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…
Marcos Jr’s delicate balancing act between China and the United States
Author: Jenny Balboa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Hosei University Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has shown that his…
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 —…
How can Japan balance deterrence and diplomacy with China?
Author: Madoka Fukuda, Hosei University On 16 December 2022, the Japanese government approved three new strategic documents related to national…
Strategic competition casts doubt on One China policy
Author: Yuqun Shao, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Pessimism surrounds the future of China–US relations and the possibility of conflict…
Japan’s updated defence strategy leaves crucial details to be determined
Author: Shin Kawashima, University of Tokyo In December 2022, the Japanese government released three major security papers — the National…
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.…
Monks and militias in Myanmar
Authors: Amara Thiha and Marte Nilsen, PRIO The political implications of ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks and ideologies in Myanmar received much…
Gaetz Slams ‘Military Industrial Complex’, Introduces Bill To Pull US Troops Out Of Syria
Last Updated on February 24, 2023 A Republican lawmaker is pushing for U.S. troops to get out of Syria. Rep.…
Myanmar’s arrested environmental activism
Authors: Adam Simpson, University of South Australia, Thomas Kean, International Crisis Group, and Susan Park, University of Sydney In the…