Insights

Philippines: One-up Against China?

The decision of the Philippines to lodge a case on disputed waters in the South…

April 3, 20143 min

Insights

China’s military spending: an arms race in Asia?

Earlier this month, China unveiled its defence budget for 2014 –US$132 billion, an increase of…

March 20, 20143 min

Insights

Kerry in Asia: Climate-change agenda trumps geopolitics

Beginning last Thursday, US Secretary of State John Kerry met leaders in Seoul, Beijing and…

February 21, 20143 min

Media Coverage

Soothing tensions over China’s ADIZ

Tensions have flared up again between the US and China over the latter’s Air Defence…

February 13, 20143 min

Insights

Asian Fortunes: China and ASEAN in the Year of the Horse

What lies ahead for Asia in the Year of the Horse? The Singapore Institute of…

February 6, 20143 min

Insights

China’s shadow banking system: No end in sight to moral hazard

As China reopens for business after the Spring Festival, its financial system is coming under…

February 6, 20142 min

Insights

China’s new fishing law: An ADIZ flashback?

China’s new fishing regulations over a disputed swathe of the South China Sea took effect…

January 16, 20143 min

Insights

Over the moon? China in 2014

Since President Xi Jinping came to power at the start of 2013, the “Chinese dream”…

January 7, 20143 min

Commentaries

Asia copes with transitions

In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, two key buzzwords that conveyed the…

January 7, 20148 min

Commentaries

What Asians did without Obama

More attention was given to United States President Barack Obama’s late decision to cancel his…

October 14, 20135 min

Commentaries

China and ASEAN: Will it be cooperation or conflict?

Rising tensions in the South China Sea have changed the tenor of recent relations between…

September 12, 20135 min

Commentaries

Heading off the next Asian crisis

After the global financial crisis, Asia grew at more than 6 per cent each year,…

August 6, 20135 min