East Asian strategic review 2016 - Tokyo : Japan Times , 2016. - xvi , 321 p. : ill.

Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 Space security : global trends and Japan's efforts -- Chapter 2 The Spread of Radical Islamism -- Chapter 3 The Korean Peninsula -- Chapter 4 China : chinese party leadership strives to maintain its rule -- Chapter 5 Southeast Asia : forming an ASEAN -- Chapter 6 Australia : the challenges of Japan-Australia -- Chapter 7 Russia : focus of strategic engagement from Ukraine to Syria -- Chapter 8 United States inceasingly harsh strategic environment -- Chapter 9 Upgrading of national security policy.

Annual review from a Japanese perspective which features regular commentaries on regional geopolitics and security matters and a special theme. This year the special subject is the rapid development of shale oil and gas potential and the implications of this for international relations.

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JAPAN --DEFENCE POLICY
EAST ASIA --REGIONAL SECURITY
SOUTH CHINA SEA
JAPAN --FOREIGN RELATIONS --RUSSIA
UNITED STATES --PIVOT TO ASIA
AUSTRALIA --DEFENCE POLICY
SHALE GAS
SHALE OIL