Recommended Reading
29 Nov 2011
Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Center for a New American Security
On November 9, 2010, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) held a book launch event for Monsoon featuring best-selling author Robert Kaplan and NPR’s award-winning correspondent Tom Gjelten.
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Cooperation and Competition: China and the Asia-Pacific
Center for a New American Security
"Cooperation and Compeitition: China and the Asia-Pacific," a roundtable discussion hosted at the CNAS Fifth Annual Conference on June 2, 2011, featured: David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent of The New York Times; Dr. Bernard D. Cole, Professor of International History at the National War College; Dr. Patrick Cronin, CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow; Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, USN, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet; and Dr. Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. You may external pageread the transcript of the discussion here.
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China Naval Modernization: Implications for US Navy Capabilities, Congressional Research Service, 2011. The question of how the United States should respond to China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a key issue in US defense planning. The question is of particular importance to the US Navy, because many US military programs for countering improved Chinese military forces would fall within the Navy’s budget.
[Image:88200]US Reengagement in the Asia-Pacific region , East-West Center, 2010. Despite the Asia-Pacific's open embrace of new US activism in the region to counterbalance Chinese aggressiveness, Taiwan has shown little public interest in any steps toward re-engagement with the US. This is posited as a sign that Taiwan is not willing to compromise its top focus on reassurance and cooperative interaction with China
[Image:88836]The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration, Center for a New American Security, 2009. The Asia-Pacific region is an engine of the global economy and that Asian countries are becoming global economic and political actors. Yet, the publication explains that as Asia’s importance has grown over the last decade, Washington has often been focused elsewhere. The authors conclude that the Obama administration needs a more active approach to the Asia-Pacific region that recognizes the new geopolitical realities and positions the US to deal effectively with the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
[Image:88874]Conceptualising the Three-Tier Approach to Analyse the Security Arrangements in the Asia-Pacific, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, 2009. This paper examines the emerging structural dynamics of security politics in the Asia-Pacific region, arguing that a new conceptualization of regional security arrangements is necessary. It focuses on functional security arrangements and argues that their dynamics must be better acknowledged and examined.
[Image:88824]The "Asia-Pacific Community" Idea: What Next? , S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), 2009. Although Australian Prime Minister Keven Rudd's Asia-Pacific Community (APC) proposal merits serious attention and debate, it lacks conceptual clarity and consensus in the region. Regional powers should continue debate on the issue and there should be a broadly functionalist approach to further regional integration.
[Image:88200]Mapping Change in the Asia Pacific Region: Geopolitics, Economics, and Diplomacy, East-West Center, 2007. This paper presents the findings of the EWC 2007 Senior Policy Seminar that focused on US policy toward Asia and reviewed the underlying conditions shaping regional relations. Regional power dynamics, flashpoint security issues, and the changing economic geography of the Asia-Pacific region were among the issues addressed.
[Image:88824]Maritime Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific , S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), 2005. This conference report focuses on the emergence of new powers like China and India, which are expected to transform the strategic landscape of the Asia-Pacific region. Among the main topics covered are maritime strategic trends in the Asia-Pacific in the 21st century, possible cooperation and confrontation among navies in the region and the increase in sea-based nuclear weapons capability.
[Image:88824]In Search of Suitable Positions in the Asia-Pacific: Negotiating the US-China Relationship and Regional Security, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), 2003. This paper argues that the determinant of Asia-Pacific security is whether the US and China can negotiate their relationship in such a way as to produce sustainable regional stability. It examines three alternative models to assess some of the processes and outcomes in negotiating Sino-American coexistence: the maintenance of the status quo of US strategic dominance, power transition and negotiated change.