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DAVID ARASE

David Arase is Resident Professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. His most recent three books are edited volumes: The US-Japan Alliance:Balancing Soft and Hard Power in East Asia (Nissan Institute/Routledge, 2010) that was awarded the 2011 Ohira Foundation Special Prize; China's Rise and East Asian Order (Palgrave, 2016); and the Routledge Handbook on Africa-Asia Relations (Routledge, 2018). A single authored book on China’s rise to predominance in Asia (Palgrave) is forthcoming.



The US Free and Open Indo-Pacific Initiative: Maintaining Free Trade Connectivity Across Asia
28 Mar 2020
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There was doubt and confusion regarding the US Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategic initiative after President Donald Trump announced a new direction in US policy toward Asia called Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) at the APEC summit meeting in November 2017. The US provided....

Defending a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Region
07 Feb 2019

It is doubtless that a rising China will succeed in promoting its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in coming years. The key questions are the degree of success it will have, and how it will change the Indo-Pacific region. Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream envisions comprehensive China-centered governance within the geographical footprint of BRI in accordance with the norms, institutions, and values of the Communist Party of China (CPC) by 2049.

China in Northeast Asia: Maintaining Order or Upsetting Order?
13 Mar 2018
China in Northeast Asia: Maintaining Order or Upsetting Order?

The paper discusses the rising tension at each of the three main flashpoints in Northeast Asia, driven by China’s desire for a new China-centered order.

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