Abstract The EU and China may strike observers as actors with fundamentally different political and normative outlooks and thus unlikely partners in international security. Yet,…
Topic: Maritime Security
Abstract Although news accounts cover the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands issue, rarely is historical background given. This article focuses on Taiwanese diplomatic documents dating from after World…
Abstract The sea sets East Asia apart from other regional systems that influence international economic, political and military affairs. Alessio Patalano argues that in East…
Abstract The East China Sea (ECS) is gaining an increasingly central role in Sino-Japanese relations as it is crucial to the economic development and political…
Abstract This article analyzes the most recent phase of Japan’s security policy reform, focusing on its shifting priorities towards the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the…
From the Publisher: Tensions in the Asia-Pacific region are rising as a consequence of the U.S. “pivot” to Asia and China’s increasingly assertive foreign policy. Other…
Abstract This study examines Taiwan’s policy toward the territorial dispute in the East China Sea and explains why it has yielded some dividends. The paper…
Abstract How is East Asia responding to the rising China? Pertinent literature suggests that explicit balancing or containment has been rare and engagement, if not…
From the Publisher: Resistant Islands offers a comprehensive overview of Okinawan history over half a millennium from the Ryukyu Kingdom to the present, focusing especially on…
Summary China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: the Shaping of a New Regional Order, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee, examines how China’s remarkable…
From the Publisher: As the twenty-first century progresses, the Indo-Pacific theater is experiencing an unprecedented transformation involving economic development, military build-ups, political reforms, social changes, and…
From the publisher: China’s reemergence as a great power over the next few decades represents the primary strategic challenge for the U.S.-Japan security alliance and for…
Abstract Despite their disagreements, proponents of deep engagement and offshore balancing share an optimistic but unrealistic assessment of U.S. military power. In particular, both sides…
Summary The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power,…
Summary Sino-Japanese relations have been repeatedly strained by the territorial dispute over a group of small islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and…
