... Chinese–U.S. relations.
The framework document on a dialogue mechanism for military exchanges and cooperation between the armies of China and the United States was signed by Major General Tang Ning (Deputy Chief of Combat Training in the General Staff of the ... ... exercises for engineering troops and participation in humanitarian aid programmes.
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Salvatore Babones:
The Asia-Pacific: More Stable than Anyone
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They are hardly ground-breaking – they do allow for broader military cooperation ...
No one supports a Chinese challenge to American power in the region, not even Russia
Political pundits routinely identify the Asia-Pacific region as a potential flashpoint for a future war between the great powers. Yes, China is rising, Japan is rearming, and the United States has announced a "pivot" to Asia. But the real risk of a great power war in the Asia-Pacific is very low. When conflict scenarios are analyzed one by one, it becomes clear that no country ...
The snowballing development of space-based weapons and looming militarization of space, although hardly imminent, pose a relatively new problem for Asia-Pacific, where there is real development potential that could, someday, make a surprise breakthrough.
There are several reasons to pay close attention to China’s space program and especially its military component. First, China is the region's biggest country, and boasts one of the world’s most secretive programs in this area, that is thought to involve numerous military and dual-use projects....
The struggle for offshore resources has intensified in East Asia, and Japan-China tensions seem of particular concern. Due to its alliance treaty with Japan, the United States is also involved in the conflict.... ... national interest.
The lively discussion at the last APEC session in Indonesia of the idea to create a Free Trade Area for the Asia-Pacific Region (FTAAPR) in November 2014 contrasted with the failed attempt to sign a final agreement on the TPP in Singapore ...
On December 10-11, 2014, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov visited Beijing to take part in an international roundtable on regional and global security sponsored by the China Foundation for International and Strategic Studies and attended by key foreign policy experts, former diplomats and statesmen from China, Australia, India, Singapore, the United States, South Korea and Japan.
The participants discussed modern trends ...
... Moscow's official documents and statements consider Hanoi a key Asian partner, the reality of the bilateral relationship after the breakup of the USSR has actually been inertia, thereby opening opportunities for the U.S.A. and the People's Republic of China (PRC) to gain a strong foothold in Vietnam. With Russia once again intent on achieving a meaningful presence in Asia-Pacific, it appears appropriate to analyze the role of a strategic partnership with Vietnam within Russia’s regional strategy and a rapprochement as such in relation to Chinese and American interests.
Strategic Partnership: Fact or Fiction
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A Global Force
For a long time China's military rise had been overshadowed by its economic boom. But in recent years the country has achieved a qualitatively ... ... become both a headache and a critical motive for the U.S. forces to step up their own upgrading, and the same is true of other Asia-Pacific countries including Japan and Vietnam. Washington began revising its force development to account for China's rise ...
... security activities.
The Defense Issues Paper explains the need for the new defense strategy by the swift transformation of the Asia-Pacific region. The government is ready to raise military spending to two percent of GDP in as little as three years, finally ... ... 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?
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... skilled labor will transect 10 jurisdictions, rendering the usual attributes of the nation state all but obsolescent
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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 ...
... 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
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Andrey Kortunov: Security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific
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