International Relations Afghan overtures show China getting comfortable with life as a US deputy February 16, 2015 0 Written by Shaun Breslin. Whether you fear or welcome a challenge to the world’s existing power structure, the main focus of attention is on when…
US in the Asia-Pacific U.S. in the Asia Pacific: Towards More Effective Asia Strategy January 30, 2015 2 Written by Michael Mazza. Now in its fourth year, the Obama administration’s pivot to Asia remains beset by a problem of perception. Those countries in…
US in the Asia-Pacific The other ‘pivot’: Is Russia also rebalancing towards the Pacific? January 28, 2015 0 Written by Alex Calvo. While the US 'Pivot to the Pacific' features regularly in media and academic discourses, we hear much less about Russia's own…
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.…
US in the Asia-Pacific US in the Asia-Pacific: Rebalance Revisited January 26, 2015 0 Ever since then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s announcement of a "Pivot to Asia" in an October 2011 op-ed in Foreign Policy magazine, expectations and questions…
China “Terrorism” or Terrorism in Xinjiang? December 10, 2014 0 Written by Oana Burcu. A decade after 9/11 focused attention on terrorism, there is still no common understanding or definition of what terrorism is. To…
China-UN Passive Activism: China and the Middle East in the UN December 8, 2014 0 Written by Yitzhak Shichor. Having been excluded from the UN for over two decades, Mao’s China often condemned the UN as an evil organisation under…
International Relations From Responsibility to Revisionism: China’s Foreign Relations Take a New Turn November 19, 2014 0 Written by Yong Deng. Much has been made about the latest turn in Chinese foreign policy. What we are seeing is not an unexpected arrival…
International Relations From Hide and Bide to a New Model of Big Power Relations November 18, 2014 0 Written by Suisheng Zhao. President Xi Jinping has called for building a new model of big power relations with the US, in which China’s rise would…
Taiwan Taiwan’s Pivotal Place in Asia’s Territorial Dispute Chessboard October 17, 2014 0 Written by Alex Calvo. A look at the Indian-Pacific Ocean Region reveals a landscape full of territorial disputes, with more than a few featuring regular…
