Abstract Each year, the Kokoda Foundation invites security experts from the United States and Australia to investigate a tough, shared security challenge. The 2008 ‘Kokoda…
Country or Region: United States
Abstract On December 9, 2003, in the presence of visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, President George W. Bush broke significant new ground in U.S. relations…
Abstract This paper explores the voting power of hypothetical regional voting blocs in the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. We first discuss the…
Abstract Since September 2013, China has transformed seven features in the disputed Spratlys into artificial islands. It is currently developing extensive military and civilian infrastructure…
Summary Since 2008, energy and food markets―those most fundamental to human existence―have remained in turmoil. Resource scarcity has had a much bigger global impact in…
Abstract The recent pivot in US foreign policy to the Asia-Pacific region acknowledges new geopolitical realities: the center of the global economy has shifted, and…
Summary This Handbook examines the subject of energy security: its definition, dimensions, ways to measure and index it, and the complicating factors that are often…
Summary Since the early twentieth century, Americans have associated oil with national security. From World War I to American involvement in the Middle East, this…
Abstract Michael Beckley’s article deserves attention for challenging the view that the United States is declining because China is rising. Its ambiguous definition of decline,…
Summary The South China Sea region contains potentially huge deposits of petroleum and natural gas, important shipping lanes and fishing areas, and is subject to…
Summary It is not uncommon to hear states and their leaders criticized for “mixing oil and politics.” The U.S.-led Iraq War was criticized as a…
Abstract Conventional wisdom is that trade policy is often guided by geopolitical security considerations. A growing body of research addresses the security–trade linkage as a…
Summary The publication, written by ASPI’s senior analyst in defence strategy Benjamin Schreer, analyses the US military’s new ‘AirSea Battle’ concept. In the Asia-Pacific region,…
Summary North Korea’s nuclear weapon test in October 2006 and the subsequent “debate” in Japan about whether or not to ponder its own nuclear future…
Summary With its expanding economy and formidable military growth, China is positioning itself to challenge the United States as the greatest international power on the…
