Indonesia’s G20 poised to advance women’s economic empowerment
CAITLIN BYRNE | Indonesia’s hosting of the G20 offers transformative potential for advancing issues of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment on the… 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.
Looking beyond Ukraine: A view from Australia
ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | Writing on current geopolitical affairs, let alone trying to predict what 125,000 Russian troops will do tomorrow, is a challenge. Void… Read More
Boosting maritime law enforcement in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea
MICHAEL HEAZLE | Five and a half years on from the international arbitral tribunal’s rejection of China’s expansive South China Sea claims in… Read More
Living with a feared China and Russian-built chaos
PETER LAYTON | To Western eyes, China’s wolf-warrior foreign affairs policy and Russia’s extravagant threats over Ukraine can appear cryptic. Read More
Will things change for the better in the tiger year?
COLIN MACKERRAS | On 1 February 2022, the Chinese New Year begins when winter in China gives way to spring. We bid farewell… Read More
Australia–Japan defence cooperation in the grey zone
PETER LAYTON | Over the last several years, the relationship with China has become increasingly awkward for both Australia and Japan. Other nations have… Read More
Skating on thin ice: Xi’s omicron olympics
ROWAN CALLICK | The Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 4-20 in a ‘green, safe and simple’ way, and for that reason… Read More
Geopolitical risk isn’t rare on earth
EDUADO ROCA, AKIHIRO OMURA AND JOHN FAN | Heightened geopolitical tension is drawing increased attention from businesses and financial markets. Geopolitical risk, occurring as… Read More
A disruptive innovation, future-focussed Australian strategic studies
PETER LAYTON | Australian strategic studies cannot keep up with current rates of geostrategic change. Focussing on different analysis methodologies — such as forward-looking,… Read More
Converging ways of war: Russian, China and America
PETER LAYTON | Thinking about major war is back in fashion as forever wars shuffle off and near-peer conflicts become considered plausible. Counter-insurgency is… Read More
