Topic
Diplomacy

June 02, 2023
What Is the Quad?
By Blake Berger, Victoria Cooper, Lucas Myers, Shu Uchida, and Gaurav Saini
The grouping's exact role in the Indo-Pacific is the subject of considerable debate. Here’s what scholars from all four countries could agree on.

June 01, 2023
The Trouble With China’s Global Civilization Initiative
By R. Evan Ellis
The GCI is an attempt to win global buy-in for China's principle of non-interference by conflating modern-day regimes with traditional culture.

June 01, 2023
UN Special Envoy to Myanmar to Step Down This Month
By Sebastian Strangio
Since late 2021, Noeleen Heyzer has had the unenviable task of trying to mediate a conflict in a context of extreme polarization and mutual hostility.

June 01, 2023
Malaysia Expels Prominent Cambodian Opposition Figure Sam Rainsy
By Sebastian Strangio
Prime Minister Hun Sen claims that he received a promise from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that Rainsy would “never be allowed to step on Malaysian soil.”

June 01, 2023
Did Malaysia’s PM Just Say the Quiet Part Out Loud on Myanmar?
By Sribala Subramanian
A look back at the origins of ASEAN's "embarrassing problem."

May 31, 2023
Anti-Chinese Protests Are on the Rise in Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
China's engagement with the hated military administration has pushed its reputation in Myanmar to new lows.

May 31, 2023
The Case for ‘Kangaroo Diplomacy’ in Australia’s Relations With Vietnam
By Hai Hong Nguyen
With the two nations expected to upgrade their relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" this year, Canberra has an obvious choice of "special envoy."

May 31, 2023
Possible Putin Trip in Spotlight as Russia, China Foreign Ministers Set for Meeting in South Africa
By Mogomotsi Magome and Gerald Imray
The main summit of BRICS leaders, set for August, could be one of the most important in the bloc's short history as it contemplates expansion.

May 30, 2023
Planned Fukushima Water Release Adds a New Wrinkle to Japan-South Korea Ties
By Thisanka Siripala
As Japan prepares to release treated water from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, it battles harsh criticism from South Korea.

May 30, 2023
Yuki Tatsumi on the G7 Hiroshima Summit
By Shannon Tiezzi
“The fact that the summit took place in Hiroshima in the middle of Russia-Ukraine war (in which Russia has not been hesitant to use nuclear intimidation) was significant.”

May 30, 2023
Russia’s Asia-Pacific Interests
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Elizabeth Wishnick.

May 26, 2023
China-Latin America Relations Amid the Pink Tide 2.0
By Lunting Wu
The distinct features of the current leftist politics in Latin America may shape relations with China differently than during the first Pink Tide in the early 2000s.
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