In light of the successful first-ever US-Japan-Philippines trilateral summit and joint maritime patrols in the South China Sea involving the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines in ...

The sudden and surprising demise of China’s foreign minister won’t change the systemic tensions in the relationship. Then, it all came crashing down for him. Whatever the reason for Qin’s removal, ...

Hidan Kim is a first year student at Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences studying Asian Studies and Information Science. He is the founder and co-president of Letter for Letterless, ...

Hannah Denson holds a Master’s in International and Development Economics at ANU where she focused on the economics of the Indo-Pacific. Hannah has spent her career working at Australian Treasury in ...

Dr Milton Osborne was a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. He has been associated with Southeast Asia for more than 60 years since being posted to the Australian ...

China has not missed the opportunity posed by the United States’ economic self-immolation to present itself as a responsible champion of the international trading system. Mid-April, shortly after the ...

Dr Abdul Rahman Yaacob is a Research Fellow in the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute. His research interests include Southeast Asia’s defence and security issues and the region’s relations ...

If Australia wants a role model for how to present itself to the world, the tennis champ embodies humility and grit.

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Australia should articulate and pursue a disciplined Taiwan strategy that uses the flexibility of its one-China policy to increase engagement with Taipei in service of Australian economic and security ...

It is unlikely that Ream Naval Base in Cambodia will be a Chinese military base or outpost such as the facility in Djibouti fully operated by the People’s Liberation Army. However, China could gain ...

For several years, the US security establishment appeared fixated on the year 2027 as the deadline set by Xi Jinping to compel Taiwan with military force. First raised by then-INDOPACOM commander ...