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Chinese warplanes overhead Taiwan (or maybe not) (Peter Layton, The Interpreter)

China’s PLA Air Force’s (PLAAF) latest flights into the Taiwanese Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) have gained people’s attention. The arcane ADIZ term denotes a...

With Biden’s lukewarm diplomacy, North Korea runs hot and cold (Khang Vu, The Interpreter)

North Korea is again following its old playbook, alternating between extending an olive branch or thorns, diplomacy or missile tests, all with the aim to extract...

AUKUS and Australia–Indonesia relations: 2+2 clever by half (David Engel, The Strategist)

Amid the commentary on Australia’s handling of France over the decision to switch to nuclear-powered submarines, Canberra’s treatment of another close partner and the...

Government should better explain need for expanded police powers (Teagan Westendorf, The Strategist)

When the Australian parliament passed the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2021 (SLAID) in August, research institutes and news media voiced concerns about an erosion of civil liberties—for...

Enemy of my enemy: Iran and the Taliban (Mohammed Ayoob, The Strategist)

The Taliban victory and the American exit from Afghanistan have shuffled the pack in the region in multiple ways. Several of Afghanistan’s neighbours with...

Nuclear submarines will propel Australia into a new strategic league (Ron Huisken, The Strategist)

In a world largely inured to shocks, the announcement that Australia, in partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom, would acquire nuclear-powered...

Hong Kong and the future of Chinese-language journalism (Joyce Nip, East Asia Forum)

The closure of Apple Daily is symbolic of the rapid decline of press freedom in Hong Kong since the enactment of the National Security Law on 1 July...

Another year, another prime minister for Japan (Bryce Wakefield, East Asia Forum)

Defying the predictions of many pundits, Fumio Kishida has been elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan and thus the nation’s...

Reflecting modern Japan in the imperial succession (Kumiko Nemoto, East Asia Forum)

As in ancient Rome, where the adoption of a male heir in favour of a female successor was common, Japan is likely to rely...

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