Security

The China-India Confrontation in Ladakh: Three Explanations

Beijing and Delhi will have to do much to repair trust, stabilize their border, and promote cooperation in the years ahead.

How Not to Respond to China

As China pursues a more assertive foreign policy, other countries should push back whenever Beijing over-reaches, writes former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans

Resolving the China-US Competition and the Greater Global Challenge

Any accelerated decoupling of the US and Chinese economies will have serious implications for their trading, technology and financial partners.

Covid-19 and the Global Food Supply

Many food-importing countries must boost domestic food production during the pandemic, but withdrawing from global trade is not the answer to promoting food security.

The Responsibility to Prepare and Prevent: The Urgent Need for a Climate-Security Governance Architecture

Modern security challenges defy national borders. The world must prepare for concerted, coordinated action to prevent predictable cross-border threats.

Covid-19 and the Decade of Risk

A dangerous decade lies ahead for the global economy as well as for health and safety, and only a fundamental rethink about how nations can collaborate will be the cure.

Crossing the Rubicon: Duterte Moves to End the Philippine-US Alliance

Behind Duterte's façade of triviality and pettiness is a concerted plan to shift the Philippines away from the US and closer to China.

Rethinking US Alliances and Partnerships as Insurance Contracts

Alliances and partnerships with the US should be viewed as insurance contracts to hedge against the uncertainties of Beijing’s growing power and influence.

Russia, China and Central Asia: Cooperation over Competition

Central Asia has become an important arena of collaboration for Russia and China, with Moscow focusing on the region's security and Beijing promoting trade and commerce

Will the Australian Wildfires Crisis Usher in a New Global Climate Security Paradigm?

Governments worldwide will increasingly have to turn to their armed forces to deal with climate-related disasters, requiring new ways of thinking.

Governance and Stability in Cyberspace: What Will it Take?

While governments have long seen cybersecurity as a national concern, the necessity of including non-state actors in relevant policymaking is slowly being recognized.

Asia 2020: Learn the Lessons of 2019

Vasuki Shastry, Associate Asia Fellow of Chatham House in London, offers lessons from the past year and considers what they may portend at the beginning of a new decade.

Can New ASEAN Chair Vietnam Make Progress on the South China Sea?

Vietnam’s taking the ASEAN chair in January 2020 offers a diplomatic opportunity, says Vietnam scholar Truong-Minh Vu.

The Almaty Spirit – Pathway to a Chinese Monroe Doctrine?

Russian President Vladimir Putin offers birthday greetings to Chinese leader Xi Jinping before the CICA plenary session in Dushanbe, June 15, 2019

The Security Dimension of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is far more than an instrument of Chinese foreign economic and development policy, argues Mher D Sahakyan

Blowing Hot and Cold Over the South China Sea

Could Manila's soft-pedaling of its territorial dispute with Beijing lead to a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea that fits Chinese interests?

Flawed Assumptions: Why the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific is Defective

Foreign ministers including US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (4th from left) and China's Wang Yi (far right) demonstrate ASEAN centrality

Denuclearizing North Korea: What Must Happen Next