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The year India began acting east
The year India began acting eastDanielle RajendramIndian Express26 December 2014Please click here for the full online text.Danielle Rajendram
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India's Modi looks east—to the Asia-Pacific
India's Modi looks east—to the Asia-PacificDanielle RajendramThe National InterestDanielle Rajendram
China: Lines blur between nuclear and conventional warfighting
China recently tested its WU-14 hypersonic device, marking its third flight test this year. These tests have elicited analysis for their impact on Beijing's military capabilities,…
Korea: The 5 most important foreign policy events of 2014
The end of the year is a nice time to reflect on big events and try to prioritise them. This is often seen as a fool's errand. There are so many events, and weighing their causal…
India's new Asia-Pacific strategy: 'Act East'
It has been a busy year for India in the Asia Pacific. From multilateral summits to bilateral diplomacy, the Modi Government has deliberately moved to step up engagement with its…
The history of the new Chinese empire
An ambitious Chinese initiative to build a series of strategic maritime distribution centres, west to Africa and beyond, has been revealed. This is an extension of the Maritime…
Beijing's South China Sea objective is clear: To extend control
Within China's bureaucratic system, sometimes it is in an agency's interest to compete with others, rather than coordinate, in order to advance its own bureaucratic power and…
Abe's mandate: The strategic dimension
As discussed in part 1 of this post, Prime Minister Abe is likely to make the economy his first post-election priority. He wants to pull the economy out of recession and set the…
Beijing determined to advance sovereignty claims in South China Sea
While bureaucratic competition among numerous maritime actors is likely a factor that is contributing to tension and uncertainty in the South China Sea, as Linda Jakobson argues…
Abe's mandate: The economic imperative
As predicted, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scored an easy victory in Japan's Lower House election on Sunday. For Abe it…