It is unlikely that Ream Naval Base in Cambodia will be a Chinese military base or outpost such as the facility in Djibouti fully operated by the People’s Liberation Army. However, China could gain ...

Whether across the Taiwan Strait, on the Korean Peninsula, or in the East China Sea, the region is drifting toward a historical inflection point. As geopolitical tensions mount in Northeast Asia, ...

How far should geopolitical calculation drive trade agreements? It’s the question raised in whom to support and whom to stall for admission to the 12 nation, adjective laden Comprehensive and ...

Will the price fall? Japan has seen unprecedented increases in the cost of rice in recent months, affecting both consumers and the food industry. The surge is prompting the country to re-evaluate rice ...

While the world watched Donald Trump’s high-profile visit to the Middle East alongside Silicon Valley’s biggest names, only a few would have anticipated that one of the most consequential tech deals ...

In all the years since the 1953 armistice that saw a cessation of fighting in the Korean war, US troops have been based in South Korea with the aim of deterring North Korea and defending the South.

Dr Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti is a Research Professor at the Research Centre for Politics, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Her expertise in trafficking and smuggling has informed her broader ...

Ten years ago, people smugglers abandoned more than 8,000 refugees and migrants to be stranded for weeks in the Andaman Sea. An estimated 370 people died. The Andaman Sea has long been a major route ...

Developing countries are grappling with a tidal wave of debt repayments and interest costs to China, as bills come due from its Belt and Road lending surge in the 2010s, new Lowy Institute analysis ...

The 90-day pause in the US-China trade war brought relief to global markets. But while the trade truce is good news, rare earth elements have steadily emerged as a new flashpoint. Beijing’s dominance ...

Dr Naparat Kranrattanasuit is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University. Her research focuses on human trafficking and the rights of refugees and ...

Support for Taiwan is often presented as a binary: the West either defends a fellow democracy or abandons it to authoritarianism. But the real dilemma is not moral. It is strategic. For all the ...