Topic
Security
Making Sense of China’s Latest Naval Exercises in the Asia-Pacific
By Zi Yang
In less than a week, China initiated a series of naval drills in the South Pacific, Gulf of Tonkin, and off Taiwan’s southwest coast.
The 2 Koreas Share Experience in Foreign Wars
By Scott Sigmund Gartner
Sending soldiers to fight in the Vietnam War fundamentally transformed South Korea's economy. The deployment of North Korean soldiers to the Russian-Ukraine War will likely do the same.
Indo-Pacific Allies May Rethink US Intelligence Sharing After Gabbard, Patel Appointments
By Hans Horan
Faced with mounting doubts over Washington’s reliability, U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific may start charting their own course.
Big Moves and Illusions of Reform in Southeast Asia’s Scam Industry
By Jacob Sims
The forced cybercrime industry in Southeast Asia is thriving despite "crackdowns" by its criminal hosts. Will global action match the scale of the crisis?
Is the United States Relitigating Its Grand Strategy?
By Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz
What can be gleaned from the first month of the second Trump administration about the U.S. approach to world affairs?
Could US Defense Cuts Affect Timor-Leste?
By Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman
Trump’s policies may create uncertainties in Timor-Leste-U.S. relations, particularly in the defense realm.
Bandit Rule: Pakistan’s Burning Domestic Security Issue
By Muhammad Murad
It’s not just terrorism and militancy – criminal gangs are a serious problem in parts of Sindh and Punjab.
CCP Propaganda and United Front Operations in US Allies
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Russell Hsiao.
A Shot Across the Bow: China Signals New Era of Sea Power in the Southwest Pacific
By Anne-Marie Brady
The live-fire exercises were a demonstration of China’s growing sea power in Australia and New Zealand’s immediate periphery – and meant to normalize the PLA presence there.
China Coast Guard Vessels Regularly Enter Territorial Waters of Disputed East China Sea Islands
By Takahashi Kosuke
Each month, the CCG conducts what appears to be a ceremonial intrusion into the territorial waters of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, which are administered by Japan but claimed by China.
The Unnoticed Beneficiary of the Mauritius-UK Chagos Island Deal? India.
By Krzysztof Iwanek
New Delhi has far more influence on Mauritius than may be noticed in Europe.
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Finalize Border Agreement
By Sher Khashimov
With final documents ready for ratification and then presidential signatures, contemporary Central Asia’s bloodiest conflict nears a conclusion.