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Assessing geopolitical alignments in the Asia-Pacific
With tensions between the U.S. and China high, it is worth asking what all the major players in Asia might do if push ever came to shove between the two global superpowers. This report analyzes how they might react under three main contingencies: Chinese aggression against Taiwan, a conflict in the South China Sea and an attack on Japan.
Australia’s historic realignment
For most of the 20th century, Japan and Australia had little reason to develop a relationship. However, China’s rise as a regional hegemon has the potential to bring the two countries closer. Ties have been established via the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, in which both countries take part. Closer cooperation could ...
Shinzo Abe’s successors to face a nasty test of wills in the East China Sea
The Chinese craft intrusions in the territorial waters and airspace of Japan’s Senkaku Islands put Tokyo in a quandary. It has worked hard to have good relations with Beijing. The question marks over the reliability of Washington’s support for U.S. Asian allies further complicates the Japanese position.
China's big win over 'historic' gas deal with Russia
China, the world’s top energy user, has walked away with a big win. A historic US$400 billion natural gas deal between China and Russia opens up a new market for Moscow as it courts partners in Asia while those in the West seek to isolate it. But Beijing holds the ...
The impact, role and influence of America’s emerging new global policy
America is developing a new global role which will see it shift from a global policeman to a fixer among the world’s trouble spots. The US is evolving into a less polarised position and is taking the centre ground as it re-balances its position on global issues and acts more ...
