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Opinion | China is Driving Indo-Pacific Nations Together

Opinion | China is Driving Indo-Pacific Nations Together

Joon Young Kwon
National Security, Security Affairs, China, Asia, Economics, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, Grand Strategy, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, ASEAN

As Asian nations in the Indo-Pacific Rim emerge as potential future powers and enjoy greater global visibility, prestige, and power, great powers in the region have found themselves pressed with the need to pursue more comprehensive foreign policies towards the region. Beijing believes that by merging foreign and economic policy to reshape global infrastructure it can re-shape global trade routes and put China at the epicenter of both Asia and the world economy, making Beijing a global Milliarium Aureum of sorts.

Analysis | Catching Up or Leaping Ahead?: Chinese Investments in Technological R&D

Analysis | Catching Up or Leaping Ahead?: Chinese Investments in Technological R&D

Pascal Hensel
China, Defense Policy, Security Affairs, Southeast Asia, United States, Technology & Innovation

China has been pursuing an aggressive technological development agenda that threatens to undermine traditional U.S. superiority in advanced technologies. The Chinese technology sector’s alarming growth and emerging status as a real competitor to both Silicon Valley and the U.S. defense technology industry mirrors China’s ambitions for global leadership in political, economic, and military arenas. An increase in technological capabilities could become a sort of “cherry on top” that threatens the dominance and security of the U.S. and its allies in the Pacific.

Commentary | Coquetry in the Far East

Commentary | Coquetry in the Far East

William Truban
China, American Foreign Policy, Southeast Asia, Soft Power, United States, Xi Jinping

Go, called Weiqi in Mandarin, is a game played in East Asia and considered an oriental equivalent to Chess. Unlike Chess, Go does not focus on seizing parts of the board and successfully eliminating pieces in a tactical manner. Instead, the whole game is built around a strategic effort to encircle and limit the movements of an opponent. That same game was being played in a grander scheme as Donald Trump made his first trip to Asia.

Analysis | The Rohingya Road to Genocide: Myanmar's Intractable Tragedy

Analysis | The Rohingya Road to Genocide: Myanmar's Intractable Tragedy

Addison Notarantonio
Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, Genocide & Persecution

For many in Western society, the catastrophic events unravelling on the Western coast of Myanmar might seem to come out of left field. Yet the Rohingya have faced similar treatment for decades, only recently reaching a tipping point which caused it to flash across international headlines. Why has it taken this long for the world to take notice of the humanitarian and political crisis of the Rohingya in Myanmar?