Hard Power Meets Soft: Obama’s Visit to Vietnam By Nhung Bui and Truong Minh Vu | May 26, 2016 | Categories: United States, Vietnam U.S. and Vietnam build trust, sending a strong deterrence signal to China.
EDCA and the Projection of U.S. Air Power in the South China Sea By Renato Cruz de Castro | May 20, 2016 | Categories: Philippines, Strategy, United States U.S.-Philippine security cooperation will combat China’s maritime expansion in the South China Sea
What Will a Duterte Administration Mean? By Richard Javad Heydarian | May 13, 2016 | Categories: Philippines For Duterte, development rather than deterrence is the way forward
Taipei’s Risky Agreement with Beijing on Okinotorishima By Tetsuo Kotani | May 10, 2016 | Categories: China, East China Sea, Japan, Taiwan Taiwan challenges Japan’s claim to an exclusive economic zone in order to protect security and fishing interests
Submerged Deterrence: China’s Struggle to Field an SSBN Fleet By Bonnie Glaser and Matthew Funaiole | May 9, 2016 | Categories: China The development of China’s ballistic missile submarine could enhance its second strike capability
Has Taiwan Implicitly Clarified the U-Shaped Line? By Chi-Ting Tsai | May 6, 2016 | Categories: China, South China Sea, Taiwan Taiwan faces pressure to define the legal character of the U-shaped line, the predecessor of the nine dash line.
Why Undersea Drones Will (Not Yet) Change Asia-Pacific’s Undersea Balance By Heiko Borchert | May 5, 2016 | Categories: Indo-Pacific Region, United States Undersea drones are the newcomers to planned U.S. force posture in the Asia-Pacific, though seemingly not tipping the balance toward offensive action