Summary Energy security has emerged as one of the most important contemporary geopolitical issues. Access to reliable, cheap energy has become essential to the functioning…
Topic: U.S. Foreign Policy
Abstract This report assesses how changes in the domestic, regional, and international environments are likely to affect future Japanese security policies and defense cooperation between…
Summary This comprehensive study provides a detailed analysis of the military buildup in the East Asian countries: China, Taiwan, Japan, and North and South Korea.…
Abstract T. J. Pempel’s core argument is that under the Bush administration, ‘domestic political drivers’ led to a ‘militarization and unilateralization’ of American foreign policy…
Abstract This paper analyses the development of the US approach to the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), from 1991 onward. It examines theories of why a…
Abstract The three-way relationship among the US, Japan, and ROK today (a unified Korea at some point in the future) will have a profound impact…
Abstract The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of…
Power transition theory seems to imply that war between the United States and the rising China is inevitable. However, in this article it is explained that…
Abstract Nuclear-related issues remain at the core of the Seoul-Washington partnership. These include shared nuclear weapons threats to both partners from North Korea, tussles between South Koreans…
Abstract Distrust between the United States and China continues to grow in Northeast Asia. Among many contributing factors, the North Korea issue is one of…
Abstract As the U.S.-led security order in Asia gradually comes under stress, regional powers such as India and Japan are formulating a strategic partnership to…
Abstract For the past two years, the Asia-Pacific seems to have returned to the back seat in U.S. foreign policy priorities because of crises in…
Abstract How can leaders in the United States and China ensure that future relations between their two countries are marked by peaceful cooperation and not…
Abstract The United States shares with many Pacific powers both relief that the world returned to peace, after the greatest conflagration in world history, and pride…
Summary This book illustrates the extent of the Australia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership since its inception in 1974. It examines the networks of engagement that have shaped…
