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…
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…
Marcos Jr fashions a flexible foreign policy for the Philippines
Author: Rommel Banlaoi, Philippine Society for Intelligence and Security Studies During the 2023 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos,…
China’s economic outlook in the post-zero-COVID era
Author: Jiao Wang, University of Melbourne The Chinese economy had yet another extraordinary year in 2022. After strong growth of…
Beijing’s BRI influence over the UN Human Rights Council
Author: Anna Hayes, JCU As a United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) member state, China has a responsibility to promote…
Cambodia’s economy hedges its bets
Author: Heidi Dahles, University of Tasmania The many unfinished buildings — most owned by Chinese investors — lining the streets…
Drawing lessons from China’s healthcare development
Authors: Wenhui Mao and Ipchita Bharali, Duke University China has translated its economic development into improved social welfare. China’s quest…
The death of US–China climate cooperation
Author: Yuhan Zhang, UC Berkeley The alarm bells of the climate crisis have been ringing for years. There is an…