By Aileen S.P. Baviera, University of the Philippines Recent tiffs between China and Japan, China and Vietnam and China and the US concerning the status of disputed islands and waters in the South and the East China seas possess a significance quite distinct from disagreements of the past. More specifically, previous contests amongst coastal states […]
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South China Sea disputes: ASEAN and China
11/05/2012By Carlyle A. Thayer, UNSW@ADFA The South China Sea has re-emerged as a front-burner security issue this year as a result of aggressive Chinese assertiveness. There have been three major reported incidents involving Chinese civilian ships accosting Vietnamese and Filipino oil exploration vessels operating in their Exclusive Economic Zones. The Philippines is currently drawing up […]
Global warming: winners and losers in the Arctic’s ‘new normal’
11/05/2012The Arctic Report Card study suggests that changes at the top of the world have led to unusual weather patterns, a greener Greenland, and lots of plankton. At least the whales are pleased. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / December 1, 2011 Global warming has brought a new normal to the Arctic, with warmer air and ocean temperatures, […]
Russia pulling ahead in the Arctic
11/05/2012By Michael Byers NOVOSIBIRSK, RUSSIA—“Canada has a good working relationship with Russia with respect to the Arctic. There is no likelihood of Arctic states going to war.” The Russian foreign ministry’s representative in Siberia smiles as he quotes the Canadian Prime Minister, as reported in a U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. Although Stephen Harper […]
China’s New Strategic Target: Arctic Minerals
11/05/2012By Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins As policymakers in Washington focus on China’s expanding presence in Africa and growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean region, Danish diplomatic assistance is opening the gate for China to establish a strategic foothold in the Arctic. Denmark has made a strategic decision to prioritize its […]
India’s stake in Arctic cold war
11/05/2012By SHYAM SARAN Will it be the next geopolitical battleground or remain the common heritage of humankind? A retired Rear Admiral of the Chinese PLA Navy, Yin Zhuo, caused a major stir in March 2010, when in a speech to the Chinese Peoples’ Political Consultative Conference, he declared: “The Arctic belongs to all the people […]
Relocating the Reset: U.S.-Russian Partnership in the Arctic
11/05/2012By Caitlyn Antrim In January, when a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker escorted a Russian tanker carrying essential fuel to Nome, Alaska, it served as a reminder that the U.S. and Russia have many reasons to continue pursuing a thaw in relations. Unfortunately, beyond the New START agreement and a few other deals, the U.S.-Russia reset, […]
Apr 22, 2012 – APIR CENTER Press Conference
22/04/2012
Presentation of the Asia Pacific International Relations Study Center was held in Khabarovsk press center Interfax. Journalists, academics, representatives of government and nonprofit organizations have been invited to the presentation. The participants acquainted with the mission, goals and objectives of the Centre, got an idea of the problems that contributed to the emergence of such […]
N. Korea Admits Rocket Launch Failure
13/04/2012By Kim Yoon-mi U.N. Security Council immediately convenes in response to apparent missile test North Korea admitted Friday that its Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite failed to enter orbit after launch. “Scientists, technicians and experts are now looking into the cause of the failure,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said in a brief dispatch, without elaborating. […]
China Promises to Rescue the EU… Again?
8/04/2012Written by Nasos Mihalakas, Contributor Amid all that is happening in the Arab world (escalating violence in Syria, and nuclear brinkmanship by Iran) as well as the never-ending epic saga of the Greek sovereign debt crisis, comes the delayed EU-China summit in Beijing. Held on Valentine’s Day, it was full of promises for mutual love, […]