This subject explores the international politics of the Asia Pacific and focuses particularly on questions of international security and strategy. It examines: Australia's role Asia; the US in the Asia-Pacific under President Donald Trump and China's assertive strategy under Xi Jinping; Japan's shifting foreign and security policy setting in the light of the resurgence of Shinzo Abe; nuclear weapons proliferation on the Korean Peninsula; the South China Sea dispute; regional energy security; the nexus between environmental degradation, national security and human well-being; and the efforts to craft a viable multilateral mechanism to manage regional security. The unit concludes with a reflection of the likely future evolution of Asia's security order.

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