Asia Pacific Security

Crimea: A silver lining for the United States’ Asian allies?
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Crimea: A silver lining for the United States’ Asian allies?
Crimea: A silver lining for the United States’ Asian allies?Rory MedcalfNational Bureau of Asian Research22 May 2014Please click to access the online text and full…
Mearsheimer's big question: Can China rise peacefully?
The University of Chicago's famed international relations theorist John Mearsheimer has generously updated, and posted free of charge, the epilogue to his legendary realist book…
Abbott is playing a well-balanced hand in Asia
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Abbott is playing a well-balanced hand in Asia
Abbott is playing a well-balanced hand in AsiaRory MedcalfAustralian Financial Review10 April 2014Rory Medcalf
Leaked 1962 report reveals India's still-unresolved military weaknesses
The recent public controversy in India over the release of a secret report on India's 1962 military defeat by China reveals a lot about some of the big strategic problems India…
Defining Asia the Indo-Pacific way
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Defining Asia the Indo-Pacific way
Defining Asia the Indo-Pacific wayRory MedcalfThe Jakarta Globe31 March 2014Please click here for the online text.Rory Medcalf
Three reasons why North Korea continues to provoke
Yesterday North Korea conducted artillery exercises in the Yellow Sea (West Sea). Approximately one hundred rounds feel across the border, prompting the South to counter-fire and…
Anti-piracy effort marks China's rise as global power
Here's a major piece of research from the US Naval War College about China's participation in Gulf of Aden anti-piracy operations over the last four-plus years. It's from November…
Right path must be steered between Tokyo and Beijing
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Right path must be steered between Tokyo and Beijing
Right path must be steered between Tokyo and BeijingRory MedcalfAustralian Financial Review26 March 2014Please click here for the online text.Rory Medcalf
Xi Jinping consolidates his control of PLA
Chinese President Xi Jinping's consolidation of power in military affairs has picked up over the past week. On Saturday state media reported that Xi is to lead a group in charge…
Is India 'losing' the Bay of Bengal?
Is the Bay of Bengal the next strategic locus for Sino-Indian strategic competition? Prominent strategic commentator Raja Mohan recently lamented that India was on the point of …