Abstract: Iran’s coalition with the states and political organizations in the Middle East that are either Shia or act to counter the West and its…
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Abstract: The strategic map of the Middle East is slowly changing, with traditional powers retreating from the regional management and with the expanding power vacuum…
Description: During the Cold War, the U.S. built a series of alliances with Asian nations to erect a bulwark against the spread of communism and…
Description: In recent years the narrative surrounding China’s “peaceful rise” has given way to a more ominous story of friction, ambition, and great-power rivalry. As…
Description: In the sphere of future global politics, no region will be as hotly contested as the Asia-Pacific, where great power interests collide amid the…
Description: Examined from a non-Western lens, the standard International Relations (IR) and Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) approaches are ill-adapted because of some Eurocentric and conceptual…
Description: India’s Eastward Engagement: From Antiquity to Act East Policy presents India’s engagement with its extended eastern neighbours from ancient times to the present. It…
Description: While work in international relations has closely examined the decline of great powers, not much attention has been paid to the question of their…
Description: In this article, Satake examines the competing interpretations of the “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) concept first introduced by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…
Abstract: After nearly two years, the Trump administration’s approach to the Indo-Pacific region has finally taken shape. Its objectives are a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific”,…
Abstract: The concept of the Indo-Pacific plays a role of growing importance in the way the world is coming to terms with China’s power and…
Abstract: Ever since the Indo-Pacific re-emerged as a viable strategic concept in 2017 and Asia’s four democratic major powers — the United States, Japan, Australia…
Abstract: The growing pluralization of Chinese society has made China’s foreign policy decision-making more complicated. As a result, traditional state-centric approaches to analysing China’s foreign…
Abstract: Although nearly twenty joint development agreements have been signed since the 1950s, only a few have been implemented and even fewer have achieved successful…
Abstract: This article argues that by creating a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” (FOIPS) in 2016, Japan has engaged in “tactical hedging” to cope with…
