Asia Pacific Security

Beijing determined to advance sovereignty claims in South China Sea
While bureaucratic competition among numerous maritime actors is likely a factor that is contributing to tension and uncertainty in the South China Sea, as Linda Jakobson argues…
Lessons on strategic stability and SSBNs from the Cold War
Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope (Ret.) is a former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, Royal Navy. This is an extract from a presentation to a Lowy Institute international workshop…
The propaganda war over maritime rights
'China will work with other countries to further promote a harmonious maritime order.' Even after years of studying the maritime tensions on China's periphery, I had to check that…
Jerry Singirok on PNG violence
By Jenny Hayward-Jones, Director of the Melanesia Program, and Mark Tamsitt, Research Associate at the Lowy Institute. Last weekend's clash between the PNDGF and police, which led…
Peace on the horizon for Bangsamoro?
As part of the 'Sectarianism and Religiously Motivated Violence' Masters course which I run at ANU's National Security College, students were asked to write a post on a…
Jokowi Spells Out Vision for Indonesia’s “Global Maritime Nexus”
Commentary
Jokowi Spells Out Vision for Indonesia’s “Global Maritime Nexus”
Jokowi Spells Out Vision for Indonesia’s “Global Maritime Nexus” Adelle Neary Southeast Asia from Scott Circle Volume V, Issue 24 Adelle Neary
Regional tensions on display at Fifth Xiangshan Forum
Last week's Fifth Xiangshan Forum in Beijing demonstrated just how difficult it will be to resolve disputes in the South China Sea as long as key parties believe history must…
Why economics doesn't explain China's FTA decision
Malcolm Cook and I have been debating why China has been willing to bless Tony Abbott with an FTA when Mr Abbott has so strongly opposed Beijing's political and strategic…
Why US control of the South Korean military is here to stay
In late October, the US and South Korea agreed to delay the issue of who would control the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) in the event of a war on the Korean Peninsula. In the…
Managing Maritime Disputes and Tensions in Indo-Pacific Asia
Speeches
Managing Maritime Disputes and Tensions in Indo-Pacific Asia
Managing Maritime Disputes and Tensions in Indo-Pacific AsiaRory MedcalfRemarks at the Fifth Xiangshan ForumBeijing, 21 November, 2014Rory Medcalf