Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from China, India, and the United States

By |2014-10-06T09:09:31-10:00October 6th, 2014|Categories: Malik|

In Spring 2013, the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies hosted a workshop entitled “Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific Region: China, India and U.S. Perspectives.”  Proceedings from the workshop have just been published in a new book, “Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from China, India, and the United States.” According to Dr. Mohan Malik, workshop academic lead and book editor, “this book brings together a cross-section of outstanding practitioners, policymakers, scholars and analysts from China, India, Australia and the United States many of whom have records of distinguished military, government and diplomatic service, and play important roles in maritime security policy [...]

APCSS Professor Malik Published in The Diplomat entitled ‘China and Strategic Imbalance’

By |2014-07-23T10:17:57-10:00July 18th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Malik|

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) professor Dr. Mohan Malik had an article published in The Diplomat entitled "China and Strategic Imbalance" July 14. Here is an excerpt from the article: "The recent Shangri-la meeting in Singapore saw some sharp exchanges between Chinese and other participants. Beijing’s deployment of an oil rig protected by more than 80 naval vessels in the South China Sea four days after President Barack Obama’s “reassurance trip” to China’s East Asian neighbors in April 2014 was widely seen as a deliberate and calculated provocation. Yet China’s move fits a pattern of advancing territorial claims on its [...]

Stakes Are High in Asia’s Changing Geopolitical Landscape

By |2014-06-26T12:37:28-10:00June 26th, 2014|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Malik|

“America and China’s Dangerous Game of Geopolitical Poker” is Dr. Mohan Malik’s latest article for The National Interest . In it he discusses key reasons for China’s aggressive posturing and outlines major strategic shifts that are occurring in Asia’s geopolitical landscape. According to Malik, “…China is behaving just as other rising powers have behaved in history: it is laying down new markers, drawing new lines in the land, air, water, sand and snow all around its periphery, seeking to expand its territorial and maritime frontiers, forming and reforming institutions, and coercing others to fall in line. For Beijing, history—the Chinese Communist [...]

Latest articles by APCSS’ Dr. Mohan Malik

By |2014-05-01T15:06:50-10:00May 1st, 2014|Categories: Faculty, Research, College, Malik|

Dr. Mohan Malik continues to share his expertise on China as well as geopolitics in several recent articles. Last summer he was published in the World Affairs Journal. His articled entitled “Historical Fiction: China’s South China Sea Claims” looks at the historical context of the dispute which continues to make headlines. According to Dr. Malik, “There are several contradictions in China’s use of history to justify its claims to islands and reefs in the South China Sea, not least of which is that Beijing always took the position that its land boundaries were never defined, demarcated, and delimited. But when it [...]

APCSS professor participates in workshop on emerging markets and mounting tensions

By |2014-05-08T11:25:24-10:00March 20th, 2014|Categories: College, Faculty Articles, Malik|

by Dr. Mohan Malik Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’(APCSS) professor Dr. Mohan Malik participated in a two-day workshop on “Emerging Markets & Mounting Tension: Doing Business in the Face of Potential Conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region” sponsored by the School of Public Policy of the University of Calgary, Canada, March 11-12, 2014. The focus of the workshop was on examining challenges and opportunities created by the shift in global economic power towards the broader Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean region. Workshop speakers included former Canadian ambassadors, Defense and Foreign Affairs officials: Amb. (Ret.) Joseph Caron, Amb (Ret.) Marius Grinius, Doreen Steidle, Rear [...]

APCSS Faculty releases a publication entitle ‘Interface of Science, Technology & Security’

By |2015-10-26T11:17:12-10:00November 30th, 2012|Categories: Faculty Articles, Malik, Wieninger, Watson, KNankivell, Hauger|

Faculty from the  Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies recently released a publication entitled "Interface of Science, Technology & Security." Dr. Virginia Watson edited the publication and Dr. Mohan Malik, Prof. Kerry Nankivell, Dr. Scott Hauger and Dr. William Wieninger all contributed. For a complete breakdown of the publication by chapter, click here. -END-

APCSS jointly produces new publication

By |2015-10-26T10:00:00-10:00August 30th, 2012|Categories: Forman, Courses, Faculty, Research, Faculty Articles, Azizian, Campbell, Malik, Vuving, Wieninger, Ear, JNankivell, Byrd, KNankivell, Hauger|

On the eve of the APEC 2012 summit, which begins next week in Vladivostok, Russia, it is our pleasure to announce the publication of the volume “From APEC 2011 TO APEC 2012: American and Russian Perspectives on Asia-Pacific Security and Cooperation. ” […]

New articles published by APCSS faculty

By |2014-08-12T09:09:34-10:00August 1st, 2012|Categories: Faculty, Research, Faculty Articles, Hornung, Malik|

Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies associate professor Dr. Jeffrey Hornung and professor Dr. Mohan Malik have recently had articles published. Malik's article entitled "China and India Today: Diplomats Jostle, Militaries Prepare" was published Aug. 1 in the World Affairs Journal. Hornung's article entitled "Thinking through Japan-ROK security relations" was published Aug. 1 in The Japan Times. Hornung also had an article entitled "Why China Should Do More In Afghanistan" published in the Diplomat Aug. 1. -END- The views expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of APCSS, the U.S. Pacific Command, [...]

More articles published by APCSS faculty

By |2013-01-03T11:04:35-10:00July 26th, 2012|Categories: Faculty, College, Faculty Articles, Azizian, Malik, Vuving|

The latest issue of "Asian Politics & Policy" was edited by APCSS' Dr. Alexander Vuving and includes articles written by several APCSS faculty members and an alumnus. The special issue entitled "How China's Rise is Changing Asia's Landscape and Seascape" is available online at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aspp.2012.4.issue-3/issuetoc The following are abstracts from some of the articles: "India Balances China" by Mohan Malik This article argues that classical realism is alive and well in Asia. China, India, and other states are all seeking to establish a balance-of-power favorable to their own interests. Economic engagement and military balancing remain dual components of China's and India's [...]

The International Order in the Age of ‘China versus the Rest’

By |2014-08-29T16:17:13-10:00June 7th, 2012|Categories: Faculty, College, Malik|

Dr. Mohan Malik was recently invited to contribute to a blog run by the U.S. National Intelligence Council on its forthcoming report, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.  This major report will be released late this year and will assess key drivers of strategic change in the international system over coming decades. Excerpt:  “Rising powers are never status-quo powers. Whenever opportunity presents itself, rising powers flex their muscles and test influence. New players don't play by the old rules. They seek to recast their region in their image. Their membership of the existing institutions changes the nature and role of the institutions [...]

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