Chinese spy balloons. North Korean nuclear “saber-rattling.” Taiwan invasion threat. South China Sea land grab. U.S. ICBM test targets Pacific island. Russia challenges Japan over Kuril Islands. With today’s news headlines filled with such reports from the Asia-Pacific region of the globe, the roots, history and background of the political, military, economic and cultural conflict in that strategically important hemisphere is a major theme in several articles in this issue of . Today in 2023 the
