The Ineffectiveness of American Covert Regime Change Operations During the Struggle Against Islamist Terrorism
by Jason Cooley Introduction Following the September 11th terrorist attacks, the United States government embarked on a campaign to weaken the Islamic extremist organizations that were present in the world. Some of the steps that this lone superpower took to … Read more
Non-Military Contributions to National Security
by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) January 13, 2009, ANSER Conference Center, Washington, DC It is a pleasure and honor to be here. I benefited greatly from the introductory remarks by Congressman Skelton and Andrew Hoehn. They have … Read more
Are South Asian Arms Sales in the U.S. National Interest? The Foreign Policy Implications
by Jon P. Dorschner In 1989 I wrote an article urging the United States to stop selling weapons in South Asia.1 It took a liberal stance, arguing that such a step would enable the U.S. to occupy the moral high … Read more
Meeting the Challenge of Chinese Expansionism on the East Asian Littoral
By Dean Cheng, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/01/the-challenge-of-china-s-expansionism-in-east-asia-and-us-policy-responses Reviewed by John Sylvester A major challenge for any American administration just now is maintaining a wise balance as we cope with a rising China. It is not an expansionist power … Read more
Political, Economic, and Security Situation in Africa
By Thomas Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/political-economic-and-security-situation-in-africa/ Reviewed by Renate Z. Coleshill, Foreign Service Officer, retired Thomas Joscelyn testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian … Read more
A Salutation to Arms: Asia’s Military Buildup, Its Reasons, and Its Implications
Review by John Sylvester
US Strategic Alignments and Re-alignments in the Asia Pacific
by Vignesh Ram
“National Security: Terrorism and Violent Regime Change”
Keynote Address, 2013 DACOR Annual Conference, September 27, 2013
by Thomas E. McNamara
Rebalancing the U.S. Military in Asia and the Pacific
Review by John Sylvester
Sideways: America’s Pivot and Its Military Bases in the Asia Pacific
Review by John Handley
Tensions and Diplomacy in the South China Sea
Reviewed by Francis P. Sempa, Contributing Editor
Alliance Politics in Asia
Reviewed by James W. White
Thomas J. Christensen, Worse Than A Monolith: Alliance Politics and Problems of Coercive Diplomacy in Asia. Princeton: Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-14260-9, hard cover, (ISBN 978-0-691-14261-6 paperback), 2011, 306 pp.
Foregone Conclusions
by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman
Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy
Reviewed by Henry E. Mattox, contributing editor
Amatai Etzioni, Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy, New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2007, 307 pages.
Northeast Asia Regionalism and Linkages with Southeast Asia
Along with the six-party negotiations on North Korea’s nuclear arms, talks have been quietly proceeding on broader political, economic, and security issues in Northeast Asia and a future regional “architecture” that would foster peaceful, constructive relationships into which North Korea … Read more
Looming Threats — Then and Now
by Henry E. Mattox
The Asian Eclipse of Europe
by Francis P. Sempa
Release of Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, Announced
Release of Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, Announced Office of the Historian Bureau of Public Affairs United States Department of State December 15, 2006 The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume … Read more
Other Regions and Topics, Other Problems
Other Regions and Topics, Other Problems As we approach, enter, and engage a New Year, we would be well advised to reflect upon and remember a verity that gets lost sometimes in the maelstrom of this nation’s involvement in war. … Read more
George Bush’s Unfinished Asian Agenda
The author bases this informative survey on a presentation he made in April to a university study group on Asia. As the reader will note, he finds the record mixed, with successes in dealing with China and Japan, and a … Read more
