Central Asia’s authoritarians stare down a year of disorder
Author: Kirill Nourzhanov, ANU Political turmoil and uncertainty beset Central Asia in 2022. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan faced…
Mongolian government under pressure as its foreign policy options are squeezed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Author: Julian Dierkes, UBC Mongolia’s domestic party politics, international relations and economy faced challenges in 2022. The Mongolian People’s Party…
US rivalry with Russia and China is reawakening the politics of non-alignment
The flags of South Africa, China, India, Russia and Brazil, the five members of BRICS. China, India, Brazil and South…
North Korea goes back to its roots and into 2023
Author: Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, Swedish Institute for Foreign Affairs At the beginning of 2022, North Korea’s strategic position looked bleak.…
Strained ties with Russia boost prospects for Central Asian integration
Author: Gennady Rudkevich, Alexandria Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and China’s modest response to it, has placed the governments of Central…
Myanmar plunges deeper into economic crisis
Author: Soe Nandar Linn, Yangon After nearly two years of military rule, Myanmar remains trapped in conflict, facing increasing political…
Where now 3 years after Wuhan?
About 10 million residents of Wuhan, where Covid-19 was first reported, endured a 76-day lockdown from January 2020 to contain…
Southeast Asia stands firm in the South China Sea
Author: Gregory B Poling, CSIS The situation in the South China Sea is far from stable. Chinese vessels engaged in…
Asia’s response to US trashing of the rules-based international trading system
Author: Editorial Board, ANU The end of 2022 left no doubt that the Biden administration in Washington had joined its…
An inflection point in US trade policy
Author: William Reinsch, CSIS December 2022 highlighted how much US trade policy has changed in recent years. It is tempting…