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As liberal democracies struggle to manage their domestic crises, China is filling the gap in global leadership. Is China’s perceived threat to the liberal order overstated, and how should the West respond?

China’s rivals have long sought to launch a viable alternative to Beijing’s globe-spanning Belt and Road Initiative. But the Western attempt to match China’s landmark infrastructure scheme lacks the funding and ambition of the original.

The hostility between the United States and China and the continued destabilization of multilateral regimes will lead to China’s expansion of its nuclear capabilities, which could also indirectly affect nuclear development in the Middle East.

This discusses the necessity for dialogue amongst countries in multilateral institutions given the Australian nuclear-submarine catalyst in recent news. This proliferation raises questions on security and cooperation.

To ensure the successful growth of the Asia Pacific region in the coming decades, adequate infrastructure is needed. This looks at the current infrastructure landscape in the region, comparing China and India’s competing strategies.

China’s international climate change involvement depends on three things: momentum from the United States, international commitment to addressing the interests of developing countries, and readiness of the EU to push important issues internationally

The successful conclusion of long-dormant negotiations between Indonesia and the Philippines over maritime boundaries holds key lessons for claimant states of disputed waters in the South China Sea.

Robert Beckman and Clive Schofield discuss Professor Raul Pedrozo’s critique of proposals for China to bring its maritime claims into conformity with international law and UNCLOS, which he sees as “problematic” and “counterproductive.”

A hectic week of high-level diplomacy in Beijing saw China asserting its weight and snatching the region’s economic leadership from traditional leader, the United States. The implications were not missed as ASEAN leaders met soon after in Myanmar.

Russia’s recent diplomatic engagement with North Korea may give hope for resuming denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and the international community.