Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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The Past Holds Clues to Thailand’s Foreign Policy under Pheu Thai
…Predictions of a foreign policy reset following the upset of Thailand’s long-dominant conservative establishment in the May 2023 election have proved to be premature. The junta-appointed Senate, permitted…
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Is the U.S. Preparing for the Defense of Taiwan?
…The U.S. has been warning that a crisis on Taiwan is nearby. In 2021, the then-Chief of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, Philip Davidson, said that China may…
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India-U.S. Partnership to Shape Techno-Geopolitics
…Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the United States ended with much fanfare and optics. However, the visit was high on substance and deliverables as well. More…
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Vilnius Crucial to NATO’s Future Trajectory
…Since its inception in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been a cornerstone of worldwide security. Its progression, characterized by flexibility and durability, has been primarily…
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From the India Dividend to a Bad Bet: Changing U.S. Expectations or a Veiled Threat?
…A recent, widely commented upon essay in Foreign Affairs by Ashley Tellis, an acclaimed strategic analyst on India-U.S. relations, argues that Washington’s more than two-decade long bet on…
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The Emperor Has No Clothes: Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
…This past week has seen Canada’s Conference of Defence Associations Institute publish a letter signed by more than 60 former top security officials, including the former Chief Justice…
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Why China Looks to Argentina’s Southern Hemisphere
…The Chinese government has been making diplomatic overtures to areas close to the polar regions as an integral part of its maritime strategy. Beijing’s outreach is not only…
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Turkey’s Problem Isn’t Sweden. It’s the United States.
...The issue isn’t what Sweden says or does but what the United States does or fails to do on the ground in Syria that matters for Turkey’s national security...
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit: Has It Burdened Japan’s Taiwan Trajectory?
...Of late, Japan has been expediting the process of breaking its strategic silence on the contentious Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s status, as China repeatedly remarks , is a “red line”...
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Three Decades of India’s Eastward Engagement: China’s Perceptions and Responses
...Abstract: This issue brief looks into China’s perceptions and responses to India’s Act East Policy. It argues that China sees India’s Act East Policy in three phases – the...