Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021 Key Developments and Trends

The Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021 provides insight into key regional strategic, geopolitical, economic, military and security topics. Among the topics explored are: US-China decoupling and its regional security implications; Japan’s security policy and China; India’s emerging grand strategy; Southeast Asia amid rising great-power rivalry; Australia’s new regional security posture; NATO’s evolving approach to China; The United Kingdom’s ‘tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific; and Emerging technologies and future conflict in the Asia-Pacific. Authors include leading regional analysts and academics Kanti Bajpai, Gordon Flake, Franz-Stefan Gady, Prashanth Parameswaran, Alessio Patalano, Samir Puri, Sarah Raine, Tan See Seng, Drew Thompson, Ashley Townshend, Joanne Wallis and Robert Ward.

Introduction Chapter One: US-China Decoupling and its regional security implications (Drew Thompson) Chapter Two: Japan’s Security Policy and China (Robert Ward) Chapter Three: South Korea’s Security Beyond the Peninsula (Gordon Flake) Chapter Four: India’s Emerging Grand Strategy After Galwan: Bridging the Power Gap with China (Kanti Bajpai) Chapter Five: Southeast Asia’s Struggle for Autonomy and the US-China Rivalry (See Sen Tang) Chapter Six: Australia’s New Regional Security Posture (Ashley Townsend) Chapter Seven: Strategic Competition and the Pacific Islands (Joanna Wallis) Chapter Eight: China, NATO and International Security (Sarah Raine) Chapter Nine: The United Kingdom and the Indo Pacific Security Chapter Ten: Covid-19 and Asia’s Security Landscape (Prashanth Parameswaran) Chapter Eleven: Emerging Technologies and Future Conflict in the Asia-Pacific (Franz-Stefan Gady) Chapter Twelve: Urban Security Challenges in Asia (Samir Puri)

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