Written by Amelia Hadfield and Chris Logie
Driven by massive suburban shifts, including shifts driven by women voters and wider demographic changes, Georgia and Texas have together shifted towards Biden.
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Written by James Kraska
Both Trump and Biden consider China a vexing issue for the United States, they diverge on how to address it. A Biden administration would continue building deterrence through asymmetric power and enduring relationships among like-minded states, but with a less belligerent tone than the Trump administration.
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Written by Raul ‘Pete’ Pedrozo
As China continues to leverage its military modernisation and predatory economic policies to achieve regional hegemony, a second Trump administration would remain committed to upholding a free and open Indo-Pacific that provides prosperity and security for all nations, large and small.
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Written by Angshuman Choudhury
COVID-19 cases in Myanmar have grown rapidly since the end of August. Although postponing the election has so far been ruled out, the government is scrambling to contain the virus. What’s more, the dramatic spurt began in arguably the most strife-torn region in the country today, Rakhine State.
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Written by David Hutt
Anti-China nationalism has grown more potent and politically important in Vietnam in recent years, and it could impact relations between both countries’ respective communist parties. It might also lead to an escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, as the VCP feels a greater need to give into nationalist cries and rebuff its far stronger adversary.
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Written by Drake Long
The new US policy should be viewed as one more part of a coordinated effort across multiple governments to push back against China’s claims with similar diplomatic approaches and language, emphasising UNCLOS and the 2016 PCA award specifically.
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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.
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Written by Sari Arho Havrén
In terms of human rights and freedoms, Hong Kong’s future looks bleak, and as if the current National Security Law was not enough, Beijing has already signalled that it could draft more laws for Hong Kong in order to safeguard it’s national security in the future.
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Written by Alan Tidwell
The Morrison government sees a sharpening of the strategic competition between the US and China and signals a continued deepening of the American alliance. At the same time, the Update also points to other like-minded partners, such as Japan and Singapore, with whom Australia can work with.
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Written by Megha Pardhi
India’s development cooperation initiatives reveal New Delhi’s priorities. Although the largest number of projects financed through lines of credit are in Africa, the total amount allocated is highest in India's neighbourhood of South Asia.
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Written by Charles Dunst
The Mekong, thanks to the level of Chinese control, is well on its way to becoming the next South China Sea: a strategic body of water to which China maintains expansive claims and over which it increasingly exercises control.
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Written by Shreya Sinha
It is becoming increasingly important for the European Union to weave the path between China and the US. The EU can play a key role in avoiding a new Cold War between Beijing and Washington by refusing to participate in it.
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Written by Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
The situation on the Sino-Indian border is unclear, however if China has indeed built roads and checkposts beyond the Line of Actual Control, India faces a fait accompli. New Delhi faces the choice of either escalating or accepting the new reality on the ground.
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Written by Melissa Conley Tyler and Pravin Silva
China’s return has profound implications for Australia. Australia’s security has long benefitted from its remoteness. This advantage would be threatened by the prospect of an ambitious power maintaining a military presence in the South Pacific.
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Written by Kashoon Leeza
The rise of Hindutva nationalism in India is leading to a reciprocal Muslim nationalism in Pakistan. With both India and Pakistan playing the blame-game, while bolstering their own rhetoric, nationalist discourses are overtaking ties between South Asia’s nuclear armed rivals.
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Written by Drake Long
It’s tempting to assume China’s recent provocative activity near Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines is a sign of a new, aggressive approach, asserting China’s claims when other claimants are distracted by COVID-19. But it’s really a sign of continuity, not change.
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Written by Seb Rumsby
Vietnam has been praised for its efficient containment of COVID-19 on limited resources, but even if the lockdown is lifted soon, domestic and international tourism will not recover for another two years amid an expected economic depression.
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Written by Ian Inkster
Following Taiwan’s presidential election, there is now a growing danger of domestic reforms becoming buried due to low economic growth, owing to the coronavirus pandemic, and greater rhetorical focus on China and Taiwanese independence.
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