Afghan Peace Process The long read: What next for the US–Taliban ‘peace deal’? April 8, 2020 0 Image credit: Afghanistan by i postcross/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Raghav Sharma. My darling, you are just like America! You are guilty, I…
China Cards on the table: Duterte’s power aces and policy bets for Philippine security February 14, 2020 0 Image Credit: Ace of Hearts - Poker" by pokerphotos/flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. At the two-tier game of national security, Philippine President…
History Sport and colonialism in the Philippines January 13, 2020 0 Image Credit: village basketball by yumievriwan/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Gerald R. Gems. On 15 February 1898, the USS Maine, an American battleship mysteriously exploded…
China China’s interference in Taiwan’s elections: Responses from Taiwan and the US December 10, 2019 1 Image Credit: Photo by 總統府/Flickr, license CC BY 2.0. Written by Yu-Hua Chen. In January 2020 Taiwan will elect its president for the next four…
China The proliferation of free trade disagreements (FTDs) November 8, 2019 0 Image Credit: TrumpDiTprotest3" by Global Justice Now , /Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Jayant Menon. It was not that long ago that trade economists were concerned…
Business How the US-China trade war has fractured global value chains September 9, 2019 1 Image Credit: carlossg/Charging Bull, Wall Street Flickr; Licence: CC BY/NC/SA 2.0. Written by Jayant Menon. On 24 August 2019, US President Donald Trump announced an increase…
Asia A delicate balancing act in South Asia July 22, 2019 0 Written by Muhammad Nawaz Khan. Image Credit: Global Panorama/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Relations between Pakistan and Russia have a troubled history of divergence that intensified during the…
China From alliance to trade war: The role of China’s ‘American Hands’ in the formation of Sino-US relations July 1, 2019 0 Written by Hao Chen. Image Credit: Members of the Fourth Marine Regiment Drum and Trumpet Corps in China, circa 1930 by USMC Archives/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. On 13…
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…
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…
