Security Policy in Asia I (SPA I)
Project manager
Øystein TunsjøFinanced by
The Norwegian Ministry of Defence
A three-year research project on Security Policy in Asia (SPA I) at IFS, led by Professor Øystein Tunsjø.
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With contributions from a wide range of international collaborators, the following thematic areas are covered:
- The new superpower rivalry between the USA and China
- China's use of composite means
- China’s "Belt and Road Initiative" (BRI), with a particular focus on China’s interest in the Arctic and its partnership with Russia
- The interplay between China, Russia, India, Japan, and the USA, and regional conflict issues in Asia
- China’s military development, regional armament, and maritime security
- NATO-China: How does the USA-China rivalry and military developments in East Asia impact the NATO alliance?
Related publications
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Conventional Counterforce Dilemmas: South Korea's Deterrence Strategy and Stability on the Korean Peninsula
The Dynamics of an Entangled Security Dilemma: China's Changing Nuclear Posture
Coalition Navies during the Korean War: Understanding Combined Naval Operations
The Implications of Contemporary US-China 'Hypercompetition'
Combining Polarity and Geopolitics: The Explanatory Power of Geostructural Realism
Europe’s China Problem: How Not to Feed Beijing’s Military–Civil Fusion
Chinese Coercion, Wedge Strategies, and the U.S.-Philippine Alliance
An American Perspective on the Role of Taiwan in US-China Relations
Revisiting Nuclear Hedging: Ballistic Missiles and the Iranian Example
Russia’s Arctic Designs and NATO
Home Versus Abroad: China’s Differing Sovereignty Concepts in the South China Sea and the Arctic
Will Europe’s Emerging Indo-Pacific Presence Last?
NATO’s China Role: Defending Cyber and Outer Space
China Engages the Arctic: A Great Power in a Regime Complex
NATO in the Global Commons: Defending Outer Space Against Threats From China
Two Paths: Why States Join or Avoid China’s Belt and Road Initiative
