Climate of fear engulfs Vietnam’s mainstream media
Author: Dien Luong, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute A fear-cloaked dynamic has increasingly percolated Vietnam’s information environment, in both cyberspace and the…
Revisiting Japan’s comprehensive security strategy
Author: Tomohiko Satake, NIDS Economic security, or keizai anpo, dominates the current Japanese strategic debate. Since 2019, the Japanese government…
Chinese illicit influence scandals in Thailand
Author: Greg Raymond, ANU Two scandals converged in November 2022 in Thailand, forming a perfect storm that threatens the government…
Beijing, Washington and the art of chip war
Authors: Robyn Klingler-Vidra, KCL and Yu-Ching Kuo, Kaohsiung US and Chinese policymakers are inflicting incisive blows on each other. The…
Interpreting China’s policy directions beyond the CCP’s rhetoric
Author: Fengming Lu, ANU The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s congresses often represent important historical milestones, yet they are highly performative.…
Japan steps closer to global military power
Author: Thomas Wilkins, University of Sydney Realist international relations scholars predicted that after the Cold War Japan would revert to…
Can Netanyahu prioritise Israel’s Asia pivot?
Author: Carice Witte, SIGNAL Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party is set to form a stable 64-seat far-right…
The PLA is becoming an army fit for today
Author: Sophie Wushuang Yi, King’s College London In his third term, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s priority is to accelerate China’s…
Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy bids au revoir to middle power ambitions
Author: Paul Evans, UBC Ottawa has unveiled its long-awaited Indo-Pacific Strategy. Comprehensive statements on regional or global foreign policy are…
Japan’s big realignment in 2022
Author: Editorial Board, ANU We have long been inured to think of the Japanese state and society as stable, to…