Abstract The question concerning the legality of China’s nine dash line has been the subject of arbitration proceedings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)…
Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy
Abstract The nuclear program is arguably Kim Jong-un’s strategic fantasy and core asset for breaking the status quo in order to achieve a unified Korea.…
Abstract This article argues that as opposed to the conventional wisdom of Japan’s hedging policy, Japan has been constantly taking balancing behavior vis-à-vis China since…
Abstract South Korea has traditionally maintained close ties with the United States, especially for external security, while more recently it has become closer to China,…
Abstract The East Asian region is in flux with the rapidly increasing rise of Chinese power and the perception of a relative decline of US…
Abstract Inter-state preventive diplomacy (PD) has mostly been regarded as successful in Southeast Asia as evidenced by the absence of inter-state armed conflict. This success…
Abstract As China’s active assertion of its claim to the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands has increasingly crowded the surrounding waters and airspace with military and paramilitary forces,…
Abstract China’s tough response to North Korea’s first nuclear test in 2006 raised expectations in the US, South Korea and Japan that Beijing might align…
Abstract The election of Donald Trump leads the United States and the states of the Asia-Pacific into uncharted territory. PDF
Abstract By accommodating each other’s strategic interests, Russia and China have achieved an effective partnership despite significant imbalances between them. The Ukraine crisis and the…
Abstract In this short article, the authors analyse the implications of the election of Donald Trump for the future of the liberal rules-based order, with…
Abstract The U.S.-based alliance system in Asia has grown stronger since the end of the Cold War, not weaker. Indeed, Japan and the Republic of…
Abstract US officials will have to get used to operating in a world in which they can take less for granted. The 2016 presidential campaign,…
Summary Persistently large external imbalances in the world economy contributed to the outbreak of the recent financial crisis. The current account imbalances were particularly severe…
Abstract What explains Japan’s security behavior? As an economically powerful state without commensurate military capabilities, Japan has long puzzled theorists of international relations. To explain…
