ABSTRACT

The Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021 provides insight into key regional strategic, geopolitical, economic, military and security topics.

Among the topics explored are:

  • US−China decoupling and its regional security implications;
  • Japan’s security policy and China;
  • India’s emerging grand strategy;
  • Southeast Asia amid rising great-power rivalry;
  • Australia’s new regional security posture;
  • NATO’s evolving approach to China;
  • The United Kingdom’s ‘tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific; and
  • Emerging technologies and future conflict in the Asia-Pacific.

Authors include leading regional analysts and academics Kanti Bajpai, Gordon Flake, Franz-Stefan Gady, Prashanth Parameswaran, Alessio Patalano, Samir Puri, Sarah Raine, Tan See Seng, Drew Thompson, Ashley Townshend, Joanne Wallis and Robert Ward.

chapter Chapter Two|16 pages

Japan's Security Policy and China

chapter Chapter Three|16 pages

South Korea's Security Beyond the Peninsula

chapter Chapter Six|24 pages

Australia's New Regional Security Posture

chapter Chapter Seven|20 pages

Strategic Competition and the Pacific Islands

chapter Chapter Eight|18 pages

NATO, China and International Security

chapter Chapter Nine|17 pages

The United Kingdom and Indo-Pacific Security

chapter Chapter Eleven|14 pages

Urban Security Challenges in Asia

chapter Chapter Twelve|10 pages

COVID-19 and Asia's Security Landscape