Summary This compelling assessment of U.S.-China relations is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of the globalized world. Many see China as a…
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Summary Confounding expectations, Taiwan is reducing its military spending even as its sole adversary, the People’s Republic of China, modernizes its military and significantly increases…
Summary As the twentieth century draws to a close, the United States has emerged as the world’s only superpower: no other nation possesses comparable military…
Summary America will remain the world’s only superpower for the foreseeable future. But what sort of superpower? What role should America play in the world? What…
Summary East Asian countries are now pursuing greater formal economic institutionalization, weaving a web of bilateral and minilateral preferential trade agreements. Scholarly analysis of “formal”…
Summary The last decade has seen a far-reaching revolution in the oil industry, both in the US and globally. By some measures, America is on…
Abstract Current estimates indicate that several hundred thousand deaths per year can be attributed to climate change. Developed countries have reacted to this growing disaster…
Abstract China’s attitude toward the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Korea alliances, particularly the former, has drawn a lot of attention in the post–Cold War era. How China…
Abstract Visible U.S. efforts to sustain influence in the Asia-Pacific met with mixed success. President Barack Obama’s visit to the region reinforced alliance commitments, but…
Summary Arguing for a strategy that promises to achieve greater regional stability, this overview of security relations in the Asia-Pacific finds that current approaches by…
Summary The US military today faces an emerging major operational challenge, particularly in the Western Pacific Theater of Operations (WPTO). The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s…
Abstract Navies everywhere are grappling with the security issues they confront in the post‐9/11 world. This is a difficult task because they face issues that…
Summary The relative rise of China is likely to lead a major shift in the world’s strategic architecture, which the United States will need to…
Abstract Given North Korea’s desire to maintain nuclear weapons—and barring its unexpected collapse—how can the US and its allies establish and maintain a peaceful Northeast…
Abstract Based on the work of the Maritime Security Working Group within the Strategic Studies Network (SSN), this report provides both diagnosis and prescriptions regarding…
