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Lab Director Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro (@osmastro) gives her read on what "strategic autonomy and indispensability" means for the U.S.-Japan relationship:
I heard one particular phrase over and over again from our Japanese counterparts while in Tokyo with Stanford's @HooverInst this month. My take on what "strategic autonomy and indispensability" means for U.S.-Japan defense ties and Indo-Pacific security:
🧵 (1/3) What makes the U.S. alliance network so unique? How does its asymmetric structure inform our partnerships in Asia? And what does the future of the network at large look like today?
🧵 (1/3) What do China, Russia, and North Korea want from each other? What are their individual and collective aims in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And what signals should we be reading to better understand the present status of their alignment?
Stanford Indo-Pacific Policy Lab’s Director Dr. Oriana Skylar Mastro (@osmastro) shares some of her insights on the future of deterrence, viewed from Taiwan:
🧵 (1/3) What drives cooperation between Russia, China, and North Korea? How do differences and similarities in ideology inform the relationships that make up this axis of autocracy? And what can the historic context of the Cold War tell us about China-Russia-DPRK ties today?
I've spent the last week in Taiwan with a delegation from Stanford's @HooverInst, discussing questions of deterrence and readiness with counterparts from across Taiwanese industry, gov't, and think tanks. A few takeaways from my trip to Kaohsiung:
I've spent the last week in Taiwan with a delegation from Stanford's @HooverInst, discussing questions of deterrence and readiness with counterparts from across Taiwanese industry, gov't, and think tanks. A few takeaways from my trip to Kaohsiung:
🧵 (1/3) How are great power politics and alliances playing out in the Indo-Pacific? How has international relations theory succeeded & failed in defining the Sino-Russian relationship? And what are the consequences of potential misunderstanding for U.S. interests in the region?
(3/3) Check out their full memos on the dynamics of great-power alignment in military affairs, viewed through different theoretical, historical, methodological, and policy lenses, available to read here: indopacpolicy.com/great-powe…@StanfordCISAC@FSIStanford#IndoPacific