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The EU’s Global Gateway Initiative: Infrastructure cooperation with Southeast Asia

Written by Dr Alfred Gerstl and Nick Nieschalke

The investment in the Global Gateway Initiative (GGI) indicates the EU’s stronger global focus on infrastructure and connectivity partnerships within a dedicated scheme.

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Why the Philippines and Indonesia have warmed to AUKUS

Written by Julian Neuweiler and Patrick Triglavcanin

Continuing efforts in transparency are also important. A formal mechanism for communication should be established between AUKUS members and Southeast Asia.

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The global politics of Barbenheimer

Written by Dr Rhys Crilley

Barbenheimer offers a focus onto subjects that define our modern moment, such as the dominance of patriarchy that ruins the lives of women and men across the planet, the anxiety and existentialism of modern life, and the existence of nuclear weapons that threaten to destroy it.

Jammu and Kashmir: Living with violence along the border

Written by Deep Pal

For locals as well as security agencies, the current ceasefire, without resolving underlying issues, is temporary at best. This is evident in the fact that in over 18 months without CFVs, permanent security structures along the border have not been dismantled.

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High road to China? A road to the Afghan-Chinese border is not what it might seem

Written by Franz J. Marty

While local reactions to the road are overwhelmingly positive, not everyone is happy though. Some Kyrgyz are apparently disillusioned by their past experience of promises of development in the Little Pamir that never materialised and remain sceptical that the road will change this.

India and China: Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific decade: Future scenarios — Part II

Written by Velina Tchakarova

India’s geopolitical choices are either joining the US-led bloc of predominantly Anglosphere allies and close partners such as Japan and Australia against China, or, once again, building partnerships of non-aligned middle powers that can navigate through the complex relationship between Washington and Beijing without taking sides.

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HMS Queen Elizabeth deploys to the Indo-Pacific in 2021

Written by Tom Sharpe

Without knowing what the Royal Navy task group’s specific movements will be (and they will be largely classified until after each stage), it is obvious that FONOPS would form a large part of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s operational output in the Indo-Pacific.

In Focus, Most Popular9DLNovember 4, 2020China, United States, Japan, Southeast Asia, South China Sea

Vietnam's strengthening ties with the United States

Written by Tam-Sang Huynh

The pattern of increasing assertiveness by Chinese vessels in Vietnamese waters and the attendant changes in Sino-Vietnamese relations have produced a deliberate policy change, with Vietnam now tilting diplomatically towards the United States.

In Focus, Editor's Picks9DLJuly 16, 2020Vietnam, South China Sea

CPEC and COVID-19: Testing times for the all-weather friendship?

Written by Rishap Vats

Touted as a “game-changer”, CPEC is one of the earliest manifestations of the BRI, and despite the hurdles, we shouldn’t be neglecting the underlying strategic aspects of this grand project. For Pakistan, it is about transforming its economy and making sure CPEC becomes a harbinger of prosperity.

In Focus, Most Popular9DLMay 27, 2020India, South Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan

A tale of two crises: China's infosphere revolutions

Written by Lisa-Maria Hönig

With the rest of the world preoccupied with the fallout from COVID-19, it looks as if China is in the process of revolutionising its infosphere and taking steps towards its strategic goals: ”ending the hegemony of the dollar, and reducing technological dependence on the US for foundational technologies.“

In Focus, Most Popular9DLApril 30, 2020China, Covid-19, Internet, United States

Bhutan-India relations in the 21st Century

Written by Nitasha Kaul and Sangay Khandu.

While the official discourse emanating from both countries has predictably been about a steadfast and unwavering relationship with hardly any challenges, in reality, several aspects of this relationship have undergone a dramatic transformation in the last two decades.

In Focus, Most Popular9DLApril 5, 2020China, India, Bhutan