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IN THIS ISSUE

Asia’s Space Ambitions Driving the Next Chapter in Global Space Competition

Territorial Autonomy across Asia Assessing Challenges, Addressing Concerns

Indonesia’s Future: Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Challenges under Prabowo

The Changing Dynamics of China’s Threat Perception toward India A Shift from Asymmetry to Symmetry?

De-risking Global Supply Chains Looking Beyond Material Flows

Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung’s The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

Energy Security

Restoring Energy Security amid Transitions in the Indo-Pacific

Across the Indo-Pacific, countries and companies are developing a range of technologies and energy industries...

Kyung-Jin Boo, Fan Dai, Mikkal E. Herberg, and Victor Nian

Report

Indo-Pacific Security

The Long Tweet: Achieving Integrated Deterrence through Integrated Assurance in the Indo-Pacific

Austin Commons and Xavier Brunson

Commentary

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Ybarra, 7th Infantry Division

India's Digitalization

The Indian Model for Digitalization: A Blueprint for the Global South?

Mansi Kedia

Interview

Ukraine War

Japan's Response to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Paul O’Shea

Japan’s Energy Security Strategy: The Implications of Fukushima and Ukraine

Jennifer F. Sklarew

China-Russia Energy Relations in the Wake of the War in Ukraine

Erica Downs

Regional Responses to the Russia-Ukraine War

Michael J. Green, Nargis Kassenova, Pavel K. Baev, Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rajesh Rajagopalan, Jeffrey Reeves, Matthew Kroenig, and Clementine G. Starling

Democracy in Asia

Unpacking the Outcome of India's 2024 Election

Ian Hall and Rohan Mukherjee

Perspectives on South Korea's 2024 Election

Ahn Ho-young and Eunjung Lim

Putin’s Special Electoral Operation

Kathryn E. Stoner

Indonesia Elects Prabowo

Ann Marie Murphy

MAPPING CHINA’S STRATEGIC SPACE

How Chinese Strategists View, Understand, and Contend with Russia’s Strategic Space

Mapping China's Strategic Space

China’s View of Its Economic Sphere of Influence, Economic Security, and Trading Networks

Cooperation, Coexistence, and Contestation in India’s and China’s Overlapping Strategic Spaces

Geography Matters, Time Collides: Mapping China’s Maritime Strategic Space under Xi

National Insecurity: Frontier Governance and Ethnic Policy in Contemporary China

Chinese Perspectives on the “Indo-Pacific” as a Geostrategic Construct

A Domain of Great Powers: The Strategic Role of Space in Achieving China’s Dream of National Rejuvenation

The Evolution of China’s Naval Strategy

China's Strategic Space in the Digital Undersea

Energy as a Strategic Space for China Words and Actions Point to a Competitive Future

China’s Geopolitical Code Shaping the Next World Order

The Polar Regions as New Strategic Frontiers for China

China’s Quest for Strategic Space in the Pacific Islands

The End of China’s Period of Strategic Opportunity Limited Opportunities, More Dangers

Central and Eastern Europe in Relation to China’s Strategic Space The Fizzling Out of a Ten-Year Campaign

Myanmar and China’s Fluid Frontier

Expert Spotlight

Nadège Rolland

Distinguished Fellow, China Studies

Two Sessions' Two-Step Politics Leads, Economics Might Not Follow

Knitting the Pieces of China’s Emerging Strategy in Africa

LEGACY OF SENATOR HENRY M. “SCOOP” JACKSON

Remembering Scoop

Implementing Senator Jackson’s Values and Vision

Lessons for an Unserious Superpower: Scoop Jackson on National Security and Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy (Part 1)

Lessons for an Unserious Superpower: Scoop Jackson on National Security and Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy (Part 2)

Spotlight

NBR’s Maritime Awareness Project (MAP) combines interactive mapping technology with rigorous analyses from the world’s leading maritime experts to serve as the authoritative resource on maritime issues.