Publications by Region: Northeast Asia
2000
China’s Quest for Energy Security — 2000
This study looks at the measures that China is taking to achieve energy security and the motivations behind those measures.
Dire Strait? : Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Confrontation and Options for U.S. Policy — 2000
This report analyzes the steps Taiwan should take to bolster the odds in its favor should a conflict with the mainland occur and describes how the United States can most effectivelycontribute in both peace and crisis.
Emerging Threats, Force Structures, and the Role of Air Power in Korea — 2000
North Korea's ballistic missile program, the theater missile defense debate, and ongoing discussions concerning South Korea's next-generation combat aircraft have combined to heighten awareness of the critical importance of aerospace power.
Interpreting China's Grand Strategy: Past, Present, and Future — 2000
This study addresses such questions as: What are China's most fundamental national security objectives? How has the Chinese state employed force and diplomacy in the pursuit of these objectives over the centuries?
Patterns in China’s Use of Force: Evidence from History and Doctrinal Writings — 2000
The People's Republic of China has often used force in ways that surprised and perplexed other countries.
1999
China’s Arms Sales: Motivations and Implications — 1999
China's arms sales have become the focus of considerable attention and pose a moderate threat to U.S. interests.
The Shape of Korea's Future: South Korean Attitudes Toward Unification and Long-Term Security Issues — 1999
The Shape of Korea's Future: South Korean Attitudes Toward Unification and Long-Term Security Issues
Taiwan's National Security, Defense Policy, and Weapons Procurement Processes — 1999
Examines Taiwan's national security decisionmaking structure and process and the primary factors guiding its defense strategy, force structure, and military procurement decisions.
1998
Commercial Power Centers in Emerging Markets — 1998
As the ongoing Asian crises underscore, policymaking and policies are becoming less the exclusive purview of governments and more the outcome of a complex process in which diverse groups participate actively, with varying degrees of influence.
Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report — 1998
Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report
The Role of the Chinese Military in National Security Policymaking — 1998
Describes and analyzes the leadership, structures, and interactions governing the formulation and implementation of China's national security strategy and resulting foreign and defense policies.
1997
Engaging China In the International Export Control Process: Options for U.S. Policy — 1997
This document provides options for U.S. policy that will enhance China's participation in the control of international transfers of destabilizing military or dual-use technology.
1996
Psychological Effects of U.S. Air Operations in Four Wars, 1941-1991: Lessons for U.S. Commanders — 1996
This report examines ways to maximize the psychological impact of U.S. air power in future conflicts.
1995
Change in Taiwan and Potential Adversity in the Strait — 1995
For more than 40 years, the China-Taiwan conflict has effectively institutionalized the outcome of China's 1945-49 civil war.
China: Domestic Change and Foreign Policy — 1995
This report analyzes the implications of political-military, social, intellectual, and economic change within China for the evolution of Chinese foreign policy. Such analysis discerns whether and how the profound changes under way in China could prove adverse to U.S. interests in Asia.
Japan: Domestic Change and Foreign Policy — 1995
The current process of Japanese domestic change has the potential to produce a Japan that will be more supportive of U.S. interests.
Long-Term Economic and Military Trends 1994-2015: The United States and Asia — 1995
Key economic and military trends in China, Taiwan, the United States, Japan, Korea, and India will likely indicate the future of Asia's security environment.
Troubled Partnership: An Assessment of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter — 1995
In the end, the FS-X program has failed to meet many of the original U.S. expectations, and Japan has reaped an unexpected reward -- experience in developing a world-class fighter aircraft. This book summarizes and assesses the program.
Troubled Partnership: A History of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter — 1995
In the end, the FS-X program has failed to meet many of the original U.S. expectations, and Japan has reaped an unexpected reward -- experience in developing a world-class fighter aircraft. This book presents a history of the program.
1994
Demand for Episodes of Care in the China Health Insurance Experiment — 1994
The China Health Insurance Experiment (CHIE) was designed to test insurance as an alternative for health care financing in rural China.
The North Korea Nuclear Program: What Is to Be Done? — 1994
This report examines the possible outcomes of the North Korean threat to withdraw from the NPT and outlines alternative approaches for accomplishing U.S. security objectives affected by this situation.
1993
Fairness: The Scylla and Charybdis of U.S.-Japan Relations — 1993
Argues that the existing trade dispute institutions are no longer venues for the major economic fairness questions posed by American firms and industries against their Japanese counterparts.
Plutonium for Japan's Nuclear Reactors: Paying Both the Proliferation and Dollar Price to Assure Long Term Fuel Supply — 1993
This study concludes that one means of assuring energy and minimizing the potential for weapons proliferation is to develop an international nuclear fuel bank that could supply countries with energy credits.
RUSSO-Japanese Relations and the Future of the U.S.-Japanese Alliance — 1993
This report traces the factors that have perpetuated the territorial dispute between Russia and Japan, and the consequences of stalemate or settlement for U.S.-Japan relations.
The U.S.-Japan Security Relationship After the Cold War — 1993
In the 1990s the close security relationship between the U.S. and Japan is being eroded by the disappearance of traditional Cold War threats and an increase in international trade disputes.
U.S.-Japan Trade Relations in Telecommunications Equipment Markets — 1993
The U.S. telecommunications trade deficit with Japan has risen during the last decade, and some have alleged that Japan has engaged in "one-sided" trade and "unfair" competition.
The Wary Warriors: Future Directions in Japanese Security Policies — 1993
This report assesses how changes in the domestic, regional, and international environments are likely to affect future Japanese security policies and defense cooperation between Japan and the U.S.
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