US Indo-Pacific policy prioritises security over economics
Author: Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute Under President Joe Biden, the United States has stepped up its campaign to build…
Bangladesh wedged between political upheaval and economic crises in 2023
Author: Saimum Parvez, VUB For Bangladesh, the two most important trends in 2022 were a strong comeback of political opposition…
How relations with the West underpin Singapore’s defence
Author: Abdul Rahman Yaacob, ANU While military deterrence and diplomacy are often cited as the two pillars of Singapore’s defence…
Dealing with China’s polycrisis
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Those paying attention to the World Economic Forum in Davos will doubtless have heard the latest…
New PNG government goes for gold
Author: Ronald May, ANU 2022 was an election year in Papua New Guinea (PNG), so electoral politics dominated much of…
Indonesia wants more than a nickel for natural resources
Author: James Guild, RSIS Indonesian Minister of Investment Bahlil Lahadalia suggested that Indonesia is looking into forming an OPEC-style cartel…
Central Asia’s authoritarians stare down a year of disorder
Author: Kirill Nourzhanov, ANU Political turmoil and uncertainty beset Central Asia in 2022. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan faced…
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…