2018-12-11 11:00
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, RSIS
Threats to Bangladesh’s internal security continue to emanate from groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State (IS). The key groups… Read More
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2018-12-10 23:00
Author: Carlyle A Thayer, UNSW Canberra
2018 marked the mid-point between Vietnam’s five yearly National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). The eighth plenum of the CPV… Read More
2018-12-10 11:00
Author: Aurelia George Mulgan, UNSW
Strategic commentary has long described Japan’s China policy as a classic ‘hedging’ posture — simultaneously combining the two con… Read More
2018-12-10 01:00
Author: Editorial Board, ANU
A trade war between the world’s two largest economies and two largest traders may have been avoided again, at least for now. American tariffs on Chinese im… Read More
2018-12-09 11:00
Author: Kerry Brown, King’s College London
Xi Jinping is largely talked about as a strong leader presiding over a centralised state system, within which he and his closest allies have… Read More
2018-12-08 11:00
Author: Chaula Rininta Anindya, RSIS
The growing complexity of counter-terror efforts in Indonesia means the country can no longer centralise its Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) initiativ… Read More
2018-12-07 23:00
Authors: Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Jeremy Huai-Che Chiang and Alan Hao Yang, TAEF
Since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s inauguration in 2016, Taiwan has looked to strengthen its tie… Read More
2018-12-07 11:00
Author: Yukon Huang, Carnegie Endowment
The temporary US–China trade truce reached at the recent G20 meeting follows the same approach that President Trump took in renegotiating NAFTA… Read More
2018-12-06 23:00
Author: Denise van der Kamp, City University of Hong Kong
China’s announcement in July 2017 of a ban on waste imports sent shockwaves through the global recycling industry. Until 2017… Read More
2018-12-06 11:00
Author: Andrew Harding, NUS
The pattern of political reform following a regime change is usually predictable: the reformers gain popular support, make changes to the constitution and then us… Read More
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