Written by Darshana M. Baruah
Islands in the Indian Ocean are located near key transit routes providing access and influence over important chokepoints and waterways, and thus, their key geographies have the potential to impact geopolitical competition.
Read MoreWritten by Joe Varner
Russia’s return as a player in the Indo-Pacific is significant and when coupled with Chinese military and political power represents a serious threat to United States of America and its Pacific allies.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten by Joe Varner
North Korea as a nuclear power is here to stay because Kim Jong-un and the Kim family regime depend on it for ultimate survival. Kim knows the history of dictators giving up their weapons is an unhappy one.
Read MoreWritten by Melissa Conley Tyler and Pravin Silva
Australia’s future security and prosperity will depend on its ability to finesse the right balance between its largest trading power and closest military ally .
Read MoreWritten by Muhamad Arif.
An alienated China is not in Jokowi’s interest. Provoking China and prompting it to act more aggressively would escalate tension in the region and be detrimental to Jokowi’s domestic economic development agenda.
Read MoreWritten by Phillip Orchard
Southeast Asian states are finding it ever-harder to trust that the US will show up if and when push comes to shove with China. And this dynamic might just make it even harder for the U.S. to do so.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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.
Read MoreWritten 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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