On 12 March 2026, China’s National People’s Congress adopted the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. The statute represents the highest legal expression to date...
The January 2026 capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the February 2026 decapitation of Iran’s leadership have been frequently framed as strategic losses for China,...
China has concluded its 2026 ‘Two Sessions’ and released the latest 15th Five-Year Plan for 2026–30. Since 1953, these plans have served as the Communist Party...
Public anxiety over scam compounds along the Cambodian and Myanmar borders emerged as a key political issue in Thailand’s February 2026 election. Organised criminal networks —...
Following Beijing’s 6 January 2026 announcement of tightened export controls on Japan, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce published two lists on 24 February, each naming 20...
Critical minerals access constitutes a key objective in the second Trump administration’s foreign policy, from the minerals deal it pressured Ukraine to sign in early 2025...
Japan–China relations have entered a distinctly colder phase following the re-election of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in February 2026. But the real shift in bilateral relations...
Among ASEAN member states, the Philippines and Indonesia are frequently discussed in tandem. Both are archipelagos with large, diverse populations, experiences of Western colonial rule and...
In late December 2025, China filed applications with the International Telecommunication Union covering satellite constellations totalling more than 200,000 satellites. The scale of the filings was...