... largely stable at present, turbulent currents lie beneath the surface. As the United States accelerates its security pivot to the Asia-Pacific region by intensifying its military deployments, and adopting increasingly overt, bold, and direct intentions towards ... ... and escalate. Should these risks erupt, the region would become the epicenter of the next wave of turmoil. Therefore, from an international security perspective, the paramount challenges urgently requiring a solution are as follows: how to bring an end ...
The globalization of NATO will only largely occur at the level of high political rhetoric
On Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte concluded a two-day official visit to Japan—his first visit to the country since becoming the chief of the transatlantic military alliance in October. Among NATO's “Indo-Pacific partners,” Japan stands out as the biggest economy, the most generous defense spender and a country with an exceptional track record of close relationships with the transatlantic alliance...
... Russian-Chinese mutual commitment not to be the first to use nuclear weapons against each other also plays a significant role.
Zhao Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov:
Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security
There is also a Russian-Chinese agreement on notifications of launches of ballistic missiles and space launch vehicles. It is possible to use such mechanisms in the future to reduce regional and global tensions involving new states....
Will Asia teach Europe a lesson?
The recent trip of President Putin to Harbin stirred up some of my personal memories and set up a train of thought regarding the long and complicated history of Russian-Chinese relations. I got to the lilac bush city for the first time in early 1990s; my impressions at that point were that Harbin was committed to do away with the last remnants of its Russian legacy as a symbol of European colonialism. Indeed, the city, which was founded in 1898 as a station to serve...
Various approaches taken to address the nuclear question within the Asia-Pacific reemphasizes the region’s complex role in international affairs
The East Asian Sea is affected by the East Asian Monsoonal System (EAMS), which
carries moist air from the Indian and the Pacific Oceans to East Asia. The EAMS
influences ...
... in line with Japanese and South Korean national interests may one day be decided by voters in these nations, despite the actual occupation of part of their territories by the U.S. military.
1
. Buzan B., Waever O. Regions and Powers: the structure of International Security. Cambridge University Press. 2003. 564 p.
2
. Waltz K. Theory of International Politics (1979). Waveland Press reissued. 2010. 251 p.
3
. Snyder J. Myths of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition. Ithaca, New-York: ...
NATO and its partners will soon have to think about the limits and purpose of expanding the organization’s areas of activity
The 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid can be seen as a momentous occasion not just for NATO but also for security in the Asia-Pacific. For the first time in NATO’s 73-year-long history, Japanese and South Korean leaders participated in the meeting as “Asia-Pacific partners”. For the first time, the Alliance named China a threat in their documents. However, having ...
Possible options for peace agreements between Moscow and Kiev were also discussed
On April 6, 2022, at the residence of Australian Ambassador to Russia, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with diplomats from the Asia-Pacific countries on the consequences of Russia's special military operation on the territory of Ukraine for security and strategic stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
Possible options for peace agreements between Moscow and Kiev were also discussed....
... including politics, security, economy, science and technology, environment, public health, infrastructure construction, connectivity, etc. The emergence of such a framework can have a deconstructive impact on the existing multilateral mechanisms in the Asia-Pacific. It also enables the United States, Japan, India and Australia to have a dominant mechanism in the affairs of the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions.
There is no doubt that the main target of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy is China, and the ...
The factors driving the Indo-Pacific strategy forward are clearly stronger than the constraints
After the U.S. has put forward its Asia-Pacific strategy in 2017, many commentators believed that the concept was artificial and lacking in political foundation, concluding therefore that it would not take off. However, contrary to this prediction, the development of the Indo-Pacific strategy ...
