East China Sea: Tempest Rising?
With the Asia Pacific region progressively moving to the center of global politics and economics,... ... Northeast is definitely becoming the regional centre of gravity, attracting the colliding interests of great powers including China, Japan, the U.S. and Russia. As a result, stability in North East Asia is now of global significance.
East China Sea: Tempest Rising?...
... pattern, but this has not happened to date, due to reasons relating both to Beijing and Washington. Americans view China as a major strategic challenge, especially when it comes to strategic weapons.
Russia is stepping up its economic cooperation with the Asia-Pacific countries, and a number of agreements were signed at APEC 2012 with China and Japan covering the development of Russia’s Far East. Is the involvement of Japan, China and other countries in Russia’s political and economic interests?
It certainly is, for numerous reasons. First of all, because of the economic challenges ...
... nature of such disputes and Russia’s position in the APR.
– A number of incidents have recently occurred between China and Japan related to territorial sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands stopping short of military clashes. What are the reasons for multiple ... ... future?
– In order to answer these questions one needs to understand the specifics of the disputes in the APR.
Firstly, the Asia-Pacific region is not an abnormality, for conflicts are to be found everywhere and in great numbers.
Secondly, in spite of ...