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East Asia Compass
Does the Biden Administration have ‘Strategic Clarity’ on Taiwan?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 23 Feb, 2022 · #5809 · Commentary
In the first week of
February, the US and Japan held a joint naval exercise—Noble
Fusion 2022—in which around 15,000 US and 1,000 Japan Self-Defence Forces (SDF)
personnel participated. The exercise extended through the Luzon Strait to the
Mi ...
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Special Commentary
South Korean Nuclear Insecurities
Chris Gowe. · 22 Feb, 2022 · #5807 · Commentary
Recent
domestic public polling has once again drawn attention to the debate over
nuclear armament in South Korea. Survey results released on February 21 by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA)
show that 71 per cent of South Korean cit ...
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East Asia Compass
Between the US and China: Japan’s Layered Balancing Act Under Kishida
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 30 Dec, 2021 · #5803 · Commentary
On 24 December 2021, after
procrastinating for more than a month, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary,
Hirokazu Matsuno finally announced his country’s
decision to not send a government delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics in
February 2022. ...
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A Message for Taiwan in the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan?
Prashant Kumar Singh. · 12 Dec, 2021 · #5798 · Commentary
In
August 2021, the Global Times
declared the US “abandonment” of Afghanistan a lesson for Taiwan. It warned that it was
“Afghanistan today” and will be “Taiwan tomorrow.” Separate headlines in the
the Global Times’ online editions ...
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East Asia Compass
Restoration of Inter-Korea Communication Lines
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 30 Jul, 2021 · #5777 · Commentary
On 27 July 2021, cross-border
communication lines between North and South Korea were restored.
They had been severed for almost 13 months. North Korea initiated the
disengagement on the pretext of propaganda leaflets entering from the other
side. ...
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East Asia Compass
COVID-19 and the Japan Olympics: Evaluating a Range of Imperfect Choices
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 05 Jul, 2021 · #5774 · Commentary
Japan is likely to host
the Tokyo Summer Olympics on 23 July-8 August 2021. Initially scheduled for July-August
2020, it was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are concerns
that if the Games happen now, even after a year’s delay, ...
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East Asia Compass
Biden’s North Korea Policy: Has ‘Strategic Patience’ Returned?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 30 May, 2021 · #5769 · Commentary
The Biden administration has
reportedly completed its review of US policy towards North Korea. While the
details have not been announced, officials
have used terms such as “calibrated,” “practical,” and “measured” to publicly
describe ...
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East Asia Compass
US, China, and a Two-Pronged Japanese Foreign Policy
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 30 Apr, 2021 · #5764 · Commentary
Japan continues to be the most important US
ally in the Indo-Pacific. This is despite the dilution of its ‘Indo-Pacific
strategy’ into the ‘Indo-Pacific vision’ over the past few years, and close cooperation
with China in addressing the pa ...
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East Asia Compass
President Biden and the Making of a New US Policy on North Korea
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 19 Mar, 2021 · #5758 · Commentary
The change of leadership in the
US means that a new strategy on North Korea will be articulated. This article
looks at the developments in this regard: the ways in which the Biden
presidency could differ from the previous administration’s approa ...
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The Strategist
A Breakdown of Order: Politico-Military Dynamics in the South China Sea
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar. · 10 Mar, 2021 · #5757 · Commentary
Geopolitical trends are not ‘pop-up’ events. They
represent an evolved aggregation of policies that manifest as direction in a
state’s world view. The present politico-military dynamics in the South China
Sea (SCS) are no different. They hav ...
