Belt and Road Initiative The balancing act ahead: Legislative options for the China-Philippines relationship after the midterm elections July 2, 2019 0 Written by Matthew Ordoñez. Image Credit: DSC08858 by mountain_MX/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The recently concluded 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines held on 13 May represent…
Africa Competitive cooperation: The connection between Chinese and Russian initiatives in Africa and beyond June 26, 2019 0 Written by Tom Harper. Image Credit: 20140108-DSC_7791 by Jbdodane/Flickr, Licence: CC BY-NC 2.0. Recent moves by Russia in a number of African states, under the guidance of Yevgeny…
Asia Russian Diplomacy: rather a bad peace than a good quarrel June 11, 2019 0 Written by Olga Krasnyak. Image Credit: 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi by Ulkoministeriö/Flickr, licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Russia’s aspirations and diplomatic engagements in…
Crime Militarising the police, constabularising the military: Insights on Philippine public safety and security strategy June 3, 2019 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase Image Credit:Image Credit: Philippine National Police Train with JIATF West by JIATF West/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. In an article…
China Is China’s cyber-espionage a military game-changer? May 7, 2019 0 Written by Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli. According to an internal Navy review, China has the U.S. Navy “under cyber siege,” and Navy suppliers and contractors struggle to…
Democracy Politicising national security, securitising poverty April 23, 2019 1 Written by Ajay Darshan Behera. Increasingly, electoral campaigning in India has become bereft of debate on the policies and programmes of the political parties in…
Congress The 2019 Indian General Elections: The consolidation of BJP dominance? April 16, 2019 0 Written by Wilfried Swenden. The race has started, as on 11 April 2019 approximately 900 million Indian voters were called to cast their vote in…
Business Sanitising and scrutinising social media in Singapore – fake news or just politics? March 13, 2019 2 Written by Howard Lee and Terence Lee. Singapore seems ready to add another feather to its cap as the ‘hub capital’ of ASEAN after Facebook…
North Korea North Korean denuclearisation: Verification in a quid pro quo framework February 19, 2019 0 Written by Nah Liang Tuang. Apparent significant progress in North Korean denuclearisation should be treated with cautious optimism. If Pyongyang's sincerity can be verified, there…
Asia Small state security syndrome: understanding the Philippines’ National Security Strategy February 19, 2019 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. My continuing research interest in the Philippines’ first ever publication of a National Security Strategy (NSS) in 2018 is driven…