1st Edition

Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021 Key Developments and Trends

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

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;... Read more

Introduction

Chapter One: US-China Decoupling and its regional security implications (Drew Thompson)

Chapter Two: Japan’s Security Policy and China (Robert Ward)

Chapter Three: South Korea’s Security Beyond the Peninsula (Gordon Flake)

Chapter Four: India’s Emerging Grand Strategy After Galwan: Bridging the Power Gap with China (Kanti Bajpai)

Chapter Five: Southeast Asia’s Struggle for Autonomy and the US-China Rivalry (See Sen Tang)

Chapter Six: Australia’s New Regional Security Posture (Ashley Townsend)

Chapter Seven: Strategic Competition and the Pacific Islands (Joanna Wallis)

Chapter Eight: China, NATO and International Security (Sarah Raine)

Chapter Nine: The United Kingdom and the Indo Pacific Security

Chapter Ten: Covid-19 and Asia’s Security Landscape (Prashanth Parameswaran)

Chapter Eleven: Emerging Technologies and Future Conflict in the Asia-Pacific (Franz-Stefan Gady)

Chapter Twelve: Urban Security Challenges in Asia (Samir Puri)

Biography

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict. It is renowned for its annual Military Balance assessment of countries' armed forces and for its high-powered security summits, including the Shangri-La Dialogue. Its mission is to promote the adoption of sound policies to further global peace and security and maintain civilised international relations.