Summary The Paracel Islands and South China Sea disputes require better understanding by U.S. policymakers in order to address the region’s challenges. To attain that…
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Summary The Limits of Partnership offers a riveting narrative on U.S.-Russian relations since the Soviet collapse and on the challenges ahead. It reflects the unique perspective…
Summary Major law and policy issues in the South China Sea are discussed mainly from the perspectives of leading American and European scholars in the…
Abstract India has increasingly high aspirations in the Indian Ocean, as enunciated by politicians, naval figures and the wider elite. These aspirations, its strategic discourse,…
Summary The role of the Far East is becoming increasingly important in global geopolitics. Japan’s economic might and sphere of geographical influence, between China, North…
Abstract Late on June 3, 1989, and into the next day Chinese soldiers brought to an abrupt end the 7-week standoff between the Chinese…
Summary From 2005 to 2008, the United States and India negotiated a pathbreaking nuclear agreement that recognised India’s nuclear status and lifted longstanding embargoes on…
Abstract The mounting challenge posed by China’s military modernization has highlighted the need for the United States to analyze its ability to execute a naval…
Abstract Secure second strike nuclear forces are frequently held to be easy to procure. Analysts have long argued that targeting intelligence against relocatable targets like…
Summary Washington’s strategic pivot to Asia and Beijing’s pursuit of new strategic and security interests in the region have led to increasing tensions between the…
Abstract Economic and political power within the international system is becoming more diffuse. Nonetheless, China is today the principal challenger to the United States (Mansfield,…
Summary This book details the ways in which America’s ascendancy to global superpower status was the result of its dueling foreign policy philosophies and forces:…
Excerpt In November 2012, I found myself at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai—one of a tiny handful of Americans attending a forum, sponsored by prominent…
Summary The national strategy of the United States has reemphasized the Asia-Pacific region, but subsequent actions in that direction seem to be preempted by more…
Excerpt In his critique of U.S. President Barack Obama’s India policy, Nicholas Burns (“Passage to India,” September/October 2014) correctly identifies the issues that have bedeviled…
