Monthly Archives: January 2013

Response: Allison and Blackwill’s “Beijing still prefers diplomacy over force”

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Taylor Wettach

Yesterday’s Financial Times contains a piece by Harvard’s Graham Allison and CFR’s Robert Blackwill entitled Beijing still prefers diplomacy over force. This piece makes claims about China’s use of economic coercion as a strategic tool against the Philippines and Japan … Continue reading →

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Response: The Problem with the Pivot by Robert S. Ross

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Taylor Wettach

This post responds to Robert S. Ross’s November/ December 2012 Foreign Affairs piece, The Problem with the Pivot. According to Ross, “The Obama administration has responded to Chinese assertiveness by reinforcing U.S. military and diplomatic links to the Asia-Pacific, to … Continue reading →

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A Strategic Assessment of the Asia-Pacific: Are 2012’s tensions indicative of increased long-term risk to the Asia-Pacific’s regional architecture?

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Taylor Wettach

To clarify my understanding of both IR theory and the current Asia-Pacific environment, I have challenged myself to succinctly answer the following prompt: Are 2012’s tensions indicative of increased long-term risk to the Asia-Pacific’s regional architecture? The result, while certainly … Continue reading →

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