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East China Sea
China’s Military Trains for War Against Japan
By Zachary Keck
A senior US military official says the PLA has been holding exercises to practice seizing islands in the East China Sea.
What Would Chinese Hegemony Look Like?
By Robert E. Kelly
It is certainly not inevitable, but what form would a Sinic Monroe Doctrine take?
Japan Should Follow - Germany
By Amitai Etzioni
With regional tensions rising, Japan would do well to come to terms with its past.
East China Sea: What Do China and Japan Really Want?
By Kai He
Keeping the peace requires understanding what the two sides want out of the dispute.
Chinese Foreign Ministry: No South China Sea ADIZ
By Ankit Panda
China says that reports of a South China Sea ADIZ being imminent are baseless rumors.
China’s Deceptively Weak (and Dangerous) Military
By Ian Easton
In many ways, the PLA is weaker than it looks – and more dangerous.
How Will Japan’s New NSC Work?
By J. Berkshire Miller
The National Security Council brings welcome changes, but will it be able to overcome Japanese bureaucracy?
U.S.-China Relations and the Western Pacific
By Denny Roy
Maritime assertiveness in 2013 appears to have dashed hopes for a “new kind of great power relations.”
China’s Westward Strategy
By Yo-Jung Chen
Beijing is seeking new energy supply routes to its west. Will that influence its eastern strategy?
Senkaku Weirdness to Start Off the Year
By J. Michael Cole
The East China Sea has already seen a number of surprises in 2014.
Four Flashpoints to Watch in 2014
By Harry Kazianis
After a tense 2013, don’t expect the Asia-Pacific to be any less fraught next year.
Is Japan Now Finally a Normal Country?
By Lionel Pierre Fatton
What the recent changes to Japanese defense mean in the context of a return to “normalcy.”