New developments in China’s financial regulation
HUI FENG | Beijing’s two-day closed door meeting on finance and regulation was concluded on 15 July 2017. Dubbed the National Finance Work Conference,… Read More
Region | China and Northeast Asia
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View our expert commentary and informed analysis on the latest developments in Northeast Asia, including China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, North Korea, Mongolia and Hong Kong.
Kim Jong-un’s Guam threat probes Trump’s North Korea credibility gap
President Trump’s dramatic intervention that nuclear threats from Pyongyang will be met with “fire and fury like the world has never seen” has been quickly matched… Read More
How to complicate North Korea’s nuclear weapons plans
PETER LAYTON | North Korea has the strategic initiative. Its plan to build a nuclear armed, long-range missile force is nearing completion. Other countries can… Read More
Fifth generation air warfare
PETER LAYTON | Fifth-generation air warfare is a beguiling concept. It offers the promise of making the use of air power in future wars significantly… Read More
Xi Jinping and The Sino–Latin American relations in the 21st century: Facing the beginning of a new phase?
Sino-Latin American relations experienced an extraordinary “intensification process” throughout the first sixteen years of the 21st century. In an article recently published, Diego Leiva, PhD… Read More
Is Abe securing or threatening Japan’s peace and democracy?
Despite his involvement in a series of political scandals, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe remains unscathed. And with a firm grip on power, his Liberal… Read More
THAAD is no easy withdrawal for Moon
Since South Korea decided to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defence system in 2016, Sino–South Korean relations have been strained. Beijing… Read More
What game theory says about dealing with North Korea
North Korea fired its third missile in three weeks on May 29, once again drawing protests from South Korea and Japan. Tensions have been… Read More
The strategic challenges of a nuclear North Korea
North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs continue to trigger strategic anxiety in Asia. Since embarking on a nuclear program in the 1950s, Pyongyang has… Read More
Explaining Australia–Japan security cooperation and its prospects: ‘the interests that bind?’
MICHAEL HEAZLE AND YUKI TATSUMI | Despite the recent rapid growth in Australia–Japan security ties and formal recognition of the common interests driving the… Read More
