By Phuong Nguyen — Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong will pay an official visit to Washington, complete with a state dinner in his honor hosted by President Barack Obama, on August 1-2. The visit comes as the two countries…
Prime Minister Modi meets with chief ministers; Delhi bans old diesel vehicles; Congress government restored in Arunachal Pradesh; Haryana launches tax refund program for land acquisition related to manufacturing; two chief ministers visit Russia; Rajasthan sets a minimum wage…
In this episode we explore how China spies. China’s role in geopolitics continues to expand, yet finding even the basics on China’s organizations responsible for foreign intelligence collection and espionage is a challenge. Jamestown Foundation Fellow Peter Mattis and CSIS…
By Amrita Jash — Following a temporary thaw in China-Japan relations after the 2015 Security Talks, maritime territorial tensions have ramped up again in the East China Sea. In the recent talks between Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Shinzo…
By Jonathan Bogais — It took more than a week after the federal election on July 2, but Australia finally has a new government, albeit a minority one. The challenges Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull now faces are daunting. The very…
By Gregory Poling, Michael J. Green, Murray Hiebert, Christopher K. Johnson, Amy Searight & Bonnie Glaser — Today an arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued a long-awaited ruling in Manila’s case against Beijing’s claims…
By Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit — Now that the Permanent Court of Arbitration has released its decision on the case lodged by the Philippines against China, Manila should immediately set the tone of what is to follow. In the days…
By Marina Lleonart Calvo — Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen set off on June 24 to visit two nations in Central and South America – Panama and Paraguay – for her first overseas trip after taking office in May 2016. President…
By Chau Hoang — The recent controversy over former senator Bob Kerrey’s chairmanship of the U.S.-sponsored Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV) deserves the attention of those interested in the progress of U.S.-Vietnam relations. The debate transcends the ethical merits of having…
By Conor Cronin & Norashiqin Toh — Indonesian maritime affairs and fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti on June 6 said the government will sink 30 more foreign-flagged vessels caught for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Indonesian waters, the latest…