Regional wrap
Thursday
22nd March
2018
The most-talked about development, this fortnight, is the significant diplomatic coup pulled off by Kim Jong Un in getting Donald…
Category Archive: Region | China and Northeast Asia
Pathways from pariah for Myanmar and North Korea
Friday
16th March
2018
Myanmar and North Korea were Asia’s pariahs. Both countries emerged from colonial rule to face immediate and existential security threats.
Moon quietly in the centre
Saturday
10th March
2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been steering his foreign policy through narrow gaps and around tricky obstacles during his…
Indo-Pacific connectivity: Lessons from China’s Belt and Road
Wednesday
28th February
2018
Mega-connectivity projects like the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) might become new templates for economic geographies…
Democracies in the dragon’s shadow
Monday
19th February
2018
As there are only 4,000 people of Chinese ancestry in India, China faces a demographic disadvantage in pushing its influence…
Between war and peace: Grey-zone operations in Asia
Friday
16th February
2018
Recent grey-zone activity in maritime-Asia suggests an increase in hybrid warfare. The lines between military, economic, diplomatic, intelligence and criminal…
What can a rising China do to get accepted in the global order?
Thursday
15th February
2018
In a January issue of Foreign Policy, refuting the argument by Niall Ferguson on China and the liberal international order, Aaron…
Why a first strike option on North Korea is a very bad idea
Friday
2nd February
2018
The prospect of South Korean and North Korean athletes marching together under a “unification” flag at this month’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics…
Australian connection shows North Korea’s global web of strength
Tuesday
2nd January
2018
The arrest on 16 December of alleged North Korean agent Choi Han Chan on charges under the Commonwealth Weapons of…
Treading a fine line between voicing concerns and building bridges with China
Thursday
30th November
2017
Even a cursory reading reveals a number of noteworthy aspects of the newly released White Paper. First, compared with the…