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…
China’s ambiguous mediation role in Ukraine
Author: Alexander Korolev, UNSW After a year of diplomatic inactivity towards the war in Ukraine, the Chinese government has made…
Restarting search and rescue cooperation in the South China Sea
Author: Gilang Kembara, CSIS Indonesia China’s easing of COVID-19 countermeasures in December 2022 spurred the resumption of several economic and…
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…
APEC warms to the green economy
Author: Giridharan Ramasubramanian, ANU During the February 2023 Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Officials’ Meeting, delegates held discussions on this…
Australia’s China illiteracy has dangerous consequences
Author: Yun Jiang, AIIA China Matters The deficiency of Australia’s Asia literacy — and as a subset, China literacy —…
A yellow card for Indonesia’s presidential frontrunner
Author: Liam Gammon, ANU If you enjoy watching opposing teams fight each other to a scoreless draw, soccer’s the sport…
South Korea should not go nuclear
Author: Chung-in Moon, Global Asia The North Korean nuclear predicament has haunted South Koreans for more than 30 years —…
Whitlam’s legacy in Australia–Vietnam relations 50 years on
Author: Derek McDougall, University of Melbourne After winning office in December 1972, former Australian Labor prime minister Gough Whitlam established…
Can the South Korea–Japan rapprochement stick?
Author: Daniel Sneider, Stanford University The Tokyo summit that brought together South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister…