China Terrorism and Counterterrorism in China: The Other “War on Terror” April 28, 2017 0 Written by Scott N. Romaniuk & Shih-Yueh Yang. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) comprehensive counterterrorism law that came into effect at the turn of 2016…
Canada A Canadian Tragedy: India, Canada, and the Resurgence of Transnational Terrorism in North America March 14, 2017 0 Written by Francesca Speed On the morning of June 23, 1985, Air India flight 182, headed for New Delhi from Montreal, crashed into the ocean…
Philippines Islamic State in Central Mindanao: A Strategic Blunder? February 22, 2017 0 Written by Joseph Franco. Uncorroborated reports from the Philippine Defence Ministry recently suggested an Abu Sayyaf (ASG) faction, headed by Isnilon Hapilon, tried to establish…
Security The Caliphate’s Influence in Southeast Asia February 14, 2017 9 Written by Rohan Gunaratna. The Islamic State (IS) is eclipsing the traditional influence of al-Qaeda in the Southeast Asian threat landscape. With the waning influence…
China The “Terror” Angle in China’s Domestic “Stability Maintenance.” March 18, 2016 1 Written by Tom Cliff. The foremost aim of Chinese authorities’ “Uyghur terror-threat” mobilisation outside Xinjiang is stability among the Han majority. Initially confined to Xinjiang,…
Culture and Society Cracks in China’s New Silk Road March 15, 2016 0 Written by Michael Clarke. Francis Fukuyama recently argued that President Xi Jinping’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) strategy ‘represents a striking departure in Chinese policy’…
China Xinjiang, Terror, and China’s Contempt for Freedom of the Press December 3, 2015 0 Written by J. Michael Cole There’s a reason why China ranks No. 176 out of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders 2015 World Press…
China-Middle East Signal Left – Turn Right: Changing Chinese Attitudes towards the Palestinians February 27, 2015 0 Written by Yitzhak Shichor. A few years ago I was talking in Jerusalem with two visiting researchers from the China Institute of International Studies (China’s…
China-Middle East China’s interests in preserving the Israeli-Palestinian impasse February 25, 2015 0 Written by Robert R. Bianchi. As China acquires growing influence in the Middle East, it is inevitably drawn toward involvement in the region’s many conflicts,…
International Relations Afghan overtures show China getting comfortable with life as a US deputy February 16, 2015 0 Written by Shaun Breslin. Whether you fear or welcome a challenge to the world’s existing power structure, the main focus of attention is on when…