Australia in East Asia Fake news? China’s base in Vanuatu and what it says about Australia April 17, 2018 0 Written by Michael O'Keefe. Rumour has it that Vanuatu has agreed to a Chinese request to establish a military base. The substance of this rumour…
Vietnam How Hmong Christians navigate the border tensions between China and Vietnam March 29, 2018 1 Written by Seb Rumsby. Plans to open joint border checkpoints between China and Vietnam in May 2018 belie unresolved tensions in relations between the two countries. Despite scrapping a…
Vietnam Vietnam and India: A vital relationship in Southeast Asia March 16, 2018 0 Written by Joshua Kurlantzick. Early last week, a U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in Vietnam, marking the first time a U.S. carrier had come to the country…
China In the power struggle for Asia, Trump and Xi Jinping are switching policies January 25, 2018 1 Written by Giovanni Di Lieto. Donald Trump is flexing the United States’ economic muscle in East Asia by introducing a web of new-generation bilateral trade…
Burma/Myanmar Myanmar’s troubles persist – and China sees it as part of a great game January 12, 2018 1 Written by Tom Harper. As the Myanmar government’s violent policy towards its Rohingya Muslims drew increasing international condemnation in 2016, the country’s sometime icon of…
China ASEAN and China September 12, 2017 0 Written by Anne Booth. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed in 1967 as a regional grouping comprising five non-Communist governments in Southeast…
ASEAN The Symbolism of ASEAN at 50 August 23, 2017 0 Written by Mathew Davies. Had someone at the foundation of ASEAN fifty years ago predicted that the regional organisation would be around in half a…
China High-tech China-US arms race threatens to destabilise East Asia May 19, 2017 0 Written by James Samuel Johnson. After decades of peace, East Asia is racked with tension – and its two dominant military powers are jostling for…
China One award and two elections: ASEAN and the South China Sea March 8, 2017 1 Written by Peter Kreuzer. The ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the elections of Rodrigo Duterte and Donald Trump to President of the Philippines…
China Why Fresh Thinking on the South China Sea is a Problem June 16, 2015 0 Written by Kerry Brown. Almost certainly one of the headaches that a new American president will have to start engaging with when they finally come into…
