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  • The Strategist
    MH370 and China's Anti-Access Area Denial Strategy
    Vijay Shankar.    ·   14 Apr, 2014    ·    #4385    ·    Commentary    
    fThe mystery of the missing Malaysian Airlines MH 370 continues to confound. Was it a sudden catastrophic end to an ill-fated flight or was it a failure of surveillance that led to a controlled and purposeful disappearance of a marked commercial ca ...
  • East Asia Compass
    China’s New Neighbourhood Strategy: Korean and Japnese Reactions
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra.    ·   07 Apr, 2014    ·    #4377    ·    Commentary    
    It is interesting to track inter-state relations and equations in East Asia in the context of China’s policy of building a ‘Community of Common Destiny’ (CCD). China, after its first official announcement of the concept in 2007 to ...
  • Russia: Exploring Energy Markets in East Asia?
    Vivek Mishra.    ·   07 Apr, 2014    ·    #4376    ·    Commentary    
    The recent proposal by Britain for a discussion paper on ending reliance on Russian energy supplies appears two pronged, with both long and short term options. In the longer term, ensuring energy security for the 28-nation EU and ending Ukraine&rsquo ...
  • Maritime Matters
    Search and Rescue at Sea: Challenges and Chinese Capabilities
    Vijay Sakhuja.    ·   07 Apr, 2014    ·    #4374    ·    Commentary    
    The international search and rescue effort to locate the voice and data recorder referred as the ‘black box’, and debris of the Malaysian Airlines MH 370 have continued relentlessly for nearly four weeks now. The satellite data provided ...
  • China’s New Neighbourhood Strategy: 'Community of Common Destiny'
    Geeta Kochhar.    ·   05 Apr, 2014    ·    #4372    ·    Commentary    
    “Community with common destiny” (Mingyun gongtongti) seems to be the new slogan in China’s neighbourhood diplomacy. This needs to be explored; what common destiny is China envisaging or is it planning to engage in serious confront ...
  • China and the Ukraine Crisis: Walking on the Razor’s Edge
    Srikanth Kondapalli.    ·   24 Mar, 2014    ·    #4352    ·    Commentary    
    The Ukrainian political crisis, like the earlier crises in Egypt, Libya and Syria, is proving to be a nightmare for China, despite Beijing’s maintenance of a calm stance on the surface. The referendum in Crimea is potentially applicable to Ta ...
  • US and the Asia-Pacific
    Will Obama Rebalance Further?
    Shreya Upadhyay.    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4348    ·    Commentary    
    How is China and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region responding to the US rebalancing act? Will this affect the original scope and objectives of the US policy? Will the US rebalance its own strategies towards the region further? China’s Mi ...
  • US and the Asia-Pacific
    Rebalance Under Threat?
    Vivek Mishra.    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4347    ·    Commentary    
    The limitations of the US involvement in the Asian security construct have been manifesting themselves often recently – particularly since the 2001 EP-3 incident – and with increasing frequency with the rise in China’s maritime as ...
  • Nuclear Security Summit 2014: Pakistan’s Role
    Rabia Akhtar.    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4345    ·    Commentary    
    Leaders taking part in the third Nuclear Security Summit (24-25 March 2014) in The Hague, Netherlands seek to reiterate their national commitments to secure existing nuclear materials in their territories and foster international cooperation in all ...
  • US and Asia-Pacific
    Pivot, Rebalance and What Next?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   13 Mar, 2014    ·    #4337    ·    Commentary    
    The American strategy towards the Asia Pacific is facing serious challenges. What started as a new “pivot” to Asia and later shifted to a “rebalance” now needs serious re-adjustment. Not because the American strategy is prob ...
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