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The article examines how crises in Korea, as well as rivalry between the U.S. and China, are influencing military strategies in Asia. The sinking of the South Korean Navy warship “Cheonan” by North Korea in March 2010 and the North Korean attacks on South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island in November 2010 have evoked different responses from China and the U.S. While China states that it wants to facilitate peaceful development in the region, the author attests that its long-term goal is to secure influence and exert power. The paper urges that the U.S. seek to maintain primacy in Asia for strategic purposes.

The conviction that economic ties will engender peace is a lynchpin of US strategy, but Asian leaders view failure to protect territorial claims as worse than the losses associated with a limited war. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this article, the author discusses on the disadvantage of premature appeasement. The author argues that premature appeasement is not the answer to the problem of maintaining peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. The book written by Hugh White titled "The China Choice: Why America Should Share Power" which offers information about appeasement is mentioned. According to the author, White's book deserves attention because it raises pertinent and difficult questions about managing the strategic stresses that are related to the rise of China.

The article discusses the U.S. pivot towards the Asia-Pacific, which according to Chinese officials and analysts, is a strategy to contain China despite of the claim of the U.S. that it does not focus on a particular country. The origins and the evolution of this U.S. pivot is examined based on a study conducted by the Office of Net Assessment (ONA). An analysis of the Asian security and Sino-American relations, the rational for the pivot and China's role in the Asia-Pacific strategy of the U.S. is also discussed.

Understanding the cultural environment of Chinese military strategists can help determine the best ways to either reassure Beijing or steer it away from disruptive policies. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The People's Liberation Army's lack of recent combat experience leads Chinese defence analysts to a major, systematic effort to look outward in the pursuit of insights about the emerging strategic environment. In Chinese military literature, the 1982 Falklands War has achieved noteworthy prominence. The PLA's objective and sophisticated understanding of the war in the South Atlantic may help explain both specific Chinese military approaches toward the analogous Taiwan situation and wider trends in Chinese military development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the military space strategy of China. Several reasons are cited for the demonstration of China's anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities on January 11, 2007. The technological advances revealed by Beijing through this test were not immediately reported in either the Chinese or the international media but the intelligence community in the U.S. was fully aware of what had happened and its significance. According to the author, Beijing's investments in counterspace technology are driven by uncompromisable strategic concerns. The U.S. space systems and Chinese attack options for various missions are also presented.

The favourable breakthroughs in Vietnam's economic and political situation coincide with the deterioration of its military position. The country's relative capability has declined as China's economy and military modernisation have taken off; no great power is available to replace the Soviet Union's economic subsidies or to serve as a military counterweight to Beijing; cooperation with ASEAN will yield scant strategic improvement; and conflict with Beijing is looming in the South China Sea. These constraints make appeasement a less reckless course than the alternatives. Hanoi's experience, however, makes that choice unlikely. If conflict grows between the United States and PRC, strategic cooperation between Hanoi and Washington will become more plausible than the lingering legacy of the 1960s allows at present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]