sources of tension in U.S.-China relations since the Cold War, they have been held in check generally by circumstances…
Summary This book examines the critical changes to the Asia-Pacific security architecture emerging in the context of shifts in the global order as the Obama…
Summary With featuring far-reaching diversities and disparities among the regional states in their political, economic and social systems and cultural and religious orientations, East Asia…
Summary The United States and China are arguably the most globally consequential actors of the early twenty first century, and look set to remain so…
Summary The relationship between the United States and China is one of the most important issues in the twenty-first century, and is, ultimately, hostage to…
