Asia Pacific Security
What I got wrong in 2014, and what I got right
January should be called pundit accountability month. On websites such as this, we make all sorts of predictions and forecasts, or we identify structural trends or leadership…
Commentary
Setting the field: Australia-India engagement in Southeast Asia
Setting the field: Australia-India engagement in Southeast AsiaDanielle RajendramPragati12 January 2014Please click here for the full online text.Danielle Rajendram
Commentary
The year India began acting east
The year India began acting eastDanielle RajendramIndian Express26 December 2014Please click here for the full online text.Danielle Rajendram
Commentary
India's Modi looks east—to the Asia-Pacific
India's Modi looks east—to the Asia-PacificDanielle RajendramThe National InterestDanielle Rajendram
China: Lines blur between nuclear and conventional warfighting
China recently tested its WU-14 hypersonic device, marking its third flight test this year. These tests have elicited analysis for their impact on Beijing's military capabilities,…
Korea: The 5 most important foreign policy events of 2014
The end of the year is a nice time to reflect on big events and try to prioritise them. This is often seen as a fool's errand. There are so many events, and weighing their causal…
India's new Asia-Pacific strategy: 'Act East'
It has been a busy year for India in the Asia Pacific. From multilateral summits to bilateral diplomacy, the Modi Government has deliberately moved to step up engagement with its…
The history of the new Chinese empire
An ambitious Chinese initiative to build a series of strategic maritime distribution centres, west to Africa and beyond, has been revealed. This is an extension of the Maritime…
Beijing's South China Sea objective is clear: To extend control
Within China's bureaucratic system, sometimes it is in an agency's interest to compete with others, rather than coordinate, in order to advance its own bureaucratic power and…
Abe's mandate: The strategic dimension
As discussed in part 1 of this post, Prime Minister Abe is likely to make the economy his first post-election priority. He wants to pull the economy out of recession and set the…