Topic
Opinion
The US Rescinded Its Taiwan Guidelines. What Does That Actually Mean?
By Gerrit van der Wees
A look at the history of the guidelines, and the timing and implications of the move to end them.
China Is Making Support for Democracy a Crime in Hong Kong
By Frances Hui
Nearly all of the city's prominent pro-democracy voices have been arrested or forced into exile.
To China, Spades Are Trumps
By Harry Harding
China has inherited the confidence of Khrushchev’s famous declaration to the West: “We will bury you.”
Want a Rules-Based Order for the Indo-Pacific? Start With Diego Garcia.
By Peter Harris
The U.S. pushing for the divesting of colonialism in the Chagos Archipelago would be a good place to begin.
The Capitol Siege and the Crisis of American Statecraft
By Sebastian Strangio
If Joe Biden wishes to renew global democracy, he would do best to start in his own backyard.
American Shame
By Abhijnan Rej
The storming of the US Capitol on January 6 marks one of the darkest days in recent American history.
A Letter from a Cambodian Woman in Exile
By Mu Sochua
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s onslaught against the Cambodian opposition has not ceased.
Is China the 21st Century’s Great ‘Going Concern’?
By Francis P. Sempa
Halford Mackinder is famous for his “heartland” theory, but another of his major theoretical constructs may be more relevant to China's rise.
Taiwan Needs to Be a Part of the UK’s China Strategy
By David Green
The willingness (or lack thereof) to embrace Taiwan is a bellwether of how serious liberal democracies are about countering CCP threats to their ideals.
Challenges to Democracy and Hopes for Peace and Justice in Myanmar
By Gus Miclat
For a multicultural society like Myanmar, the greatest test of democracy is whether the government treats its minorities equal to the majority.
Displaced, Stranded, Unprotected: ASEAN’s Migrant Workers
By Geoffrey Ducanes, Puja Dutta and Nicola Nixon
The case for greater cooperation in the protection of ASEAN’s migrant workers.
The Pandemic Drags On. But What About Infrastructure?
By Amrita Malhi
Australia can't, and shouldn't, compete directly with China on the funding of hard infrastructure.