Asia

Editor’s Corner Fall 2016

Taiwan in the Tsai Era When the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) swept to victory in Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections in January 2016, it marked a significant turning point in the island nation’s politics. The voters chose Tsai Ing-wen...

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Viewpoint: Border ‘Strikes’ Will Not Trigger an India-Pakistan War

BBC For slightly less than two decades Indian policymakers have refrained from militarily responding to what it has called Pakistan-based militant attacks on Indian soil. However, even though each attack was met with domestic outrage, in the end India’s...

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Tsai Ing-wen’s Presidential Platform

. Tsai must be pragmatic and diplomatic in order to get the results she hopes to achieve. Taking office in a tense political atmosphere, the new president must maintain the status quo with China if she hopes to initiate...

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Keynote Address: Implications of the 2016 Elections for Economic and Security Issues

Despite its many problems, East Asia remains the principal global bright spot. Unlike the Middle East and Europe, where it is difficult to see a good outcome from their many problems, East Asia has the potential to continue to...

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India After Nonalignment

Foreign Affairs Throughout the past several decades, it would have been heresy to suggest that India’s foreign policy was based on anything other than nonalignment. The doctrine, which had its origins in the early Cold War and was based...

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India and the Responsibility to Protect

International Relations Abstract India, though a working democracy, has adopted an ambivalent stance toward the genesis and evolution of the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect. This article traces India’s views toward the earlier principle of humanitarian intervention, outlines...

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The South China Sea Arbitration Decision: China Fought the Law, and the Law Won….Or Did It?

When the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague issued its unanimous decision on July 12 in the case that the Philippines had filed against the People’s Republic of China two and a half years earlier, the Court set...

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Bangladesh’s Homegrown Problem

In the past 18 months, a series of attacks on secular bloggers, public intellectuals, Hindu and Buddhist priests, and a few foreigners has shaken Bangladesh. The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for much of the bloodshed. The group’s formal...

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The Rise of China and the Future of the Atlantic Alliance

Abstract The consequences and implications of China’s rise have been analyzed and discussed from a number of perspectives. There has been little analysis that specifically evaluates the implications for the Atlantic Alliance, however, and whether an international system defined...

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