August 31, 2015
By: Randall Schriver | THE DIPLOMAT | On September 3, political leaders in Beijing will convene a massive military parade to commemorate the victory of allied […]
August 6, 2015
By: Chisako T. Masuo | In 1982, General Liu Huaqing of China proposed the strategy of ‘offshore defense’ and drew a line through the Kurile Islands, […]
July 27, 2015
By: Mark A. Stokes | In May 2014, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced indictments against five Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers on charges […]
July 22, 2015
By: Kelley Currie | Since a 2012 outbreak of communal violence targeting Rohingyas in Burma, the trafficking business had been booming. Subsequent official persecution intended to […]
July 14, 2015
By: Sara Yi-ying Lin | Established in 2008, The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been closely followed by the major trading nations in the Asia-Pacific. Taiwan, or […]
June 23, 2015
By: Kelsey Broderick | HADR exercises have traditionally been aimed at responding to and preparing for natural disasters. But ultimately, the purpose of HADR is to […]
May 21, 2015
By: Sugio Takahashi | On 27 April 2015, Japan and the U.S. concluded the new Guidelines for the Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation. This paper will explore the […]
May 14, 2015
By: Tetsuo Kotani | China is further developing its anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capabilities, particularly its submarine fleet and cruise missiles launched from land-based aircraft, to defeat an […]
May 12, 2015
By: Kelsey Broderick | This paper analyzes the background of the South China Sea dispute and the extent to which the American rebalance has influenced China’s […]