Uncategorized

(Chinese Coastguard’s Jurisdiction) New law expands Chinese coastguard’s jurisdiction to at least the first island chain (The Strategist)

Eli Huang China’s new law giving the China Coast Guard more freedom to use force has increased the concerns of China’s neighbours. https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/new-law-expands-chinese-coastguards-jurisdiction-to-at-least-the-first-island-chain/

(Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Why the Quad should focus on collaborative not collective defence (The Strategist)

Charlie Lyons Jones Critics of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Beijing in particular, have long portrayed the grouping of Australia, Japan, India and the US as a...

(Pacific Islands Forum) The Pacific Islands Forum can survive this crisis too (The Strategist)

Richard Herr There are many ways to respond to a serious crisis, but hyperbole and panic should not be among them. Some commentators have elevated...

(USA/Australia/China/Trade) No quick fix from Biden for Australia’s China trade woes (East Asia Forum)

James Laurenceson, UTS Hopes are high that, with the Biden administration in the White House, the United States might come to Australia’s rescue as China...

(USA/China/Trade) Will Biden’s America change course on China and trade? (East Asia Forum)

Charles R Hankla, Georgia State University US President Joe Biden’s administration must figure out how to pick up the pieces of former president Donald Trump’s...

(China/Mauritius) Here’s why China’s trade deal with Mauritius matters (WEF)

Lauren Johnston, Research Associate, SOAS China Institute Marc Lanteigne, Associate Professor of Political Science, UiT: The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø 2021 marks the start of...

(USA/Politics) McConnell’s choice is emblematic of the GOP’s rot (AEI)

Jonah Goldberg The Republican Party is broken. https://www.aei.org/op-eds/mcconnells-choice-is-emblematic-of-the-gops-rot/

(USA/Great Recession/Recovery) The recovery from the Great Recession: A long, evolving expansion (AEI)

Michael R. Strain, Jay C. Shambaugh Prior to 2020, the Great Recession was the most important macroeconomic shock to the United States economy in generations. https://www.aei.org/research-products/working-paper/the-recovery-from-the-great-recession-a-long-evolving-expansion/

(Europe/Post-Pandemic) Europe’s Ambitious Parochialism (Project-Syndicate)

JAYATI GHOSH The idea that the European Union can save itself and emerge from the COVID-19 crisis while the rest of the world flounders will...

Latest articles