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Image Credit - Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceTHE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE: JAPAN’S SECURITY PROVIDER?
The Security Environment in East Asia
The East China Sea dispute presents a major challenge for the US-Japan alliance. This dispute is over the Senkaku (Diayou in Chinese) Islands, a group of five islands in the East China Sea that are uninhabited…
Image Credit - U.S. NAVAL INSTITUECHINA CHALLENGES THE UNIPOLAR WORLD ORDER: AN ASSESSMENT OF CHINA’S DEFENCE WHITE PAPER 2014
China has been issuing Defence White Papers biennially since 1998. The ninth White Paper of 2014 titled ‘China's Military Strategy’ was released recently in May 2015. This essay seeks to analyse the salient aspects…
Image Credit- The Economic TimesCAN ASEAN PREVENT THE INEVITABLE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA?
The 26th ASEAN Summit concluded in Kuala Lumpur on 27 April 2015 with the ministers once again ‘sharing concerns’ over the outstanding maritime territorial disputes in the …
