Indonesia’s New Diplomatic Playbook: ASEAN on Hold, NAM in Limbo, Giants Ahead
As Indonesia approached President Prabowo Subianto’s 100th day in office, Foreign Minister Sugiono held the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ annual press statement (PPTM) on January 11, outlining the...
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What Actions Did US State Legislators Attempt to Take on China in 2024?
While many U.S. subnational actors have reciprocated PRC efforts to reconnect, a growing number of governors and state legislators have been proposing and enacting an unprecedented volume of...
View ArticleChina’s FM Calls on Southeast Asia to Tackle Online Scamming Scourge
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday called on Southeast Asian countries to take strong measures to crack down on online gambling and fraud operations, citing the worrying persistence of criminal...
View ArticleAustralia’s Population Has Grown, But Its House of Representatives Hasn’t
Australia has entered into an unofficial election campaign. Although an election doesn’t have to be held until May (it may be held sooner), political parties have started test driving new slogans, and...
View ArticleIn First, China’s VP Will Attend US Presidential Inauguration
Last year, after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, media reported that he had extended an unusual invitation for China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, to attend the inauguration on January...
View ArticleNew Zealand-Singapore Defense Relations in a Volatile World
2025 will be a special time for relations between New Zealand and Singapore. In August, Singapore will commemorate its 60th year of nation-building and mark 60 years of diplomatic relations with New...
View ArticleChina in Pakistan’s Power Sector: The Hidden Costs Behind Pakistan’s Energy...
According to the Economic Survey (2023-24), Pakistan’s power production capacity stands at 42,131 MW – almost double its domestic electricity demand. Yet Pakistan remains the only South Asian country...
View ArticleThe US Pivot to Asia Depends on Peace in Ukraine
We don’t yet know the precise approach that the incoming Trump administration will take to negotiating peace in Ukraine, but we do know that an attempt by Washington to force an end to the conflict is...
View ArticleHow Taiwan Balances Cybersecurity With Human Rights in Resisting China
Earlier this month, the National Security Bureau of Taiwan (NSB) released its findings that cyberattacks from China targeting Taiwan government networks had doubled in 2024, to an estimated 2.4 million...
View ArticleThe Economic Impact of Pakistan’s Internet Crisis
A recent report by Top10VPN.com revealed that Pakistan suffered the highest financial losses worldwide from internet and social media outages in 2024, amounting to $1.62 billion. Given the country’s...
View ArticleWill the Trump Administration Grant the Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project a...
Pakistan’s Petroleum Minister Musadik Malik announced in December that he planned to request a sanctions waiver for the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project from the Trump administration. Signed in 2009,...
View ArticleASEAN Foreign Ministers Tell Myanmar Junta to Prioritize Peace Over Elections
Southeast Asian leaders have warned Myanmar’s military regime that it should prioritize peace over an election planned for later this year, saying that the latter must “involve all stakeholders.” At...
View ArticlePrabowo’s Approval Rating Tops 80 Percent After 100 Days in Office
More than four-fifths of Indonesians approve of the job that President Prabowo Subianto has done since his inauguration in October, as he prepares to mark his 100th day in office. In a survey of 1,000...
View ArticleChina’s Last-minute Preparations for Trump 2.0
In the week before President Donald Trump’s inauguration into the White House for his second term as president of the United States, China seemed to cozy up to U.S. allies. On January 13, a group of...
View ArticleWhy Indonesia is Blocking Apple From Selling the iPhone 16
Indonesia and Apple are currently in a bit of a kerfuffle involving market access and investment. Essentially, Indonesian authorities are not allowing Apple to sell its latest product, the iPhone 16,...
View ArticleSouth Korean President Attends Impeachment Trial
Yoon Suk-yeol, the impeached president of South Korea, attended trial at the Constitutional Court on Tuesday, according to local media. It marked his first attendance since the court kicked off his...
View ArticleTrade Resumes After Myanmar Military and Major Rebel Group Agree to Ceasefire
Some gates on the China-Myanmar border have reopened after a major rebel army in northeastern Myanmar agreed to a ceasefire with the Myanmar armed forces in China-mediated talks over the weekend. The...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Resistance Must Be Transparent Regarding ICC Arrest Warrants
On November 27, International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan announced the submission of an arrest warrant application about the 2016-2017 violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State,...
View ArticleVietnam’s Reborn Nuclear Energy Ambitions: Challenges and Prospects
In November, Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh proposed to the National Assembly that the Ninh Thuan nuclear power project, which was put on hold in 2016, be revived. To Lam, the general...
View ArticleMalaysia Seeks Gag Order on Ex-PM Najib’s Royal Document Case
Malaysia’s attorney-general has requested a gag order to ban public discussion of former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s judicial review claim that a document exists, which would allow him to serve his...
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