Search: Asia-Pacific,China (58 materials)

 

Australia as a Middle Range Power: the Military-Political Dimension

... security and what operations could it undertake in the near future? Pundits have repeatedly stressed that the strategic milieu in Asia-Pacific is aggravating, with more and more countries acquiring the economic and defense capabilities sufficient for advancing ... ... role of force in international relations by the "Russian annexation of Crimea", disputes over islands in the South China Sea and East China Sea, and the nuclear status of North Korea. Middle Range Power – Liberalism or Realism? In reality,...

11.09.2014

Abe’s Search for Security

... conclude that Tokyo’s realism has turned from reluctant to proactive. A failure to do so, on the other hand, will bode ill for the very future of the US-Japan alliance. Instead of a Conclusion: Whither Reluctant Realism? Reuters The U.S. and the Asia-Pacific Region, Russia and China: What Does the Future Hold for Us? Since the Yoshida doctrine began to crumble in the early 1990s, Japanese foreign policy thinking has largely remained in a state of disarray. As LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba pointed out , “in the ...

20.06.2014

Asia Pacific Security Developments: A Regional Perspective

... skilled labor will transect 10 jurisdictions, rendering the usual attributes of the nation state all but obsolescent [1] . The Asia Pacific region is today a key focal point for the world’s three political and economic giants: the United States, China and India. It is home to over half the world’s 7 billion people, it originates over half the global output and is where nearly half the world’s trade is generated. But the political and security environment casts something of a shadow ...

09.06.2014

Andrey Kortunov at the 9th Shanghai Forum. Security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific

... Europe, America and other regions. The Shanghai Forum is co-organized by research universities from the United States, Japan, China, Singapore and Great Britain, as well as U.S. and German foundations, international corporations and think tanks. The overall ... ... invitation of organizers of the Forum, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov made a report “ Cooperation for Security in Asia-Pacific .” Conference Programme Andrey Kortunov: Security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific A typical discussion of the ...

27.05.2014

The U.S. and the Asia-Pacific Region, Russia and China: What Does the Future Hold for Us?

... looking away from the bear, with a tiny jackal marked Philippines dancing in front of them. It illustrates the Chinese reaction to such behaviour. Predictably, Obama raised the China issue in all the four countries he visited. Naturally, there was an anti-China undertone in all the conversations. At the same time, Obama did not raise any of the problems common to the Asia-Pacific Region. The United States is going out of its way to block the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. The United States has instead proposed its own organisation called the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Again, the Asia-Pacific economic problems ...

26.05.2014

Russia: Pivoting to Asia or Just to China?

... cash, an investor, and a market. With Russia more dependent on it, China's international influence will substantially grow. China, however, cannot be a source of high technology for Russia, and Moscow is probing the Japanese as to how far they will be ... ... Barack Obama that, even under the current circumstances, a Japan-Russia rapprochement will actually benefit U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific. South Korea is another potential purveyor of technology and investment to Russia—and another U.S. ally. The ...

31.03.2014

The Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia: gains and losses

... business-related skills, the Chinese diaspora is making key contributions to the development of Southeast Asia, assisting countries in the region in improving their economic fundamentals and their integration into global markets. The latest migration wave from China has increased the ranks of Chinese communities abroad, giving impetus to further economic activities. At the same time, the dominance of Chinese minorities in very profitable sectors and in the export of capital to the PRC is causing suspicion among ...

16.01.2014

The Koala between the Dragon and the Eagle

Australia’s Military-Political Strategy: Preparing for War and Peace Against the backdrop of the United States preserving its status of the established superpower, and China, which is fast gaining military and political clout, the role of medium-sized nations in the Asia Pacific region is in many cases underestimated. Asia Pacific is a multi-polar environment in which the two great powers are engaged in a fierce competition ...

07.11.2013

Warring in North East Asia: Possible Scenarios

East China Sea: Tempest Rising? With the Asia Pacific region progressively moving to the center of global politics and economics, the Northeast is definitely becoming the regional centre of gravity, attracting the colliding interests of great powers including ...

28.05.2013

ASEAN and the Code of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea

It will be extremely difficult for the Association to successfully complete the Code Over recent years, the South China Sea has lived up to its reputation as one of the hotbeds of instability of Asia Pacific. However, in 2002 China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea . This ...

21.05.2013
 

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