Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021

<p>The <i>Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment</i> <i>2021</i> provides insight into key regional strategic, geopolitical, economic, military and security topics. </p><p>Among the topics explored are:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>US−China decoupling and its regional security implications;</li> <p> </p> <li>Japan’s security policy and China;</li> <p> </p> <li>India’s emerging grand strategy;</li> <p> </p> <li>Southeast Asia amid rising great-power rivalry;</li> <p> </p> <li>Australia’s new regional security posture;</li> <p> </p> <li>NATO’s evolving approach to China;</li> <p> </p> <li>The United Kingdom’s ‘tilt’ to the Indo-Pacific; and</li> <p> </p> <li>Emerging technologies and future conflict in the Asia-Pacific.</li> </ul><p>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.</p> <p>Introduction</p><p>Chapter One: US-China Decoupling and its regional security implications (Drew Thompson)</p><p>Chapter Two: Japan’s Security Policy and China (Robert Ward)</p><p>Chapter Three: South Korea’s Security Beyond the Peninsula (Gordon Flake)</p><p>Chapter Four: India’s Emerging Grand Strategy After Galwan: Bridging the Power Gap with China (Kanti Bajpai)</p><p>Chapter Five: Southeast Asia’s Struggle for Autonomy and the US-China Rivalry (See Sen Tang)</p><p>Chapter Six: Australia’s New Regional Security Posture (Ashley Townsend)</p><p>Chapter Seven: Strategic Competition and the Pacific Islands (Joanna Wallis)</p><p>Chapter Eight: China, NATO and International Security (Sarah Raine)</p><p>Chapter Nine: The United Kingdom and the Indo Pacific Security</p><p>Chapter Ten: Covid-19 and Asia’s Security Landscape (Prashanth Parameswaran) </p><p>Chapter Eleven: Emerging Technologies and Future Conflict in the Asia-Pacific (Franz-Stefan Gady)</p><p>Chapter Twelve: Urban Security Challenges in Asia (Samir Puri)</p>