India should play the Tibet card with China
Monday
15th April
2019
China’s decision to block Pakistani Masood Azhar’s designation as a terrorist at the UN yet again is likely to …
Category Archive: Region | China and Northeast Asia
Regional wrap
Thursday
11th April
2019
The last fortnight witnessed a few key developments in the Indo-Pacific region. The most significant one for Australia, was the…
Ugly stability: Our nuclear future
Thursday
11th April
2019
Back in the late 1990s, Ashley Tellis characterised South Asia’s nuclear balance as ‘ugly stability’—a condition,…
Containing contagion: The politics of disease outbreaks in South East Asia
Tuesday
9th April
2019
SARA E DAVIES | Regional cooperation is important for securing infectious disease outbreak containment. The Ebola crisis in West…
Japan’s very busy fighter force
Monday
8th April
2019
PETER LAYTON | By international standards, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is very busy. It scrambles fighters daily to intercept…
Covering China a unique dilemma
Wednesday
3rd April
2019
A new report by public policy organisation China Matters rejects claims that Australia’s media are “anti-China”, explains that reporters’ access…
The source of Xi Jinping’s extraordinary power
Thursday
21st March
2019
Speech by Rowan Callick at the China Studies Centre, Melbourne University, March 14 2019 Xi Jinping has become the most…
Regional wrap
Thursday
14th March
2019
Intellectual discourse during the last fortnight focused heavily on the events and outcomes of the preceding one; several questions remain…
Towards women, peace and security in 2020 and beyond
Friday
8th March
2019
SARA E DAVIES AND JACQUI TRUE | International Women’s Day 2019 provides the opportunity to reflect on and engage in…
There’s a silver lining in the clouds over the North Korea negotiations
Wednesday
6th March
2019
The failure of high-level discussions may force Washington and Pyongyang to start more effective working-level talks. On Thursday afternoon, as…