In late 2017 to early 2018, Chinese analysts explored Modi’s Indian Ocean policy and evaluated the construction of the Indo-Pacific as a region and its implications for quadrilateral security cooperation between the United States, Japan, India, and Australia. They also analyzed the security dilemma on the Korean Peninsula and China’s security relations with the states of Northeast Asia. They evaluated Japan’s pursuit of autonomous self-defense capabilities and examined how the Abe administration’s approach to the Okinawa base problem strengthens the proactive pacifist approach.

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