This article reviews Chinese-language writings on the ideas of a Silk Road Economic Belt
and Maritime Silk Road that have proliferated in the last few years, now under the aegis of …

The military implications of Chinese control of Taiwan are understudied. Chinese control of
Taiwan would likely improve the military balance in China's favor because of reunification's …

ABSTRACT A key feature of Asia's evolving strategic landscape is US efforts to promote
policy coordination and interoperability among its allies and partners, through dialogues …

Abstract In the 2018 Boe Declaration, Pacific Islands Forum leaders recognized that the
region is facing 'an increasingly complex regional security environment'and committed to …

IS THE SOUTH CHINA SEA a key flash point for US-China rivalry or a tempest in a teacup?
This article examines the body of water from a geopolitical perspective and concludes that it …

How strenuously, and at what risk, should the United States resist China's efforts to dominate
the South China Sea? An identification of three options along a continuum—from increased …

The islands of the western Pacific have increasingly been portrayed by policymakers,
military strategists, journalists, and scholars as places caught between a rising China and …

Will increased economic connectivity on the Eurasian supercontinent convert Europe into
the western peninsula of Greater Eurasia? US geoeconomic primacy has relied on …

As new visions of international order emerged among major actors of the Indian and Pacific
Ocean regions, calls for freedom and openness intensified. Yet, in maritime space, the …

Introducing a re-conceptualized comprehensive hedging framework, this book analyses the
relations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Malaysia, the Philippines …