2023 PacNet Commentary half-year index

July 7, 2023

The comprehensive half-year index includes each PacNet commentary published from January through June 2023 below. Click here to request a PacNet subscription.

1. Taking the US-India relationship to the next level by David Santoro and Akhil Ramesh
2. The Indian Coast Guard, the Quad, a free and open Indo-Pacific by Dr. Pooja Bhatt
3. The 118^th Congress and China policy – Continuity over change in defending America by Robert Sutter
4. The Japan Coast Guard’s role in realizing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific by Capt. Kentaro Furuya (JCG)
5. Australia’s Maritime Border Command: Grappling with the Quad to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific by Kate Clayton and Dr. Bec Strating
6. Comparative Connections summary: January 2023
7. Dealing with increased Chinese aggressiveness – PART ONE by Ralph A. Cossa
8. Dealing with increased Chinese aggressiveness – PART TWO by Ralph A. Cossa
9. The US Coast Guard: Provide public goods for a free and open Indo-Pacific by James R. Sullivan
10. The inconvenient trust: Aspirations vs realities of coexistence between “the West” and China by Stephen Nagy
11. What China’s challenge to NATO is, and what it isn’t by Rob York
12. It’s up to the National Unity Government to forge “Union Spirit” in Myanmar by Shwe Yee Oo
13. After China’s Party Congress, steeling for competition with the West by Kim Fassler
14. South Korea’s Indo-Pacific pivot strategy by David Scott
15. For India and ASEAN, an opportune reorientation by Dr. Shristi Pukhrem
16. The world after Taiwan’s fall – PART ONE by David Santoro
17. The world after Taiwan’s fall – PART TWO by David Santoro
18. China has a digital grand strategy. Does the president know? by Dr. David Dorman and Dr. John Hemmings
19. Rare earths realism: Breaking the PRC’s global refining monopoly by Brandt Mabuni
20. How feminist is Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy – PART ONE: The Good by Maryruth Belsey Priebe and Astha Chadha
21. How feminist is Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy – PART TWO: The ‘Needs Improvement’ by Maryruth Belsey Priebe and Astha Chadha
22. The refresh of the Integrated Review: Putting Britain at the heart of the Atlantic-Pacific world by James Rogers
23. Japan’s new strategic policy: Three overlooked takeaways by Thomas Wilkins
24. How to help Korea-Japan rapprochement endure by Rob York
25. Bangladesh’s remarkable journey and challenges ahead by Md Mufassir Rashid
26. The UK integrated review and integrated deterrence by Brig Rory Copinger-Symes and Dr. John Hemmings
27. Why China’s Middle East diplomacy doesn’t herald a new world order by Henry Rome and Grant Rumley
28. A principled approach to maritime domain awareness in the Indo-Pacific by Ariel Stenek
29. Toward a resilient supply chain to counter Chinese economic coercion by Su Hyun Lee
30. Now is the time for a US-Japan-Taiwan security trilateral by Masatoshi Murakami
31. Time for a shift on the Korean Peninsula by Daniel R. Depetris
32. Europe’s China confusion does the world a disservice by Brad Glosserman
33. Myanmar’s Coco Islands: A concern not to be ignored by Shristi Pukhrem
34. The rise of ISKP in South Asia: A threat to regional stability by Neeraj Singh Manhas
35. Mekong water usage tests China’s claimed good-neighborliness by Denny Roy
36. How Biden can make the most of his Pacific Islands trip by Michael Walsh
37. Comparative Connections Summary: May 2023
38. EU holds the key to US-China rivalry by Stephen Olson
39. AUKUS: Enhancing Undersea Deterrence by John Hemmings
40. Decoding the infrastructure development on Myanmar’s Coco Islands by Shwe Yee Oo
41. ASEAN unity and the Russia-Ukraine crisis by Shakthi De Silva
42. Coast Guard cooperation: Heading off a troubling storm? by John Bradford and Scott Edwards
43. Indo-Pacific middle powers: Rethinking roles and preferences by Alexander M. Hynd and Thomas Wilkins
44. What happens in Crimea will determine Taiwan’s fate by David Kirichenko
45. G7 attendance highlights South Korea’s growing stature by Jennifer Ahn
46. Bangladesh’s Indo-Pacific outlook: A model for maintaining balance by Doreen Chowdhury
47. Breaking the US-China logjam by Daniel R. Depetris
48. A work in progress: The Indo-Pacific partnership for maritime domain awareness by Ahana Roy
49. China’s military engagements with Cuba: Implications of a strategic advance in Latin America by R. Evan Ellis
50. Despite Blinken’s trip, the US’ slide toward war with China continues by William Overholt

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