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Australia’s sunspotted economy: strong but vulnerable0
- Economics & Finance, Asia Pacific
- February 17, 2017
Australia’s strong economy is keeping ethno-nationalist politics at bay – for now.
Asian trade deals: US bails, the region carries on 0
- Economics & Finance, Asia Pacific
- February 5, 2017
President Trump may have killed the TPP but support for free trade in the Asia-Pacific is far from dead.
Xi’s the boss: China’s leadership transition1
- China
- January 20, 2017
China’s President Xi may use this year’s party congress to make his authority paramount.
2017 Geopolitical Forecast: Asia Pacific0
- Asia Pacific
- January 7, 2017
Trade, strategy, and elections will all feature prominently in the Asia Pacific in 2017.
Myanmar divided0
- Asia Pacific
- December 15, 2016
Rebels in northeast Myanmar are spoiling for a fight with the military. They may get their wish.
Structurally unsound? China’s slowing economy0
- Economics & Finance, Asia Pacific
- December 9, 2016
China’s risky economic reorientation could allow it to sustain its economic rise but a botched transition could wreak havoc.
Park’s rollercoaster: divining the fate of South Korea’s president0
- Asia Pacific
- December 8, 2016
South Korea’s president faces impeachment. How will the vote affect domestic and regional politics?
China-Singapore relations in seizure1
- Asia Pacific
- November 30, 2016
China has seized Singaporean military assets during transit. What will this do to their relations?
America’s eroding military position in East Asia0
- Asia Pacific
- November 26, 2016
Budget cuts, the distractions of the War on Terror and increasingly outdated doctrine are tipping the military balance towards China.
The Chairman’s ghost? Xi Jinping and the Communist Party plenum0
- China
- November 11, 2016
Chinese President Xi Jinping was recently granted “core” status. What does this mean for China?
Eating grass: the India-Pakistan rivalry renewed0
- South Asia
- October 27, 2016
India-Pakistan relations are in crisis again. How close to nuclear war will the rivals go?
Down and Duterte: shakeup in the South China Sea0
- Asia Pacific
- October 17, 2016
The Philippines’ new president is leaning away from America and towards China – is he hedging or is this a marked strategic shift?
