China’s Ukraine peacemaking aims to court Europe
Author: Ivan Lidarev, King’s College London China has made some very cautious peacemaking moves in the Russia–Ukraine war. In February…
China’s strong-arming won’t work in Marcos’ Philippines
Authors: Jenny Balboa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Hosei University, and Shinji Takenaka, Japan Center for Economic Research Despite…
Fiji’s geopolitical tilt
Author: Jose Sousa-Santos, ANU and Anna Powles, Massey University The diplomatic spat surrounding China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma…
China wins the mediation medal
Author: Rahul Karan Reddy, Organisation for Research on China and Asia Recent developments in the Middle East have cast China…
Disinformation and democratic resilience in Taiwan
Author: Sheryn Lee, SDU Since 2000, Taiwan has been a top target of misinformation campaigns largely propagated by the Chinese…
Permacrisis can’t be the future of US–China relations
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Confusion, miscommunication, lies, crude posturing, finger-pointing— last month’s ‘balloongate’ was the contemporary US–China relationship in microcosm.…
Assuring Beijing key to building guardrails on US–China Relations
Author: Harrison Prétat, Center for Strategic and International Studies Speaking at the Aspen Institute in December 2022, National Security Council…
Another blow to Hong Kong’s fading rule of law
Author: Brendan Clift, University of Melbourne Hong Kong’s latest legal development has clear parallels with the first post-handover constitutional crisis…
Pakistan needs to lower its expectations of the United States
Author: Arif Rafiq, Middle East Institute Pakistan and the United States have recently been pursuing a reset of relations. High-level…
Will diplomacy bring restraint back to the South China Sea?
Author: Collin Koh, NTU Attention shifted away from the South China Sea (SCS) in 2022 as the world confronted the…