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Asia Geopolitics

What Is the Nature of Power in the Asia-Pacific and Who Wields It?

A new tool helps rank Asian states by their relative and absolute power rankings across a variety of measures.

By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
May 11, 2018
What Is the Nature of Power in the Asia-Pacific and Who Wields It?
Credit: US Navy

The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Prashanth Parameswaran (@TheAsianist) discuss the newly released Asia Power Index from the Lowy Institute and the nature of power in Asia.

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