China Complexities of Controlling the Gun: The PLA Role in CCP Politics December 6, 2016 0 Written by Christopher Lew. The status and composition of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) appears to be in a…
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…
Government What message is the PRC trying to convey with its military parade? September 1, 2015 0 Written by Michael Reilly. Even before it has taken place, China's 3 September military parade in central Beijing is generating considerable international media comment and…
Security Taiwan’s ‘Apache-gate’ and a call for restraint April 7, 2015 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. The optics could hardly have been worse: Lt. Col. Lao Nai-cheng, a pilot manning the Taiwanese Army’s AH-64E “Guardian” helicopter—one…
Taiwan Taiwan: Between the pivot and a hard place January 30, 2015 2 Written by J. Michael Cole. More than three years have elapsed since then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton posited the idea of a U.S. “pivot,” or…
US in the Asia-Pacific U.S. Rebalancing Towards the Asia-Pacific: The Defence-Security Dimension January 26, 2015 1 Written by Carlyle A. Thayer. The United States' policy of rebalancing towards the Asia-Pacific is a multidimensional strategy. This article focuses on the defence-security dimension.…
International Relations Multi-layered Sino-Pakistan relations September 17, 2014 0 Written by Abhirup Bhunia and Pravakar Sahoo. On the side-lines of the 14th SCO summit meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping met Pakistani national security and…
China Strategic Ties Between China and Pakistan September 15, 2014 0 Written by Ehsan M. Ahrari. One characterization of China-Pakistan ties is to label the relationship an “all weather alliance.” A more realistic depiction of it is…
Thailand Yingluck’s Affinity with the Police and Thailand’s Divided Security Sector February 25, 2014 2 Written by Paul Chambers. Since 2005, Thailand has suffered from seemingly-interminable turmoil between monarchists, military and mostly-urban interests on one side, and the forces of…
Taiwan A Rude Awakening for Taiwan’s Presidential Office January 26, 2014 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. Chang Ter-cheng (張德正), a 41-year-old truck driver and former Air Force officer, had serious grievances against the government. As he…
