Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Will Yoon’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Tackle the China Threat?
...In late-December 2022, South Korea under the relatively new presidency of Yoon Suk-yeol effectively concluded its policy shift from “strategic ambiguity” by releasing the “Strategy for a Free, Peaceful,...
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EU’s global gateway strategy and building a global consensus vis-a-vis BRI
...the dependence of the countries there on China is only part of the strategy. China’s actions in this regard are observed with unease by researchers and practitioners. Various multilateral projects...
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India and the Quad in America’s New National Defense Strategy
...This article was originally posted on the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (JFSS) website, you can find the article here. The US Department of Defense issued the new...
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Seoul’s Geopolitical Code on Quad: Imperative or Elective?
...Abstract: Under the new government helmed by President Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea (ROK) has displayed a clear tilt toward and a more open embrace of the Indo- Pacific concept....
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China’s Rise in the Indo-Pacific: A Quad Countries’ Perspective
...Abstract: China’s rise as an economic, technological, and military superpower in the last two decades is one of the most prominent factors that led to the emergence of the...
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North Korea’s Pandemic Conundrum: Self-Containment and Humanitarian Crisis
...Abstract: North Korea acknowledged its healthcare crisis this May and retreated to the Zero-COVID policy under self-containment, which they adopted in early 2020. Pyongyang also perceived economic stresses when...
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China: Can It Control Japan’s Taiwan Policy?
...Introduction: China’s reaction to US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was resolute. The military exercises with live-fire drill were a nearly Pavlovian reaction suggesting they...
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The G7’s oil price cap is a perilous gamble
...Introduction: Right before Russia’s Gazprom completely stifled gas flows through the Nord Stream I pipeline, G7 leaders had agreed in early September to implement a price cap on Russian...
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EU’s Perception of the Chinese Westward Expansion
...Introduction: Europe has lately been reluctant to see further unrestricted Chinese expansion into the European continent, not least in the eastern and central European states. Even if many states...
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Yoon Suk-yeol’s Audacious Initiative for Denuclearization Will Fail
...Introduction: In the wake of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s August 15 remarks on his “audacious initiative” as a masterplan for the denuclearization of North Korea, Pyongyang slammed the...