South China Sea Japan's growing role in the South China Sea July 17, 2017 1 Written by Reinhard Drifte. Last month, it was reported that Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force`s (MSDF) largest warship, the Izumo helicopter carrier (19,500 t), together with…
North Korea A new frontier? Science diplomacy with North Korea? June 19, 2017 0 Written by Olga Krasnyak. On May 14th 2017, North Korea launched its latest missile test. Regardless of speculation about the type of rocket engine or…
China Dangerous Waters: China, the USA, and the Western Pacific. December 5, 2016 0 Written by Tonio Andrade. The current situation in East Asia cannot last. China is a rising power, and the USA is in decline. This decline…
China Soft Power, East Asian Sport and the Delayed ‘Neo-Wilsonian’ Renaissance. November 9, 2016 0 Written by James Mangan. … the Triple East Asian Olympic Games … are the precursors of Asian mega events to come: sooner rather than later.…
International Relations The emergence of a new East Asian Economic Order? June 14, 2016 0 Written by Luis Mah. The territorial disputes in the South China Sea and growing anxiety over China's ongoing construction of artificial islands with ports, airstrips…
China Dispute over the South China Sea could put East Asia at war again September 25, 2015 0 Written by Timo A. Kivimäki. Philippine authorities have released satellite pictures of six reefs in the Spratly archipelago that indicate that the Chinese are building…
China The living ghosts of 1945 haunt Asia’s rival powers August 14, 2015 0 Written by Nick Bisley. Following the devastation of twin atomic attacks, Japan announced its unconditional surrender to the Allied forces on August 15, 1945. Seventy years…
China 70 Years of ‘Cold Peace’ and ‘Cold War’ in East Asia Coming to an End? August 7, 2015 0 Written by Christian Wirth. 70 years passed since Emperor Hirohito declared Imperial Japan’s surrender and ended what is often referred to as The Pacific War. 25…
