... improvement of “bilateral joint working mechanisms”. At the same time, it aims to “enhance” the role of multilateral cooperation mechanisms, notably the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus China (10+1), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), and even those aligned with the (Japan-dominated) Asian Development Bank, such as the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Economic Cooperation and the Central Asia Regional Economic ...
... entirely pragmatic goals. Under the Obama administration, the United States lost Russia for good. Now, the Russian government is not only hostile towards the United States, but it is also leaning towards closer cooperation with Beijing. Trump views China as a strategic challenge. After all, it will be extremely difficult for the United States to keep hold of its international dominance if the number of allies — or at least neutral states — that it has with regard to the Asia Pacific continues ...
A Legal Imbroglio in the South China Sea
A more concise version of this article was published as a CCTV Panview Oped.
The rhetorical war between the China and the United States over the South China Sea dispute is increasing in tempo and magnitude by the week. The US is wasting ...
... Atlantic solidarity and materialistic interests. It is safe to say that one of Chatham House’s main points was to help the European allies of the United States mentally prepare for such a choice, which would be inevitable
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Will NATO pass the China test?
Salvatore Babones:
The Asia-Pacific: More Stable than Anyone Thinks
Will Europeans show their solidarity with Washington in case of a possible US–China conflict? The future of not only the North Atlantic Alliance, but also the Atlantic community, will depend on the answer....
... South America take the last place. Therefore, judging by the text of the document, we can draw the conclusion on the priority of Asia-Pacific for the White House in building its foreign policy.
Definitely, each year of his presidency, Barack Obama made ... ... the norms of the international law, and assurance of the regional security are emphasized. It means the confrontation between China and other countries in the region. One should remember about a huge economic potential that the American companies can use ...
... (Pedra Branca).
It's not just China that is laying claim to contested waters or islands in the South China Sea. Many ASEAN nations have similar disputes among themselves. But again, the Western media mendaciously depicts these disputes as a China vs ASEAN affair.
Panview: Can we expect ASEAN to play a larger diplomatic role in the Asia-Pacific region? What is the future of the Asia-Pacific region?
Maavak: Southeast Asia is a colorful tapestry weaved by aeons of indigenous cultures as well as civilizational strands from China and India. By virtue of being bridges between both ...
... important. However, we believe that the most important variable in the infinitely complex equation of the future China is nationalism. This paper attempts to answer the question: What role could nationalism and the conflicts it provokes play in the fate of China and the Asia-Pacific Region?
China’s Future in Europe’s Past?
Today’s China bears a number of resemblances to Germany under Wilhelm II: it is an economic powerhouse that has growing geopolitical ambitions and is backed by an ever-strengthening ...
... military links, links that he described as “mutually trusting, conflict-free, sustainable and based on cooperation.” This is clearly an ideal, the path to which could be very thorny – and can even lead to a dead end. Tensions between China and the United States in the Asia-Pacific Region continue to put limits on the possibility of mechanisms of mutual trust to work without disruptions. The Chinese media proudly reported that the U.S. National Defense University, which hosted the signing ceremony of the agreement, ...
... will rather adapt the maritime services to the landscape changes over the past eight years. Also significant is the consolidation of main force construction avenues and the fleet structure requirements to withstand the Damocles' sword of sequestration.
China and Indo-Asia-Pacific remain the U.S. Navy's priority, which should remain as a long-term strategic factor. Russia has been also given some attention, but the Middle Eastern and Chinese headaches will effectively prevent any buildup in Europe in the mid term in ...
... remain open for the foreseeable future. But whoever controls the sea lanes of the Asia-Pacific, the United States and its allies control the world-economy
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Ksenia Muratshina:
Will There Be New Star Wars in Asia-Pacific?
China's Military Space Program
The question of economic advantage is much more relevant than questions of war and peace. The United States government is strongly committed to the creation of an Asia-Pacific regional trading bloc, the Trans-Pacific Partnership ...
