South China Sea

The Leaderboard: Marise Payne

Who is she? Marise Payne is an Australian senator and member of Australia’s Liberal Party. She has represented New South Wales in the Australian senate for 19 years, and has served on a variety of joint and Senate committees, including…

CogitAsia Podcast: Feeding the Dragon

This week we explore how Russia has assisted China’s massive military modernization program. CSIS’s Paul Schwartz, a senior associate with our Russia Eurasia Program, joins to discuss the findings of his new report Feeding the Dragon which covers Russia’s contributions…

The Leaderboard: Rizal Ramli

Who is he? Rizal Ramli, an economist and politician, is Indonesia’s new coordinating minister for maritime affairs. He has served twice in previous cabinets, first as the coordinating minister for economic affairs from 2000 to 2001, and then as minister…