The comprehensive 2022 index includes each PacNet commentary below. Pacific Forum will continue to publish timely insight and analysis in 2023.
- The limits of a securitized Japanese FOIP Vision by Stephen Nagy
- Balancing accessibility and quality in Blue Dot Network infrastructure finance by John Taishu Pitt
- Abe was key to the Indo-Pacific’s evolution by Brad Glosserman
- Comparative Connections Summary: January 2022
- AUKUS’ opportunities and risks for India by Manpreet Sethi
- What happens in Ukraine will not stay in Ukraine by Sergiy Korsunsky
- China’s growing confidence in drone warfare by Loro Horta
- Back to the past: The significance of Russia and China’s joint statement by Yu Bin
- Biden struggles as China advances in Southeast Asia by Robert Sutter
- Is the US capable of shaping a rules-based international order?’ by Robert A. Manning
- Nuclear submarines for our Pacific allies: When to say yes by Henry Sokolski
- Ukraine: China’s latest strategic blunder by Ralph A. Cossa
- What the Indo-Pacific sees in Ukraine by Stephen Nagy
- What the war in Ukraine means for Taiwan by Denny Roy
- Ukraine: A turning point in Japanese foreign policy? by Kristi Govella
- South Korea’s presidential election aftermath: Ukraine as test for a “global pivotal state” by Mason Richey
- Ukraine: After invasion, what? by David Santoro
- Ukraine and the decoupling of space cooperation with Russia by Philip Citowicki
- Myanmar: Words like “genocide” have consequences by David I. Steinberg
- After Ukraine – Enacting a realistic Japanese diplomatic security policy by Hideshi Futori
- India’s strategic autonomy: A lesson for Japan by Tomoko Kiyota
- Feminist foreign policy and Ukraine: For now, Japan leads the way by Hannah Cole, Maryruth Belsey-Priebe and Tevvi Bullock
- May is a major opportunity for US relations with Asia—especially economically by James A. Kelly
- Why it’s so hard to quit Chinese steel by Akash Sahu
- A Black Sea humanitarian food corridor to Odessa by Charles E. Morrison
- Why South Koreans see little difference in Biden’s North Korea policy by Timothy S. Rich, Ian Milden and Mallory Hardesty
- What Yoon Suk Yeol’s election means for minority rights in South Korea by Eun A Jo
- Comparative Connections Summary: May 2022
- Hints of a new North Korea nuclear strategy by Brad Glosserman
- Australia’s election: Quad continuity and climate alignment, with nuclear disagreements by Graeme Dobell
- Should the United States acknowledge mutual vulnerability with China? by David Santoro
- Scholarships in the Pacific Islands are an urgent US national security issue by Kimery Lynch
- China cannot hinder international navigation through Taiwan Strait by Tran Đinh Hoanh
- Why ASEAN should heed the distant tolling of bells by Patrick O’Connor
- Abe Shinzo and the Japan-South Korea relationship: Near- and long-term legacies by Jada Fraser
- Post-Abe Indo-Pacific regional dynamics: A legacy beyond the man by Stephen Nagy
- Abe’s death creates a void in Japan by Brad Glosserman
- China’s “containment” policy against America by Denny Roy
- Abe Shinzo’s legacy in Southeast Asia by Kei Koga
- Abe Shinzo: How to handle an unpredictable America by Rob York
- Another “hotline” with China isn’t the answer by Lyle J. Morris and Colonel Kyle Macrum
- Their money our way: Influencing highly capable allies and partners by Lieutenant Colonel Jason Kim
- Post-Abe India-Japan ties: Does Kishida have what it takes? by Jagannath Panda
- “Hybrid multilateralism” and the Yoon pursuit of middle power strategy by Shin-wha Lee
- The prescience of Abe’s vision for Taiwan by Shihoko Goto
- Correcting the Narrative on China’s “New Era-gance”: Taipei, Washington, and many are angry at Beijing’s bullying by Shirley Kan
- Time for difficult choices on Myanmar by Gregory B. Poling
- Are small modular reactors the solution to growing energy and climate problems? by David Santoro
- Continued evolutions in the regional architecture of the Indo-Pacific by Thomas Wilkins
- China’s new (old) Taiwan white paper: What’s the point? by Jake Steiner
- Five years after the Rohingya exodus, no significant development by Mufassir Rashid
- The first year of Japan’s Digital Agency: In pursuit of coherence and identity by Raymond Yamamoto
- How the United States can build a chip alliance in Northeast Asia without decoupling by Major Jessica Taylor and Jonathan Corrado
- Comparative Connections Summary: September 2022
- Understanding Japan’s defense debate by Brad Glosserman
- Employing “smart power” to counter PRC efforts in Oceania by Peter C. Oleson
- What Indo-Pacific countries should do about Taiwan by Huynh Tam Sang
- The strategic importance of the Pacific Islands to Taiwan by Michael Walsh and John Hemmings
- How the new National Security Strategy transforms US China policy by Brad Glosserman
- The Myth of Taiwan as a Pacific Nation by Michael Walsh, Wen-Chi Yang, Adam Morrow
- The new National Security Strategy in the context of an unstated “cold war” by John Hemmings
- Myanmar’s emerging national identity could change everything by Wayland Blue
- AUKUS: Stepping boldly into space by Philip Citowicki
- The Biden-Xi summit: Not revolutionary, but still necessary by Daniel R. DePetris
- To change Taiwan’s conscription system, change the culture by Claire Tiunn (Chang)
- Finally at the table, not on the menu: Canada launches its Indo-Pacific strategy by Stephen Nagy
- After Ukraine, the need for a collectively framed new order by Ron Huisken
- South Korea’s role in a Taiwan contingency: Indirect but essential by Sungmin Cho
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