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Turkey/Russia – New Turkish-Built Dry Dock Will Not Solve Russia’s Deeper Shipbuilding Problems (Paul Goble, The Jamestown Foundation)

The problems plaguing Russia’s shipbuilding sector, both military and civilian, run so deep and widespread that even Moscow’s decision to award a contract to...

Belarus/Russia – The Hijacking of the Ryanair Flight Over Belarus: A Russian ‘Reflexive Control’ Operation? (Arseny Sivitsky, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Belarusian authorities’ forced landing of the Vilnius-bound Ryanair Flight 4978 at Minsk airport, on May 23, and the arrest of the opposition NEXTA Telegram channel...

India – The Absence of Air Power in India’s Security Narratives (Air Marshal D Choudhury, AVSM, VM, VSM – VIF)

India’s security narrative of the region has been largely driven by the coercive diplomacy which China has chosen to pursue as a part of...

China – China’s Military Space Strategy (Pushpinder Bath, VIF)

General While the visible elements of China’s space programme include its launch vehicles, launch sites, satellite systems and Anti-Satellite (ASAT) tests, its military space strategy...

WTO/Global FDI – Can WTO talks revive global FDI? (Simon J Evenett and Johannes Fritz, East Asia Forum)

Advancing global talks on investment facilitation has long been a goal of many governments in the Asia Pacific. During its G20 presidency in 2016,...

Philippines – Rethinking the Philippines’ submarine program (Abdul Rahman Yaacob, East Asia Forum)

Since 2013, the Philippine Navy has sought to replace its obsolete assets with newer platforms as part of a military modernisation program initiated by...

Indonesia – Indonesia’s false choice between investment and innovation (Andree Surianta, East Asia Forum)

Despite initial worries about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Indonesia, the country did well to woo...

USA/China – Getting real about US–China cooperation (Jacob Stokes, East Asia Forum)

One of the toughest questions in the current frosty era of relations between Washington and Beijing is whether and how to pursue cooperation amid...

G7 – We Don’t Need the G7 (Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project-Syndicate)

The latest G7 summit was a waste of resources. If it had to be held at all, it should have been conducted online, saving...

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