The Belt and Road to China-based globalisation
COLIN MACKERRAS | At a time when globalisation from the West appears to be in retreat, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a… 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.
The unacceptable dangers of accepting a nuclear North Korea
MICHAEL HEAZLE | The crisis on the Korean Peninsula has for the first time introduced an element of confusion over the strategic goal pursued… Read More
North Korea’s dangerously rudimentary nuclear command-and-control systems
Conventional wisdom tells us that because North Korea’s elites are rational actors, they will conclude that the benefits of employing nuclear weapons will be outweighed… Read More
Australia and Korea’s wars
ANDREW SELTH | Griffith Asia Institute Adjunct Associate Professor, Dr Andrew Selth recently had the below article republished in the Lowy Interpreter. In light… Read More
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
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
