Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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China’s Brazen Diplomatic Maneuvers in Nepal
…2022, China’s activities have become noticeably more assertive. As a planned move, 68-year-old Dahal took oath of office as Nepal’s Prime Minister on the occasion of the 130th birth anniversary…
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U.S. Strategic Containment of China Destined to Fail
…The unstoppable rise of China in the international system, especially in the economic, military, political, and technological fields in the last 30 or 40 years, has made it…
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Slow and Steady: New Delhi’s Response to PLA Navy in IOR
…In recent years, China’s increasing footprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has become obvious within the Indo-Pacific. Designated in New Delhi’s 2015 Maritime Security Strategy as the…
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Friends, Whether They Like It or Not: U.S.-ROK-Japan
…Leaders of the U.S., South Korea (ROK), and Japan met in the middle of November 2022 to reaffirm their trilateral partnership to combat the nuclear threat from North…
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Europe’s Gas Demand Must Follow the Falling Prices – Down
…Due to a record warm fall season, supressed gas demand, and booming U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe, average gas storage levels reached the EU-mandated 80…
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Extended Nuclear Deterrence: Threats and Challenges to U.S. Alliance System in Northeast Asia
…Since the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States has successfully managed to protect its alliance system in Northeast Asia, consisting…
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Netanyahu’s Challenge: Managing Contradictions at Home and Abroad
…When Benjamin Netanyahu left the office of prime minister in June 2021, after being the longest-serving head of government in Israel, not many had anticipated his swift return…
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Transforming Iran’s Blighted Relations with Europe
…As protests over the tragic death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman held by the morality police continue to sweep Iran for some time with people’s indignation over…
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Japan’s Global Health Strategy: A Diplomatic Foresight on the G7 Hiroshima Summit
…On May 19-21 next year, the Japanese government will host the G7 Hiroshima Summit. It is assumed that Prime Minister Kishida Fumio plans to express a strong diplomatic…