By Bonnie Glaser & Jacqueline Vitello Beijing has upped the ante in its dispute with Tokyo by launching an intensive campaign to ostracize Japan in the international community. In late April, China will host in Qingdao the Western Pacific Naval…
By Donald Camp No Exit from Pakistan: America’s Tortured Relationship with Islamabad by Daniel S. Markey, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-1107623590, 253 pp., $71.16 (Hardcover), $25.19 (Paperback), $12.49 (Kindle). There is much to ponder in this well-written and comprehensive…
By Elizabeth Barrett China’s success in establishing an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea has sparked speculation about the possibility of a Chinese ADIZ in the South China Sea. Further increasing this speculation, last November, when…
By Carl Thayer Lew Stern argues that Vietnam has adopted a new strategic vocabulary that will facilitate an upgrade in U.S.-Vietnam defense relations from a “comprehensive partnership” to a “strategic partnership.”* Stern ascribes greater efficacy to the term “strategic partner”…
By Ellen Kim, Sang Jun Lee & Andy Lim Starting from 5:42pm (local time in Seoul) on February 27, North Korea conducted a series of short-range ballistic missile tests. The South Korean military has announced that the North appears to…
Who is he? Lieutenant General Timothy Keating is the new chief of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). Keating joined the army in 1982 and has served in various leadership positions, including as commanding officer of the First New Zealand…
By Priscilla A. Tacujan The U.S. State Department has put China on notice: international law will be the sole basis for arbitration the settlement of maritime conflicts in the Asia Pacific. In effect, it has rejected Chinese claims based on…
The Philippine Congress in 1995 passed the Armed Forces Modernization Act, hoping to provide around $7.3 billion to modernize the Philippine military over a 15 year period. But a change in government priorities derailed the plans, leaving the Armed…
Over the final two weeks in January the CSIS Asia team hosted more than 1,200 visitors for five public events covering issues directly connected to the Asia-Pacific including tensions in the East China Sea, the U.S.-Australia alliance, the ROK-U.S. alliance,…
By Priscilla Clapp & Aung Din The December 27 Myanmar State Gazette announced that 58 military officers with the rank of major and 3 with the rank of captain have been appointed to the Union Election Commission (UEC). According to…
