Asia Pacific Security
Commentary
East Asia's maritime disputes: Fishing in troubled waters
East Asia's maritime disputes: Fishing in troubled watersAlan Dupont & Christopher G. BakerThe Washington Quarterly, 2014, 37:1, pp.79-98Alan Dupont ,…
India's own string of pearls: Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Seychelles and Maldives
On 7 March, Shiv Shankar Menon, India's National Security Advisor, announced that the Indian Ocean island states of Seychelles and Mauritius had joined India's naval arrangement…
Comparing China and the Kaiser's Germany (part 1): Similarities
This two-part series examines the frequent comparison between contemporary China and pre-1914 Wilhelmine Germany. A host of commentators have made this comparison in the past few…
General Hurley previews the Defence White Paper
Twenty months ago the Chief of the Defence Force delivered a speech at the Lowy Institute outlining how he thought the 2013 White Paper would be developed. Today at the…
The global strategic consequences of Russia's intervention in Ukraine
The immediate risk of major armed conflict in Europe may have eased slightly, but Russia's brutally old-fashioned assault on Ukrainian sovereignty will have profound strategic…
US position hardens on China's nine-dashed line
In January 2013, senior US Navy intelligence officer Captain James Fanell described China's maritime strategy and ambitions as 'hegemonic' and aggressive, and said China 'bullies…
US defence budget: Hagel cuts won't be the last
Those of you who read Mike Green's post this morning and who have followed the coverage of US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's budget bid will understand that this is not the last…
Hagel's defence budget proposal is a reasonable place-holder for the pivot
If Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s proposed defence budget becomes reality, then the Administration's so-called 'pivot' or 'rebalance' to the Asia Pacific will have enough…
Burma: A critical look at those chemical weapons claims
Since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, strategic analysts monitoring developments in Burma (Myanmar) have been on quite a roller-coaster ride, particularly with regard to weapons…
Interview: Danny Russel on the status of the US rebalance
Daniel (Danny) Russel is US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, which means he is the State Department's senior Asia diplomat (he succeeded Kurt…