The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict. It is renowned for its annual Military Balance assessment of countries' armed forces and for its high-powered security summits, including the Shangri-La Dialogue. Its mission is to promote the adoption of sound policies to further global peace and security and maintain civilised international relations.

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• IntroductionChapter One: US-China Decoupling and its regional security implications (Drew Thompson)Chapter Two: Japan’s Security Policy and China (Robert Ward)Chapter Three: South Korea’s Security Beyond the Peninsula (Gordon Flake)Chapter Four: India’s Emerging Grand Strategy After Galwan: Bridging the Power Gap with China (Kanti Bajpai)Chapter Five: Southeast Asia’s Struggle for Autonomy and the US-China Rivalry (See Sen Tang)Chapter Six: Australia’s New Regional Security Posture (Ashley Townsend)Chapter Seven: Strategic Competition and the Pacific Islands (Joanna Wallis)Chapter Eight: China, NATO and International Security (Sarah Raine)Chapter Nine: The United Kingdom and the Indo Pacific SecurityChapter Ten: Covid-19 and Asia’s Security Landscape (Prashanth Parameswaran) Chapter Eleven: Emerging Technologies and Future Conflict in the Asia-Pacific (Franz-Stefan Gady)Chapter Twelve: Urban Security Challenges in Asia (Samir Puri)

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a world-leading authority on global security, political risk and military conflict. It is renowned for its annual Military Balance assessment of countries' armed forces and for its high-powered security summits, including the Shangri-La Dialogue. Its mission is to promote the adoption of sound policies to further global peace and security and maintain civilised international relations.

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• IntroductionChapter One: US-China Decoupling and its regional security implications (Drew Thompson)Chapter Two: Japan’s Security Policy and China (Robert Ward)Chapter Three: South Korea’s Security Beyond the Peninsula (Gordon Flake)Chapter Four: India’s Emerging Grand Strategy After Galwan: Bridging the Power Gap with China (Kanti Bajpai)Chapter Five: Southeast Asia’s Struggle for Autonomy and the US-China Rivalry (See Sen Tang)Chapter Six: Australia’s New Regional Security Posture (Ashley Townsend)Chapter Seven: Strategic Competition and the Pacific Islands (Joanna Wallis)Chapter Eight: China, NATO and International Security (Sarah Raine)Chapter Nine: The United Kingdom and the Indo Pacific SecurityChapter Ten: Covid-19 and Asia’s Security Landscape (Prashanth Parameswaran) Chapter Eleven: Emerging Technologies and Future Conflict in the Asia-Pacific (Franz-Stefan Gady)Chapter Twelve: Urban Security Challenges in Asia (Samir Puri)