Understanding Taiwan beyond geopolitics
Amid US–China strategic competition, it is important that the West understands Taiwan on its own terms — not just as…
Vietnam headed to the future with a defective compass
Vietnam recognises that the world is changing, but its international and domestic strategies are not reflecting these changes. ...
US industrial policy the flipside of sanctions
Author: Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, ECIPE ‘A nation can be transformed’. With those stately words, US President Joe Biden signed the Inflation…
Small powers caught in the US–China chips competition
Author: John Edwards, Curtin University and Lowy Institute There was a time when government spending to support particular industries was…
China keeps tech firms on a short leash
Author: Editorial Board, ANU Your friends on the left will always be ready to tell you about the supposed contradictions…
Chinese big tech still sits in the Party’s sights
Author: Yvette To, City University of Hong Kong As China lifts COVID-19 restrictions and returns to normalcy, prospects for private…
US deals signal heightened semiconductor equipment competition
Author: June Park, Schmidt Futures Export controls on semiconductor technology have been expanded after the conclusion of US bilateral negotiations…
Chinese tech dominance more myth than reality
Author: Marina Yue Zhang, UTS The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) recently released a report asserting China’s dominance in ‘critical…
East Asian economies resist decoupling
Author: Fukunari Kimura, Keio University Media on global trade frequently puts forward the narrative that the US–China confrontation will divide…
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…