The United States and China’s complex cooperation and rivalry continue
In 2024, US–China relations will navigate economic interdependence, heightened technological competition and strategic geopolitical moves. ...
Cambodia strengthens ties with Japan amid US–China tensions
2023 marked 70 years of diplomatic relations between Cambodia and Japan. To commemorate this anniversary, Phnom Penh and Tokyo elevated…
Southeast Asia schools Australia on its search for strategic equilibrium
Author: Evelyn Goh, ANU In her travels over the past 10 months, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has referred repeatedly…
An Asian Monetary Fund is no quick fix for the world’s dollar problem
Author: Editorial Board, ANU ‘The dollar is our currency, but your problem’. That was how former US Treasury Secretary John…
Weaponisation of the dollar makes an Asian IMF look more attractive
Author: Andrew Sheng, George Town Institute of Open and Advanced Studies, Wawasan Open University Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s recent…
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…
As the United States walks away, Asia can’t give up on the rules based economic order
Author: Editorial Board, ANU For some, a multipolar world is something to cheer for. Yet no balance of global geopolitical…
The travails of the US economy roll on into 2023
Author: Gary Clyde Hufbauer, PIIE In December 2021, most Americans were looking forward to a quiet and prosperous 2022. COVID-19…
Taiwan holds all the chips in US–China tech showdown
Authors: Bo-jiun Jing, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Flavia Lucenti, University of Bologna, Giulia Sciorati, University of Trento, Wei…
Friend-shoring no ready-made answer to Asian supply chain resilience
Authors: Samuel Hardwick and Adam Triggs In 2018, the United States put Russian aluminium giant Rusal on a blacklist to…