Belt and Road Initiative Exploring China’s strategic intentions in Central, West and South Asia March 18, 2020 0 Image credit: P1020506 by Will Clayton/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Anoush Ehteshami. Since the early 2000s, the great, major and regional powers alike…
Asian tigers Another financial crisis in Asia is looming September 2, 2019 0 Image Credit: A Lot of Chinese Money by Michael Coghlan/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Written by Tam Bang Vu. From the 1960s to the 1980s,…
China Foreign policy is China’s new guiding light May 25, 2018 0 Written by Ryan Manuel. A popular catchphrase in the Chinese government today is that the Communist Party will ensure the “great renaissance of the Chinese…
China Why an invasion of Taiwan by China won’t be easy May 23, 2018 1 Written by Gary Sands. A recent poll revealed nearly two-thirds of Taiwanese believe their military is not capable of preventing an invasion by China's armed forces. Only…
Uncategorized ‘Japan is back’: but which Japan? May 23, 2018 0 Written by Lionel Fatton. Freshly elected for a second term as Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe declared in early 2013, “Japan is back”. The obvious question…
Uncategorized Will the Izumo-class be Japan’s aircraft carrier for the 21st-century? April 11, 2018 0 Written by Ben Ho. Japan’s controversial Izumo-class helicopter destroyers have been under the spotlight recently. Last month, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party suggested converting the platform…
International Relations Taiwan’s official diplomatic relationships March 13, 2018 0 Written by Joel Atkinson. In December 2016, the small African island state of Sao Tome and Principe cut diplomatic relations with Taiwan and recognised China. Panama followed…
Sport East Asian Olympic Dreams March 13, 2018 0 Written by Jung Woo Lee. The wave of the Olympic movement is prevailing in East Asia. The Winter Olympic cauldron has just been extinguished in…
International Relations Does Taiwan need international recognition? March 12, 2018 2 Written by Timothy Rich & Andi Dahmer. Whether using the criteria within the Montevideo Convention of 1933 or variations, Taiwan meets all basic requirements of internal…
China Cross-Strait relations: The strategic importance of Taiwan February 26, 2018 6 Written by Joseph Bosco. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, it also simultaneously attacked the Philippines, triggering World War II in the…
