Insights

The Iraq crisis and the impact on Asia

Currently, clashes in Iraq between government forces and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)…

June 26, 20144 min

Insights

Hong Kong: 17 years after handover

Organisers of a massive rally in Hong Kong’s financial district have said that more than…

June 4, 20143 min

Media Coverage

US raps China over ‘destabilising’ acts

United States Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel yesterday sharply criticised China for "destabilising, unilateral actions" in…

June 1, 20142 min

Insights

Modinomics & Looking East

With the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) landslide victory in the recent Indian elections, all eyes…

May 27, 20144 min

Insights

Political storm over South China Sea makes landfall

The political storm over China’s deployment of an oil rig in the contested waters of…

May 27, 20143 min

Commentaries

Reacting to China – and its grand plan

We now know the reactions in Vietnam to China’s move to begin drilling for oil…

May 20, 20145 min

Commentaries

Asean leaders ride out the South China Sea storms

When leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gathered this week in Myanmar, the…

May 13, 20145 min

Insights

Improving China’s image in Africa

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Africa aims to reinforce his country's economic ties with…

May 8, 20142 min

Insights

Obama’s tricky choices in Asia

As US President Barack Obama’s visit to Asia wound down on Tuesday (29 April), China’s…

May 2, 20144 min

Insights

Energy and the Ukrainian crisis: towards Russia’s pivot to Asia?

As the Ukrainian crisis continues unabated, the US and Europe look set to impose further…

April 24, 20143 min

Insights

What’s to Come: Cooperation, or Militarisation?

The Philippines, having taken China to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in an attempt to…

April 24, 20143 min

Insights

Cross-Strait Relations: A Southward Shift in Taiwanese Investments?

Taiwan has seen protests over a trade deal which it signed with mainland China. The…

April 3, 20142 min