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February 23, 2016 Open Forum
Washington Insights (Vol. 4, No. 1)

The end of 2015 and start of 2016 brought many surprises in international affairs regarding the Indo-Pacific region. The North Korean nuclear and missile tests, the Japan-South Korea […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN, China's Power, CJK summit, G7 Summit, Kaeseong Industrial Complex, North Korean Sanctions, Six-Party Talks, South China Sea, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
February 22, 2016 Special Forum
Southeast Asian Strategies toward the Great Powers: Still Hedging after All These Years?

Over the past two decades, our understanding of how the relatively small states of Southeast Asia engage in great power management has grown significantly. The tendency during the […]

Evelyn Goh

Global War on Terror, South China Sea, Strategic engagement, Triangular hedging
February 22, 2016 Special Forum
Vietnam’s Management of China’s Maritime Assertiveness in the Post-Cold War Period

1In May 2014, China deployed a giant oil rig, Haiyang Shiyou 981 (HYSY 981), and a flotilla of more than 100 vessels to the area that Vietnam claims […]

Do Thanh Hai*

code of conduct, Haiyang Shiyou 981, Paracels, South China Sea, Spratlys, Vietnam-China relations
February 22, 2016 Special Forum
Developing Indonesia’s Maritime Strategy under President Jokowi

1As the “Jokowi’” Joko Widodo administration implements the “Global Maritime Fulcrum” (Poros Maritim Dunia, PMD) concept,2 how does Indonesia develop its maritime strategy to achieve the concept’s policy […]

Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto

archipelagic sea lane (ASL), Jokowi administration, Poros Maritim Dunia (PMD) Concept, South China Sea, UNCLOS
October 20, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: China (October 2015)

Li Jiacheng and Li Ang in the August Taipingyang Xuebao analyzed security relations between Japan and India. Viewing the two countries having a shared dream of being great […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Dong Jiaxin*)

ASEAN, Indo-Japanese relations, National security, One Belt One Road, Regionalism, South China Sea
October 15, 2015 Special Forum
Dreaming Big, Acting Big: Xi’s Impact on China’s Military Development

Xi Jinping emerged from his recent US visit with no meaningful new constraints on the development, deployment, and use of China’s military. Constructively, as part of a larger […]

Andrew Erickson

Asymmetry, China Military Dream, Kill-Chain, National identity, Sino-American military tensions, South China Sea
August 13, 2015 Open Forum
The Politics of “Struggling Co-evolution“: Trade, Power, and Vision in Vietnam’s Relations with China

China’s increasing presence, economically and militarily, has the potential to lead to a Chinese sphere of influence in which Southeast Asia is regarded as China’s “backyard.” For realist […]

Vu Truong-Minh*

Asymmetric trade, Great Mekong Sub-region, National security, South China Sea, Yarn Forward
August 13, 2015 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (August 2015)

Japan-Russia Relations Relations with Russia appeared to be back on track in the first part of the summer. Plans for Putin to visit Japan were going forward despite […]

Editorial Staff

Japan-ROK tensions, Japan-US alliance, National security, Putin-Abe summit, South China Sea
July 31, 2015 Special Forum
Introduction to the Special Forum

ASEAN is an organization that symbolizes regionalism, collective action for the management of great power relations, and harmonious handling of civilizational and economic differences. It reached its pinnacle […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN centrality, code of conduct, Regionalism, South China Sea, US-China rivalry
July 31, 2015 Special Forum
The Impact of South China Sea (SCS) Tensions on ASEAN: An “Eye-of-the-Beholder” Dilemma

An evaluation of the impact of SCS disputes on ASEAN at this critical juncture in its evolution depends, fundamentally, upon what one thinks ASEAN is all about. Individual […]

Satu Limaye

ASEAN unity, Regionalism, South China Sea