Summary One issue could lead to a disastrous war between the United States and China: Taiwan. A growing number of Taiwanese want independence for their…
Country or Region: United States
Summary The Department of Defense (DoD) in its 2001 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) concluded that the “anti-access” threat—the complex mix of political, geographic, and military…
Summary After twenty years at different positions in the gas sector, from the policy side to trading floors, the author gives an overview of the…
Summary Building on a careful analysis of Southeast Asia’s recent history, politics, economics, and place within the Asia Pacific, this report looks forward two decades…
Summary Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific: Emerging Conflicts, New Alliances, focuses on a region that has in recent years become of vital interest to the super-powers.…
Abstract The US-Russian-Chinese triangle in Eurasia and the Asia-Pacific theater is a complicated game which Washington must take into account when formulating policy. While the…
Summary Moving beyond most conventional thinking about energy security in Europe which revolves around stability of supplies and the reliability of suppliers, this book presents…
Abstract This paper is about the relationship between foreign trade and national power in the contemporary Asia Pacific. Imports and exports among the APEC (Asia…
Abstract During the 2000s, navies in the Asia-Pacific region have experienced a significant, if not unprecedented, bout of naval expansion. This buildup has been quantitative,…
Summary The U.S. military has never been at a loss for catchphrases to describe its warfighting strategies or operational objectives. In the 1980s, there was…
Summary The geographic constructs and the geo-political imaginations have dictated the formation of informal dialogue mechanisms and multilateral structures. During Cold War, the power bloc…
Summary The president signed the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA, or Public Law 112-81) in December 2011, setting in motion the requirement…
Summary This book analyzes the energy security of the United States – its ability to obtain reliable, affordable, and sufficient supplies of energy, while meeting…
Abstract Alliances continue to occupy a prominent place in the Asia-Pacific’s security architecture. For many regional states such as Australia and Japan, their respective alliances…
Abstract This article provides a critical assessment of the contemporary threat of maritime terrorism in the Asia-Pacific region. It addresses the operational dimensions of the…
