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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: A Complex Triangle
Kimberley Anne Nazareth. · 14 May, 2014 · #4440 · Commentary
The recent crises that have engulfed the international community such as in Syria and now Crimea have raised questions regarding the US commitment to its rebalance in the Asia-Pacific. The visits of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and President Ob ...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: Australia's Middle Way Approach
Obja Borah Hazarika. · 14 May, 2014 · #4439 · Commentary
The US ...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: China’s Concerns and Responses
Gaurav Kumar Jha. · 14 May, 2014 · #4438 · Commentary
The US, which is currently winding up its operations from Afghanistan, calls the restructuring and reallocation of its resources towards the Asia Pacific as the ...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: Nature of New Alliances
Amrita Banerjee. · 14 May, 2014 · #4437 · Commentary
The post-War order in Asia has rested on the presence and predictability of the US power anchored in a network of military alliances and partnerships. While the countries in the region welcomed this originally, today, these equations have drastical ...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: An Instrument of Economic Diplomacy
Urbi Das. · 14 May, 2014 · #4436 · Commentary
After prolonged engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US has finally made a move to renew its commitment towards Asia, which has always been an arena of US strategic and economic interest. The Asian rebalancing strategy highlights the current po ...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: Where Does India Figure?
Monish Tourangbam. · 14 May, 2014 · #4435 · Commentary
Although the US government has tried to soften the China element in its rebalancing strategy, it remains ubiquitous, with Beijing undoubtedly seeing it as a ‘China containment’ policy. The centrality of India’s role in this strate ...
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The Strategist
The Chilling Prospects of Nuclear Devices at Large
Vijay Shankar. · 12 May, 2014 · #4431 · Commentary
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union produced over one thousand tons of weapon grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium. By 1986 its stockpile numbered 45,000 warheads; it was poorly inventoried; spread across the Republics with fissionable mat ...
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Eagle Eye
US’ Frantic Effort to Make the Rebalancing Strategy Work
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 12 May, 2014 · #4430 · Commentary
Since late 2011, the Obama administration has been repeatedly trumpeting a new strategy to sustain and strengthen the US’s interests in the Asia-Pacific.
First, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton published an article highlig ...
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US in Asia Pacific
Military Implications of the Rebalance: Increasing Chinese Aggression
Shreya Upadhyay. · 22 Apr, 2014 · #4399 · Commentary
Despite the crisis in Ukraine and Syria, the 2014 US Quadrennial Defence Review (QDR), US-ASEAN Defence forum and a slew of ongoing visits by American leaders seek to reassure that rebalance has not lost steam. This article seeks to explore two que ...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: Philippines, Vietnam & Mutual Convergences
Vivek Mishra. · 22 Apr, 2014 · #4398 · Commentary
The Philippines and Vietnam witnessed a prolonged US military presence during the Cold War and today have become the lynchpin of American rebalance aiming to counter China.
What makes them the primary cogs in the American rebalance wheel?
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