Written by Sari Arho Havrén
When we look back to 2020, the Covid-19 outbreak may well be one of the triggers that led into the break-up of the European Union and China becoming the biggest economy in the world.
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Written by I-wei Jennifer Chang and Haiyun Ma
For the Chinese government, the Taliban is a tolerable political player that can assist Chinese authorities in quelling its main security concerns arising from alleged Uyghur militants in Afghanistan.
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Written by Ian Inkster
East Asian nations share a large number of socio-cultural features, ranging from written language, life aspirations and the high importance both economically and socially of small businesses, to what I have referred to, as an underbelly of Confucian values.
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Written by Tim Foxley
If Afghanistan lapses into a multi-factional civil war, most of the flawed but real international progress made – women’s rights, human rights, children in schools, election processes - could unravel in a handful of years.
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Written by Rajesh Rajagopalan
India’s strategy is a mixed one, one of balancing China while also attempting to reassure it. But as I point out in a recent essay in International Affairs, I am skeptical that this mixed strategy can work.
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Written by Paul Gardner
China’s political leaders will be hoping that when concerns about the coronavirus eventually start to recede, memories about the state’s failings early on in the outbreak will also fade.
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Written by Niranjan Marjani
The strategic cooperation between both the countries is important for their bilateral relations. But it is also important for India’s outreach to Southeast Asia and for the success of Act East Policy.
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Written by Panos Iordanidis
South China Sea is a region full of geopolitical competition. No wonder why: Almost one third of global shipping trade passes through this maritime route, as well as the overwhelming majority of China’s oil imports.
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Written by Tridivesh Singh Maini
China has been trying to portray itself in a different way from the US, where Trump has tried to blame other countries including not just China, but even countries in the EU.
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Written by Gokul Sahni
South Korea might begin to resemble a ‘weak state’ when compared to a hegemonic China in the 2020s
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Written by Gokul Sahni
Bangladesh’s internal waterways provide immense opportunities for India for transportation of cargo - both goods and tourists - between India’s ‘mainland’ and its north-eastern states. The two ports of Mongla and Chattogam have been offered to India for transporting freight through Bangladesh.
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Written by Shihui Yin
China considers its digital infrastructure in Southeast Asia as a core starting and focal point to export its AI-related technologies, technical standards and to access large pools of data to boost its AI industry.
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Written by Gokul Sahni
Both the UAE and Singapore have looked past disadvantages of size and their neighbourhood to emerge as ‘smart powers’, with some even recognizing them as middle powers.
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Written by Gida Malafonte
With the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2016, China and Saudi Arabia have collaborated to enhance cooperation predominantly in the energy sector.
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Written by John Pollock
Whilst China has invested heavily in asymmetric means to strike at American flattops through ballistic missiles and cyber, Beijing has not ignored the power and prestige awarded to nations that field aircraft carriers.
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Written by Bertil Lintner
The question remains which China the Spratlys belong to and for how much longer Taipei will maintain the historical notion of being part of a country from which it was separated from in 1949.
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Written by Yuan Zeng
While unprecedented in scale and scope, the expulsion of the 13 journalists is just the latest example of the press being attacked amid the escalating tensions between China and the US over COVID-19.
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