Abstract In the nine years after the inauguration of the Lee Myung-bak administration in February 2008, the consensus regarding the alliance between the Republic of…
Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy
Abstract From a Japanese perspective, the U.S. commitment to the Asia-Pacific under the Trump administration seems to be far more robust than many in the…
Abstract Whether you hold a crystal ball passed down from Thucydides or are trained in the offensive realist tradition, your predictions about the future of…
Summary The article talks about the subject of China which was a topic taken up by both U.S. Presidential candidates during the 2016 elections, Donald…
Abstract Mixed messaging and the doctrine of ‘America First’ are generating scepticism and anxiety among America’s allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific. The Trump administration…
Abstract Carl von Clausewitz’s tome On War provides a rich, conceptual, logic based, practical framework for addressing the challenges of military planning in East Asia.…
Abstract Attempts to predict the future shape of President Donald Trump’s defence policy in the Asia-Pacific are a challenge, at best. Nevertheless, Patrick Cullen argues…
Abstract This article critically assesses how Vietnam-U.S. relations have evolved over the 42 years since Vietnam’s reunification in 1975. By dividing the development of Vietnam-U.S.…
Introduction Donald Trump ran for office promising to overturn U.S. policy toward Asia. He threatened to launch a trade war against China, calling for a…
Summary While the American alliance system in Asia has been fundamental to the region’s security and prosperity for seven decades, today it encounters challenges from…
Abstract What is the utility of US military power when seeking to generate international economic arrangements preferential to its national interests? Conventional theories of relational…
Abstract The US rebalance to the Asia Pacific is consistently interpreted as a response to China’s material rise. While not entirely incorrect, this assumption –…
Abstract The structural advantages of competitive technological espionage and factors that discourage compromise have riddled U.S.-China relations in the cyber domain. Getting past them requires…
Summary The article discusses the five lessons for American policymakers amidst the rise of China. These include the madness idea of war between nuclear superpowers,…
The US presidential election was the primary influence affecting US-Japan relations in the fall of 2016. Japan was brought into the spotlight during the campaign…
