...’ confidence in Washington’s security assurance. However, the public’s overall confidence declined between 2021 and 2022, which can be attributed to the shifting views of pro-independence citizens due to their concern about a Chinese leadership emboldened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After witnessing...

...Timothy S. Rich; Vasabjit Banerjee; Benjamin Tkach How does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affect Taiwanese perceptions about their own defense? Despite frequent comparisons of the war in Ukraine with a potential invasion of Taiwan, existing analyses do not directly measure Taiwanese public...

... 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 Pakistan Russia India Ukraine Afghanistan Pakistani optimism about contemporary prospects for Russia–Pakistan relations often contains within it some regret about the past. In a common retelling of their formative diplomatic...

...Sheena Chestnut Greitens Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine in February 2022 posed challenges for the People’s Republic of China and its priorities. This article assesses the Chinese party-state’s response across four dimensions: informational, diplomatic, economic, and military-strategic. Beijing...

...Daniel Markey; Jacob Larsen Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have indirect consequences for relations between India and China. In the near term, those consequences appear to be mixed and limited. Over the long term, however, Moscow’s strategic misadventure threatens Russia’s position...

...Terence Roehrig When Russia invaded Ukraine, South Korea’s initial response was cautious. While criticizing Moscow’s actions, the Moon administration also indicated it would join any multilateral sanctions effort but would not impose its own unilateral sanctions as the United States, the European...

... or abstaining from votes to condemn Moscow’s war in Ukraine ( Ilyushin 2022 ). At the September 2022 summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in Samarkand, Modi upbraided Putin’s decision to invade—his first public criticism of Putin since the invasion ( Joshi 2022b ). India also voted to allow...

...Elizabeth Wishnick Russia’s cooperative approach to Asia contrasts with its assertiveness in Europe and the Middle East, though the Russian military also has made provocative maneuvers near Japan and US Pacific bases. Ukraine may be far from the Asia-Pacific, but the Ukrainian conflict also casts...

...Yusin Lee This paper analyzes the potential risks of the Russia-North Korea-South Korea (RNS) gas pipeline, comparing it with the Russia-Ukraine-Europe (RUE) pipeline. I argue that the possibility of disputes is much higher in the RNS case. Furthermore, I propose that the South Korean government...