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(China/South China Sea) How China is bending the rules in the South China Sea (The Interpreter)

ORIANA SKYLAR MASTRO Chinese exercises in the South China Sea last month, and the strong US response, show these disputed waters will not soon be...

(New Zealand/Australia) Allies but not friends? New Zealand and Australia (The Interpreter)

ROBERT AYSON A pub quiz question for foreign policy nerds in ten years’ time: In early 2021, why did New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern accuse Scott...

(Russia/Europe) Russia vs the EU (The Interpreter)

DANIEL WOKER European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell visited Moscow this month intending to lodge a strong protest against the treatment of dissident Alexei...

(Myanmar) Lowy Institute Conversations: Aye Min Thant and Melissa Crouch on the coup in Myanmar (Lowy Institute)

In this episode of Lowy Institute Conversations, Ben Bland, Director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute, sits down with Aye Min...

(Japan/UK/Defence) Japan and UK move towards partnership to develop combat-aircraft systems (The Strategist)

Bradley Perrett A surprising defence-technology partnership is emerging between Japan and the UK. The cooperation is mostly preliminary but not at all basic: the two...

(Myanmar) What makes this Myanmar coup different (The Strategist)

Morten B. Pedersen The dominant response to the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February has been, ‘Here we go again.’ Media commentary has highlighted the strong...

(China) Leaping across the ocean: The port operators behind China’s naval expansion (ASPI)

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has become increasingly willing to project military power overseas while coercing and co-opting countries into accepting the objectives...

(WTO) Is plurilateralism making the WTO an institutional zombie? (East Asia Forum)

Naoise McDonagh, University of Adelaide The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 2014 Trade Facilitation Agreement is the only significant multilateral agreement it has concluded since its inception in...

(ASEAN/Europe) The ASEAN–EU Strategic Partnership’s coherence challenge (East Asia Forum)

Laura Allison-Reumann and Philomena Murray, University of Melbourne The new ASEAN–EU Strategic Partnership announced on 1 December 2020 marks a turning point in the relationship between the two...

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