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…
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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 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 This book explores the ways that institutions play a role–or fail to–in Japanese and American approaches to regional governance in East Asia. It uses…
Continue reading Ikenberry, G. John, and Takashi Inoguchi ed
Summary This book looks at U.S.-Korea relations and argues that the durability of military alliances depends upon a combination of power distribution, material assets, and…
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…
Abstract South Asia is at the cusp of a historic transformation. If the Bush administration can sustain the level of involvement it has demonstrated since…
Abstract American preoccupation with the global economic recession and conflicts in Southwest Asia and the Middle East indicated that US relations with the rest of…
Summary “Sober and well-informed. . . . A careful and compelling examination of the U.S.-Chinese relationship from a number of angles.”—Financial Times There may be…
Summary “Future presidents will need to find the right balance in China policy, so as to maintain America’s strength and watchfulness but not fall into…
Abstract Mohan talks about Obama’s new framework for South Asia. Quite early on in his campaign, Obama outlined the interconnection between the developments on Pakistan’s…
Abstract Convincing the Pakistani military to focus its attention on the Afghan Taliban and associated groups has so far proved unsuccessful. The Obama administration’s reliance…
Summary The emergence of China on the world scene constitutes the most significant event in world politics since the end of World War II. Given…
Abstract Since the mid-1990s, much has been written about the potentially disruptive impact of China if it emerges as a peer competitor challenging the United…
