Jan 10, 2015

Plunging oil prices have sent shockwaves around the world, threatening to topple governments and bankrupt businesses even while U.S. consumers celebrate cheap g

Jan 09, 2015

One of the explicit goals of the Obama administration’s policy of “rebalancing” to the Asia Pacific region is elevating economic statecraft as a pillar of fo

Jan 08, 2015

There is a line of thinking among foreign economists and financial analysts that China is in the midst of a change in direction known generically as “rebalanci

Jan 06, 2015

Nothing so clearly signals Australia’s involvement in a more strategically competitive Asia as the writings of Australia’s leading strategic academics. In qui

Dec 24, 2014

Russia is back in vogue among Chinese strategists, at least for now. Undoubtedly, this excitement is partly the result of recent geopolitical developments in Ea

Dec 23, 2014

Modern China has finally achieved a long-held dream: secure land borders. The Mongols, western colonial empires and the Japanese have all carved out significant

Dec 17, 2014

While bureaucratic competition among numerous maritime actors is likely a factor that is contributing to tension and uncertainty in the South China Sea, as Lind

Dec 11, 2014

The yellow umbrellas are being furled and many—though not yet all—of Hong Kong’s youthful protestors are drifting home or back to school as police pressure i

Dec 11, 2014

On November 29, Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif broke ground on a section of the Hazara Motorway, which will connect the outskirts of the capital city of

Dec 09, 2014

Satellite images analyzed by defense intelligence magazine IHS Jane’s show that China is reclaiming on Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands a piece of land