December 28, 2021
AUKUS’ short- and long-term implications for Taiwan
More than a mere pact over submarines, the Australia-United Kingdom-United States trilateral (AUKUS) signifies the crossing of a strategic threshold by Washington and its partners, past robust competition and toward outright confrontation. This, naturally, has significant implications for Taiwan’s…
December 27, 2021
The India–Russia strategic partnership is key to Indo-Pacific stability
India and Russia held their first ever 2+2 dialogue in New Delhi during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brief visit to India on 6 December. Both countries decided to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation and boost the Vladivostok–Chennai energy corridor, a gateway for Russia into the…
November 11, 2021
The Growing Crisis of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
A recent conference, in which Pacific Forum joined the Navy League’s Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Exchange (IMSE), the East-West Center, and the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, focused on the problems of IUU fishing and potential solutions to counter its recent dramatic…
October 11, 2021
Beijing’s Creative Compliance and Non-compliance in the South China Sea
The landmark Philippines v China ruling marked its fifth anniversary on 12 July 2021. In its decision, the arbitral tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) made four key observations.
October 9, 2021
Japan and South Korea’s Battle over Dokdo/Takeshima at the Olympics
The landmark Philippines v China ruling marked its fifth anniversary on 12 July 2021. In its decision, the arbitral tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) made four key observations.
August 26, 2021
Southeast Asia’s Maritime Security Should be a US-Japan Alliance Agenda
Unfortunately, state and non-state actors in this region exploit weak governance to undermine the security and well-being of those who make legal use of the sea. State-level contests over sovereignty and administrative control of key waters dominate maritime security policy discourse, while…
April 30, 2021
Managing the Vietnam-Indonesia North Natuna Sea Dispute
Overlapping exclusive economic zone (EEZ) claims in the waters surrounding the Natuna Islands in the South China Sea have been an irritant in Vietnam–Indonesia bilateral relations for decades.
February 4, 2021
Protecting the Taiwan Strait in the 21st Century
In September, Richard Haass and David Sacks argued for a change in US policy from strategic ambiguity to clarity: a clear US commitment to defend Taiwan to prevent China from miscalculating US resolve and inadvertently raising the risk of a great-power war. Others maintain that ambiguity works and…
December 5, 2019
Australia’s Middle Power Role in Combating Illegal Fishing
In September, Richard Haass and David Sacks argued for a change in US policy from strategic ambiguity to clarity: a clear US commitment to defend Taiwan to prevent China from miscalculating US resolve and inadvertently raising the risk of a great-power war. Others maintain that ambiguity works and…