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Military Medical Assistance as Soft-Power Projection: New Lessons from China?
RUSI Newsbrief, 25 September 2015
Dr Clark Barrett
China’s emphasis on military medical assistance constitutes a unique strategy of soft-power projection and one of the most concerted programmes of military diplomacy in the world
Tags: Maritime Forces, Pacific
China’s Stock Market Crash Threatens Her Global Power Ambitions
Commentary, 27 August 2015
Jonathan Eyal
China’s stock market crash is not the beginning of a global economic downturn, or the start of a Chinese recession. But it is a reminder of just how fragile China remains, and how far it still is from the status of a global power.
Tags: Asia, China, International Security Studies, Global Strategy and Commitments, Global Security Issues, Pacific
The End of the Second World War and the Shaping of Geopolitics in East Asia
RUSI Journal, 21 August 2015
Rana Mitter
Seventy years since the end of the Second World War, its legacy is ever-more relevant across East Asia
Tags: History, Pacific
Bombed into Defeat? Air Power and the End of the Second World War
RUSI Journal, 21 August 2015
Richard Overy
Strategic bombing contributed to the Allied victory in the Second World War, but was not a deciding factor
Tags: Aerospace, Air Power and Technology, History, Europe, Pacific
The US-China relationship: on a downward spiral?
Commentary, 29 June 2015
Edward Schwarck
Officials from the US and China put on brave faces at the recently concluded US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. Tensions in the maritime and cyber realms, however, are threatening to send the relationship into a downward spiral.
Tags: Asia, China, Cyber, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, International Security Studies, United States, Americas, Global Strategy and Commitments, Maritime Forces, Technology, Pacific
Afghanistan: Can it be a Template for India, China Cooperation?
Commentary, 24 June 2015
Ravi Sawhney and Sushant Sareen
One of the most troubling, but fundamental, questions confronting India is its relationship with China. While India wants a mutually beneficial and cooperative relationship that is conflict-free and cordial, does China want a similar relationship with India?
Tags: Asia, China, Afghanistan, India, Pacific, Central and South AsiaPages

North Korea Missile Tests: Implications for North Korea and International Community
Commentary, 9 October 2006The UN Security Council is certain to impose sanctions on North Korea. But, since these are likely to involve – at least initially – just cutting off trade and diplomatic contacts, no significant impact is expected.
Global Security Issues, Pacific
North Korea: Kim Jong-il plays the nuclear card to seek attention
Commentary, 9 October 2006The detonation of a North Korean nuclear bomb is an attempt to dictate the future of the Korean peninsula on its own terms.
Global Security Issues, Pacific
The Trouble with Northern Ireland Legacy Cases
Michèle Flournoy: The Enemy Went to School
Bohemian Forest Dark Tales: The Czech Republic, Russia’s Dirty War Machine and Western Solidarity