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Pacific island countries need support to address information manipulation (Blake Johnson – The Strategist)

Pacific island countries are being drawn into broader foreign information manipulation and interference efforts by countries such as Russia and China, which want to...

New taskforce powers Indonesia’s energy transition (Muhammad Arief Virgy – East Asia Forum)

Indonesia has formed the Energy Transition and Green Economy Task Force to accelerate its move towards cleaner energy, amid inconsistent policies and political challenges....

Beijing’s global vision takes shape in Africa (Samir Bhattacharya – East Asia Forum)

China is increasingly using soft power and strategic investments to influence Africa, aiming to reshape the global order in its favour. Through the Belt...

Uncertainty clouds Timor-Leste’s admission to ASEAN (Nuno Canas Mendes – East Asia Forum)

Timor-Leste's admission into ASEAN remains undecided due to concerns about its economic, social and geopolitical conditions, despite potential benefits of eased market access, security,...

Can Ukraine Hold Elections This Year? (Valerii Kravets – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Ukraine’s president and parliament were voted into office in 2019, and their terms of office were due to expire in May and August 2024,...

Coalition of the Willing (German Marshall Fund of the United States)

The new buzzword in European defense is the “coalition of the willing”. Proposed by France and the United Kingdom in February 2025, the initiative...

US Army Cuts Signal Emphasis on Readiness (Jack Watling – RUSI)

The US Army announced a series of organisational and capability decisions on 2 May, with Chief of Staff General Randy George promising more to...

Securing the space-based assets of NATO members from cyberattacks (Julia Cournoyer – Chatham House)

The increased dependence on space-based assets for both military and civilian functions has turned these critical systems into a potential target for cyberattacks. NATO’s...

Trump’s Gulf tour exposes Netanyahu’s increasingly isolated position on Gaza (Ksenia Svetlova – Chatham House)

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself in an increasingly precarious position as US President Donald Trump’s tour of the Gulf States unfolded in...

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