China Would China go to war over U.S. Navy port calls in Taiwan? December 12, 2017 0 Written by J. Michael Cole. Li Kexin, speaking at the embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Washington last week told hundreds of people assembled at…
China Geography matters in the South China Sea December 1, 2017 0 Written by Gavin Briggs. Our smartphones have seemed to remove the significance geography once had in our daily lives. Advanced communication systems and technological devices…
China Testing boundaries: Doklam, East Asia, and Beijing’s dangerous strategy November 13, 2017 0 Written by Yvonne Chiu. The recent nearly three-month military standoff between India and China in the Doklam area of the Himalayas, which is contested by…
Asia Trump’s tour of Asia-Pacific is vital for the stability of the region November 6, 2017 1 Written by Tony Walker. Not for several presidential cycles, and perhaps not since Richard Nixon’s visit to China to initial the Shanghai Communique in 1972,…
ASEAN Prospects for an invigorated EU-ASEAN partnership October 18, 2017 0 Written by Felix Heiduk and Ronja Scheler. 2017 does not only mark the fortieth anniversary of official relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
China Towards a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea October 6, 2017 0 Written by Nengye Liu. The South China Sea has long been the focus of the world’s attention because of complex territorial disputes. In 2002, China…
China Vietnam and the South China Sea’s roiled waters October 4, 2017 3 Written by Carlyle A Thayer. In January 2017, US Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson sparked a media storm in China during his confirmation hearing when…
Pakistan India's security challenge: A two-and-half-front war September 21, 2017 1 Written by Cecil Victor. It is summer, and what has been the pattern over the past decade, the season of madness is upon us. Pakistan…
China BRI: Implications for Southeast Asia September 15, 2017 0 Written by Munmun Majumdar. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has, broadly speaking, two components—the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) on land and the 21st Century…
China China’s South China Sea Policy and the Implications for US-China Relations September 14, 2017 0 Written by Liselotte Odgaard. In December 2016, a Chinese navy vessel seized a US unmanned underwater drone in the South China Sea near the Philippines. The…