The United States is losing the multilateral economic game
Authors: Ulfah Aulia, ERIA and Sheila Alifia, Jakarta Digital trade has reduced the costs of engaging in international trade, facilitated…
China’s support in Myanmar driven by self-interest
Author: Mikael Gravers, Aarhus University In 2022, China’s former foreign minister Wang Yi visited Myanmar, but he did not meet…
Divorce as a ‘certificate of happiness’ in modern China
Author: Pan Wang, UNSW China’s marriage and birth rates have plunged to record lows but its divorce rates have skyrocketed…
Maintaining the security status quo in South Korea
Authors: Rahul Jaybhay and Anondeeta Chakraborty, JNU Stranded in the deteriorating East Asian security environment, South Korea is witnessing unprecedented…
The risks and rewards of economic sanctions
Author: Editorial Board, ANU One of the defining instruments of 21st century geopolitical struggle isn’t a bomb or a warship…
The false logic of sanctions as deterrents
Author: Tom Westland, Wageningen University In February 2022, a war began between Russia and Ukraine. On paper, the odds were…
Japan’s foreign worker program is ripe for reform
Author: Yuri Okina, Japan Research Institute In an interim report released in May 2023, the Japanese government’s expert panel on…
Bangladesh’s strategic pivot to the Indo-Pacific
Author: Rubiat Saimum, BSMR Maritime University In April 2023, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released its inaugural official document on…
Does China have the chops to play peacemaker in the Russia–Ukraine conflict?
Author: Xiaoli Guo, ANU The Russia–Ukraine conflict is like a complex and multi-dimensional chess game, and China’s emergence as a…
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…