Summary Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their…
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Abstract Despite the intense focus on China’s rise, the United States has yet to confront the most challenging question posed by this power shift: Should…
Abstract The risk of conflict in the South China Sea is significant. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines have competing territorial and jurisdictional…
Summary The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as a hinge point in the changing global balance of power and the geographic nexus of economic…
Abstract United States’ foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region is set to be fundamentally altered by two developments in Washington’s defence policy. The first is…
Abstract China has rapidly emerged as a global power in recent years. If Japan and the US are required to counter the rise of China,…
Abstract The United States should pursue a strategy towards China that combines continued attempts at engagement with expanded and intensified balancing. PDF
Abstract How should we deal with China, in all its dimensions — global, regional, bilateral, multilateral, and domestic? Given everything else on the plate, the…
Abstract U.S. policy toward the disputes in the South China Sea has four features. First, the United States has altered its policy in response to…
Summary The revolution has already begun. The fracking revolution, that is. The Fracking Truth is a primer on America’s ongoing energy revolution, but it’s also…
Introduction Faced with the threat of increasingly frequent and destructive large-scale disasters in Asia, Japan and the U.S.—owing to their unique capabilities and shared interests…
Summary The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is…
Abstract The Pentagon has concluded that the time has come to prepare for war with China, and in a manner well beyond crafting the sort…
Abstract The Obama administration has shifted its focus of strategic concerns from the Middle East to the Far East. (Although the term “Asia” is often…
Abstract Commentators in the Western media, the United States Congress and academia are increasingly contending that China is on its way to becoming a threatening…
