Author: James Laurenceson, University of Technology Sydney The ‘Indo-Pacific’, stretching from the eastern Indian Ocean to the Pacific, is the Australian government’s framing of the international...
Author: Ryan Manuel, Official China Ltd. In Zhongnanhai, the Beijing compound where China’s Communist Party leaders reside and conduct business, 2019 was a bad year. The...
Author: Sarah Teo, RSIS For a good part of the post-Cold War period, ASEAN enjoyed relative success as the central multilateral organisation in its region. Its...
Authors: Xiaoyan Lei, Peking University, and Chen Bai, Renmin University The shrinking demographic dividend and managing an ageing population are now major challenges to China’s economic...
Author: Micha’el Tanchum, AIES and Truman Institute Iran’s integration into the China–Russia Eurasian architecture is as complicated as it is consequential for economic and security relations...
Author: Kazuto Suzuki, Hokkaido University Japan’s decision to remove South Korea’s ‘white country’ status and shift the licensing arrangement of three chemical products critical to South...
Author: Editorial Board, ANU It’s been over six months since peaceful protests started in Hong Kong in response to a proposed extradition treaty with China. The...
Author: Mohammad Soltaninejad, University of Tehran In the face of the United States withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal and adopting a ‘maximum pressure’ policy against...
Author: Roy Chun Lee, CIER It has been another challenging year for Taiwan filled with both excitement and concern. Two key factors shaped the development of...