Kanti Bajpai and Drew Thompson speak at the launch of the Asia-Pacific Regional Assessment 2021

Professor Kanti Bajpai and Visiting Senior Research Fellow Drew Thompson speak at the launch of the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021, as part of a panel chaired by Lynn Kuok.

The Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2021, the eighth in the series, focuses on the policies of major and middle powers in the Asia-Pacific, with chapters on the regional-security implications of more competitive Sino-American relations; Japan’s security policy towards China; the Republic of Korea’s security interests beyond the Korean Peninsula; India’s strategic outlook; Southeast Asia’s predicament amid rising great-power competition; and Australia’s new regional-security posture. Analyses in this volume also look at the various ways in which strategic competition is expanding and intensifying, including NATO’s growing interest in China’s activities and its strategic implications, and COVID-19’s impact on regional security.