India’s Foreign Policy in Evolving Geopolitical Scenario

The Narrow Path to Recovery: How Things Could Start to Go Right for Sunak’s Tories

Civil War and the End of the Roman Empire

Blind Spots in Washington’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

The Other Ukraine War Threat The World Is Missing

The 21st Century’s Great Military Rivalry

India’s Fickle Geostrategic Framework

Russia’s War on Ukraine and the Rise of the Middle Corridor as a Third Vector of Eurasian Connectivity

What’s Next for Bangladeshi Politics?

The War in Ukraine: Implications for Asia

Will China Replace the US — Or Will the Two Powers Stalemate?

The Sadrist Movement in Iraq

Making the Most of AUKUS

Preventive War: Explaining Russia’s Ukraine War and China’s Taiwan Future?

A New Approach to US Security Policy in the Middle East

Foreign Policy Personnel Under Xi’s Third Term

Emerging Faultlines within the Taliban: Implications for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Assessing the Human Impact of the India-China Border Dispute

How the West Can Prevent a Geopolitical Catastrophe in Taiwan

Seven Decades Of Pakistan-US Strategic Relations

What’s Behind Russia’s New Deployment of Troops to Belarus?

Was Xi Behind Hu’s Dramatic Exit From the 20th CCP Congress?

How to Save Emerging Economies from Another Crisis

Has the World Cup Changed Qatar?

An Allied Strategy for China After the 20th Party Congress

After Truss, the UK Can Still Rebuild its Global Reputation

The Selective Reconstruction of Syria

The New US National Security Strategy: Four Takeaways for Asia Policy

Can Diplomacy End the Ukraine War?

India at the G20: Prioritizing Climate Finance

Biden’s Strategy Traces the Cold War’s Mental Map

Afghanistan Under the Taliban: Findings on the Current Situation

Top 20 Most Powerful US Politicians Who Were Never President

Nuclear Security During Armed Conflict

Understanding and Responding to Global Democratic Backsliding

Framing Public Perception of the Challenges to the EU Foreign Security and Defense Policy

China’s Digital Inroads Into the Middle East

Stabilizing Afghanistan

A Ladder to Power and Influence: China’s Official Think Tanks to Watch

Strategic Advantage, Sovereignty and Australia’s Geopolitical Identity

Responding to Foreign Interference in the EU: Beware of Unintended Consequences

Moscow–Pyongyang Cooperation Remains Muted

The 20th Party Congress and the Crowning of Xi Jinping

Can the ‘Natural Partnership’ Between Australia and Singapore Survive Great-Power Rivalry?

What Is a Terrorist Movement?

Invigorating Regional Efforts to Bolster Maritime Security in Asia

Global South Again Shows Ambivalence on the Ukraine war

The Pitfalls of Saudi Arabia’s Security-Centric Strategy in Yemen

Pakistan-U.S. at 75: Sustaining the Momentum

Disparate Perceptions Muddy US-China Relations

It’s Time to Move Beyond a Western Understanding of Development

How Firm is Xi Jinping’s Grip on Power?

National Security Strategy — Observations, Interpretations, and Inconsistencies

AUKUS and the Non-proliferation Debate

Searching for the Elusive Rules-Based Order

India Needn’t Worry about the US-Pakistan Relationship

So, What about Those Other Wars?

The US–India Partnership is Too Important to Lose

Tense Triangle in Asia: The South Korea Factor

Moral Career: Why Are Russia’s Technocrats Silent on the War?

New Atlantis, the Greater Middle Kingdom, and Cold War II

What Asia Needs From America Today

Preparing for Future Crises: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Myth of an Emerging ‘Mideast NATO’

Japan’s Post-Abe Trust Crisis

Xi Jinping and the Pursuit of Imperial Restoration – Twenty-First Century Style

Military Operations Other Than War in China’s Foreign Policy

Military Operations Other Than War in China’s Foreign Policy • Stimson Center: China’s use of Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW) is essential to understanding how Beijing views the utility of military force in the 21st century.

When Crises Collide: Energy, Security, Climate Change

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In Search of a Development Plan for Asia

In Search of a Development Plan for Asia | by Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng - Project Syndicate: Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng argue that bottom-up institutions – not top-down strategies – are the key to regional integration.

Why Japan is Reluctant to Become Seriously Estranged from China

Why Japan is Reluctant to Become Seriously Estranged from China | JAPAN Forward: Tokyo hopes that, through direct talks with Beijing, it can encourage restraint on the Taiwan situation and China's provocative behavior around the Senkakus.

Truss Lacking in UK–China Relations

Truss lacking in UK–China relations: Despite all the anti-China rhetoric, the United Kingdom will need to work with China to achieve many of its policy ambitions.

David and Goliath

DAVID AND GOLIATH - AsianAffairs: Taking a leaf out of the Biblical parable of David and Goliath, tiny Taiwan has vowed to hit back at its giant neighbour China, if attacked.

Building Bridges? PGII versus BRI

Building Bridges? PGII versus BRI: Elizabeth C. Losos and T. Robert Fetter discuss how G-7’s PGII initiative may help address infrastructure needs in low- and middle-income countries and prompt a “race to the top” with China’s BRI.

Japan’s Dependability in Asia

Japan’s dependability in Asia | East Asia Forum: Japan's diplomatic strength lies in its ability to engage with China and bring it into the folds of an inclusive international order.

What are Tactical Nuclear Weapons?

What are tactical nuclear weapons? Security expert explains and assesses what they mean for the war in Ukraine: Tactical nuclear weapons have burst onto the international stage as Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing battlefield losses in eastern Ukraine, has threatened that Russia will 'make use of all weapon systems available to us' if Russia's territorial integrity is threatened. Putin has characterized the war in Ukraine as an existential battle against the West, which he said wants to weaken, divide and destroy Russia.

The Long Road to A Peace Deal Between Russia and Ukraine

The Long Road to A Peace Deal Between Russia and Ukraine: With the illegal and unrecognized annexation of four Ukrainian territories yesterday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to set the terms for negotiations to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky quickly responded in the negative to Putin’s riposte, suggesting that he did not intend to negotiate with Russia for as long as […]

BRICS and SCO: Inclusive Cooperation in the Face of Global Challenges

BRICS and SCO: Inclusive Cooperation in the Face of Global Challenges: On September 29, the Valdai Club, together with the CITIC Foundation for Reform and Development Studies of China, held an expert discussion, titled “Main Directions and Prospects for the Expansion of the BRICS and SCO”.

The US Pivot Towards Pacific Regionalism

The US pivot towards Pacific regionalism | The Strategist: Today, President Joe Biden released the United States’ Pacific partnership strategy. Although it bears some resemblance to the Pacific engagement strategy that was drafted by the Asia–Pacific Security Affairs Subcommittee of the Biden Defense Working ...