ABSTRACT

The Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment provides insight into key regional strategic, geopolitical, economic, military and security topics.

Among the topics explored are:

  • the deteriorating USChina relationship and great-power competition;
  • US alliances and security partnerships;
  • the collapse of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty;
  • diplomatic gridlock on the Korean Peninsula;
  • Japan’s role in Indo-Pacific security;
  • the breakdown in Japan–South Korea relations;
  • Indonesian policy towards the South China Sea;
  • Australia’s defence and security outlook;
  • the European security role in Asia.

Authors include leading regional analysts and academics Douglas Barrie, William Choong, Aaron Connelly, Andrew Davies, Michael Elleman, Bonnie S. Glaser, Euan Graham, Christopher W. Hughes, Meia Nouwens, Brendan Taylor and William Tow.

chapter Chapter Four|14 pages

Diplomacy and North Korea

chapter Chapter Five|15 pages

Japan and Indo-Pacific Security

chapter Chapter Six|16 pages

The Breakdown in Japan–South Korea Relations

chapter Chapter Seven|15 pages

Indonesia and the South China Sea Under Jokowi

chapter Chapter Eight|19 pages

Australia’s Security and Defence Outlook

chapter Chapter Nine|16 pages

Europe and Regional Security