Security Nexus | Webinar Episode 4: China’s Perspective of Indo-Pacific Security

By |2025-05-19T15:25:10-10:00December 8, 2023|Categories: Faculty, news, Sitaraman, Dialogue Podcast|Tags: , , , , |

The Security Nexus | Webinar became a pivotal platform on Monday, December 4th, as it unraveled the complexities shaping the Indo-Pacific region. Focused on exploring China’s evolving security posture, the webinar shed light on the profound geopolitical dynamics between China and the United States.

Politics by Numbers: Plato’s Shadows Provide a Ray of Hope

By |2025-05-29T10:22:06-10:00November 29, 2023|Categories: Security Nexus, news|Tags: , , |

"Politics by Numbers: Plato's Shadows Provide a Ray of Hope?" by James R. Sullivan is the latest perspective article for Security Nexus. The paper examines how countries shape media narratives before military actions, focusing on the 2022 Russian invasion [...]

Security Nexus Perspective: Rethinking Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

By |2025-05-29T10:22:00-10:00October 10, 2023|Categories: Security Nexus, news|Tags: , , |

"Rethinking the Approach to Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific,” by Col. Jonathan B. Warr, is the latest perspective article for Security Nexus. This insightful piece delves into the complex security dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region, emphasizing the challenges posed [...]

Every Taiwan Citizen a Resistance Member: Preparing for a Chinese Occupation

By |2025-06-04T09:01:55-10:00September 15, 2023|Categories: Publications, Lumbaca|Tags: , , |

Dr. Jeremiah “Lumpy” Lumbaca, has a new article entitled “Every Taiwan Citizen a Resistance Member: Preparing for a Chinese Occupation” published by the Modern War Institute at West Point.  In the article, Lumbaca creates a scenario where the People's Liberation Army (PLA) [...]

Security Nexus paper on Northeast Asia’s Military Tech & South Korean Defense Implications

By |2023-08-18T13:35:24-10:00August 17, 2023|Categories: Security Nexus, news|Tags: , , , , , |

A recent Security Nexus paper titled “Emerging New Military Technologies in Northeast Asia and Implications for South Korean Defense Strategy” by retired Navy Captain Sukjoon Yoon, ROKN, highlights the escalating pursuit of advanced military technologies in Northeast Asia amid [...]

New Policy Brief on China’s Nuclear Modernization and Northeast Asian Security

By |2025-06-04T14:27:42-10:00July 31, 2023|Categories: Kim, Publications, news|Tags: , , |

In a new policy brief published in the ASIA-Pacific Leadership network, DKI APCSS Prof. Lami Kim examines the implications of China’s nuclear weapons build-up on Northeast Asian security. Kim argues that the threat lies less in direct nuclear risk [...]

Has China’s Economic Development Led to the Democratization of China?

By |2023-01-06T14:27:10-10:00January 6, 2023|Categories: Faculty Articles, news, Cho|Tags: , , |

Dr.Sungmin Cho has published a new article titled “Does China’s Case Falsify Modernization Theory? Interim Assessment,” in the Journal of Contemporary China. Using the political science theory of modernization, Dr. Cho revisits the question of whether China's economic development [...]

Vietnam’s Approach to China: Bamboo Diplomacy with Neo-tributary Characteristics

By |2025-06-04T15:08:03-10:00December 3, 2022|Categories: Vuving, Publications, news|Tags: , , |

This article discusses China’s efforts in strengthening China-Vietnam relations and Vietnam’s use of bamboo diplomacy to keep China at arm’s length without coming across as an adversary. According to Vuving, Vietnam’s Communist Party chief, Nguyen Phu Trong, used bamboo as a metaphor to advocate for a foreign policy “that combines flexibility in tactics and firmness in principles, thus resulting in resilience.”

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