Politics
Newly-Discovered 16 Million MTs of Rare Earth Minerals Can Make Japan Independent of China
Monika Chansoria The prospects for exploring seabed minerals have attracted the attention of […]
Author Archives for Monika Chansoria
Dr. Monika Chansoria is a Senior Visiting Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo. She is the author of five books, including her latest work, China, Japan and Senkaku Islands: Conflict in the East China Sea amid an American Shadow (© 2017). Follow her on Twitter @MonikaChansoria.
Diplomacy & Security
Russia, China Power Games Prop Up North Korea’s Nuclear Brinkmanship
Great power games are in full swing in Northeast Asia, as exhibited by the sudden and steep increase of […]
Diplomacy & Security
How Beijing’s Push for China-Centric Asia Impacts the Indo-Pacific
The latest China Security Report published by Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) in February aims to analyze China’s […]
Diplomacy & Security
Why China Is Stepping Up Quest for the Senkakus in 2018
On January 11th, the Japanese government confirmed spotting a submerged Chinese submarine near Japan’s territorial waters as it entered […]
Diplomacy & Security
Yuan Diplomacy: Panama Cuts Ties with Taiwan in Favor of the Mainland
People celebrate Christmas in Panama Panama has received munificent rewards from Beijing for its decision to formally cut all […]
Politics
Studies in Contrast: Abe’s Popular Mandate, Xi Jinping’s Monopoly of Power
Democracies around the world have commonalities in terms of their approach and consequent connection with the masses or the […]
Diplomacy & Security
Japan-India Joint Counter-Terrorism Mechanism the Need of the Hour
The destructive worldview of terrorism and violent extremism needs to be labeled as the “rarest of rare” and worst […]
Diplomacy & Security
China’s Xi Jinping Goes to Party Congress After Embarrassing Doklam Retreat
Until Doklam happened, from June 16 until August 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also chairman of the Central […]
Diplomacy & Security
Doklam Is Latest Target of China’s Policy of Redrawing Borders, Rewriting History
The tiny landlocked Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan in South Asia is the latest victim of China’s burgeoning revisionism. China’s aggression […]
Diplomacy & Security
Amid China’s Expansionism, Japan and India Have Obligation to Restore Balance of Power in Asia
As the G20 Summit 2017—scheduled for this week in Hamburg, Germany—closes in, China is pitching for consensus on the […]