What could “victory” realistically look like in this context? Until recently, Ukraine defined “victory” as the liberation of all Russian-occupied territories, including Crimea. President Volodymyr ...

The month of March consistently marks a period of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, as North Korea escalates military provocations in direct response to the annual US-South Korea joint ...

At COP28, an opportunity presents itself for a new funding model to help the world’s most climate vulnerable countries. A separate fund for loss and damage seemed inevitable and was necessary to ...

More than any other modern war, the fight between Russia and Ukraine has been a tough testing ground for modern weapons and operational concepts. Drawing on extensive research into the conduct of the ...

Programs The politics and foreign policies of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and the Korean peninsula The China and East Asia Program Cutting-edge Australian, regional, and global thinking on the ...

Dewi Fortuna Anwar straddles the world of academia, political activism and government. She is a Research Professor at the Research Center for Politics-Indonesian Institute of Sciences (P2P-LIPI) and ...

A big plan to connect 70% of the country to power by 2030 grabbed headlines. Delivering is the true challenge. Getting the leaders of five Asia-Pacific nations together for the photograph amidst the ...

After a spree of military exercises to protest US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, China has released a white paper to “reiterate” its stance on Taiwan in the “new era”. The document is ...

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) war with the Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) started in the 1920s, hit pause during the decade of anti-Japanese war and the Second World War, then culminated ...

The growing synergy among the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue powers of Australia, Japan, the United States and India has provided a crucial impetus to the security architecture of the Indo-Pacific.

The Tibetan plateau is often called the “Third Pole”, owing to its glacial expanses and vast reserves of freshwater. For as many as nine countries in the surrounding region, the status of rivers ...

The Mar-a-Lago Accord is an idea floated by Stephen Miran, recently appointed Chairman of the US Council of Economic Advisers. Such a deal, Miran claims, would address the US current account and ...