Aug 20, 2019
Bobo Lo
Lowy Institute
This reviews how Putin has pursued a foreign policy of greater engagement with the Asia-Pacific, but suggests that Russia faces obstacles to increasing its influence in the region.
Aug 19, 2019
Jinkyung Baek and Chaesung Chun
EAI
This emphasizes that South Korea needs to include biological and chemical weapons in negotiations and any eventual agreement on North Korean denuclearization.
Aug 13, 2019
Liesl Louw-Vaudran
ISS
This reviews developments at a July African Union (AU) regional summit in Niger in the context of broader efforts to streamline the AU.
Aug 10, 2019
Roland Rajah
Lowy Institute
The yuan recently exceeded seven to the U.S. dollar, prompting the Trump administration to officially label China a currency manipulator. This argues that potential efforts by the U.S. Treasury to reverse the yuan’s slide would be more concerning.
Aug 09, 2019
Kathleen McKendrick
Chatham House
This paper suggests some necessary conditions for legitimate use of AI as part of a predictive approach to counterterrorism on the part of liberal democratic states.
Aug 06, 2019
Frederick Kliem
RSIS
All ten ASEAN member states adopted the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific at its June summit. This piece examines its implications for the ongoing regional debate on the strategic future of the Indo-Pacific.
Aug 05, 2019
Yoel Guzansky and Gil Hurvitz
INSS
In the Arabian Sea, competition has been building for the past few years over control of the strategic ports adjacent to major trade routes. This outlines three different themes that have emerged from this competition.
Aug 05, 2019
Siyasanga Sauka
SAIIA
This recommends that developing cities in Tanzania adopt a holistic approach to climate adaptation and climate resilience.
Aug 05, 2019
John Raine
IISS
This argues that the current rise in U.S.-Iranian tensions is conducted below the conventional threshold for armed conflict and may remain a ‘threshold war.’
Aug 01, 2019
Pavel Baev
IFRI
This paper assesses the impact of the modernization of Russia’s nuclear arsenal on European security structures.