Summary Why is nuclear energy in Asia accepted as part of the solution to power shortages and environmental pollution, whilst still regarded with suspicion in…
Country or Region: China
Summary The navies of China, India and to a lesser extent Japan are expanding rapidly at present. This has the potential to alter the US-dominated…
Summary The rise of the Chinese and other Asian navies, worsening quarrels over maritime jurisdiction and the United States’ maritime pivot towards the Asia-Pacific region…
Summary The Asia-Pacific region has emerged as the hub of global geo-political, geo-economic and geo-strategic significance in the post-Cold War period. The rise of China…
Continue reading Prabhakar, Lawrence W., Joshua Ho, and W. S. G. Bateman
Summary Geopolitics is a crucial element in understanding international relations in East Asia, with major and medium powers competing for influence. This book examines geopolitics…
Summary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not only survived but thrived in the post-Cold War era, regaining the support of Chinese citizens after the…
Summary China’s emergence as a great power is a global concern that can potentially alter the structure of world politics. Its rise is multidimensional, affecting…
Summary Although India and China have very different experiences of colonialism, they respond to that history in a similar way—by treating it as a collective…
Summary Why is it that political conflict between countries sometimes undermines commerce between those states, and yet at other times it seems to have little…
Summary Lu Ning, former assistant to a vice-foreign minister of China, draws on archival materials, interviews, and personal experiences, to provide unique insights into the…
Summary Various domestic factors impact upon China’s foreign policy making, such as bureaucracy, academics, media and public opinion. This stimulating book examines their increasing influence…
Summary Is East Asia heading toward war? Throughout the 1990s, conventional wisdom among U.S. scholars of international relations held that institutionalized cooperation in Europe fosters…
Continue reading Suh, J. J., Peter J. Katzenstein, and Allen Carlson ed
Summary Driven by rising oil demand and active initiatives, including recent Chinese naval escort of merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden, Asia has become…
Summary This book takes an in-depth look at Japan’s long-festering territorial and maritime disputes with its three neighbors – China, South Korea and the Russian…
Summary China’s anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), the DF-21D, has reached the equivalent of Initial Operational Capability. Although it probably has been deployed in small numbers,…
