Indo-Pacific Monitor

The American Foreign Policy Council's Review of Developments in the Indo-Pacific

Indo-Pacific Monitor

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 18

July 12, 2021

The problem with Chinese vaccines;
Sino-Indian border standoff continues;
Burma's junta puts Aung San Suu Kyi on trial;
North Korea faces food crisis...again;
Tokyo, Manila hold first joint air force exercises 

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 17

June 4, 2021

ASEAN struggles with response to Burma coup;
Indonesia's new "tank boat";
Tokyo plans to shatter defense spending ceiling;
China's infrastructure outreach to the Pacific Islands;
Manila rejects Beijing's unilateral fishing moratorium

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 16

April 21, 2021 Lydia Long

Burmese military leans on Chinese, Western surveillance tech;
Taiwan's alliance politics collide with "vaccine diplomacy";
Bangkok moves ahead with military facilities for Chinese-procured equipment

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 15

February 22, 2021

Burma's military asserts dominance;
Istanbul, Tehran, Islamabad renew plans for Asian railroad;
Thai protesters embrace new tactics;
China ups the ante in the South China Sea

Indo-Pacific Monitor No. 14

December 30, 2020

China seizes territory in Bhutan...;
...and conducts "mountain diplomacy" with Nepal;
Indonesia forward-deploys its combat squad to the SCS;
Pyongyang and Beijing test Biden on sanctions