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Senkaku Islands
Japan-Australia Ties Key to Regional Stability
With the strategic landscape of the Asia-Pacific changing, Australia and Japan look to deepen their relationship.
An Ominous Pledge
The Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute is even more complex because of the way it involves the U.S., and its nuclear guarantees.
How to Avoid a U.S.-China Cold War
How a simple strategy could offer hope in keeping a lid on tensions between Beijing and Washington.
Can Taiwan Bring Peace to the South and East China Seas?
Could Taiwan be the key in solving tense regional disputes?
Mounting Tensions in the East China Sea
Could the U.S. use quiet diplomacy to pull Japan and China back from the brink over Senkaku / Diaoyu?
The Nightmare Scenario: A U.S.-China War
The Naval Diplomat explores in a five-part series how events in such a conflict could unfold.
For China and Japan: The Perfect Distraction?
Why the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute serves as a dangerous form of distracting nationalism.
Vehicle Carrying Japan's Ambassador to China Attacked in Beijing
The attack takes place in the backdrop of growing tensions over islands in the East China Sea.
Why Nationalism is Driving China and Japan Apart
After an extended period of calm, leaders in Tokyo and Beijing are again allowing their relations to be dictated by domestic politics.
Japan, China's Maritime Step
Maritime talks this week with Japan suggest that China can be more flexible than many people expect.
China's Zero-Sum Game
Comparative quiet in China’s neighbourhood has given it the chance to rise peacefully. Will it keep flexing its muscles?
Asia’s Maritime Confidence Crisis
The US, China and Southeast Asian nations look likely to keep clashing in the South China Sea. But there are ways to ease tensions.