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Fareed Zakaria

Putting the pandemic in perspective

Fareed Zakaria’s new book tells of tiny moments that have led to massive change, writes John West.
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Chinese President Xi Delivers Remarks at a State Luncheon in His Honor at the State Department

Two fragile superpowers struggle for dominance

The prospects for a stable relationship between the US and China based on confidence and competitive interdependence look very slim, writes John West.
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Kishore Mahbubani and Ian Bremmer at Asia Society New York 6

Book Review: Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

Kishore Mahbubani challenges America to think the unthinkable -- that China might win! Read more...
President-elect Joe Biden!

What Does the Quad Summit Signal for US’s Relationships with Asian Countries?

The recent Quad summit was President Biden’s first major foreign policy initiative. Read more...
Southeast Asia: Myanmar

‘In the dragon’s shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese century’

The emergence of a more powerful and belligerent China poses the most serious foreign policy challenge that the Southeast Asian region has faced in a generation. Read more...
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Book Review: The Invention of China

According to Bill Hayton, the modern Chinese state was constructed, or “invented,” at the end of the Qing Dynasty, based on Western ideas of nation, race, history, and territory. Read more...
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Book Review: Where Great Powers Meet – America and China in Southeast Asia

The dominant narrative in Southeast Asia is that China is drawing all the region’s states into its sphere of influence. David Shambaugh challenges this view. Read more...
Curzon Hall

Japan’s foreign policy continues to grapple with end of Cold War and rise of China

The election of Joe Biden to the US presidency notwithstanding, Japan will need to maintain its more independent and activist foreign policy to protect its interests, writes John West. Read more...
COVID-19 checkpoint at the port of Puerto Galera, Mindoro (The Philippines)

Is this still going to be the Asian century?

After much optimism over the past two decades, COVID-19 has raised several question marks over the region’s march to prosperity, writes John West. Read more...
Abraham Denmark

Book Review: US Strategy in the Asian Century – Empowering Allies and Partners

The United States is a country that has lost its way in the emerging Asian Century. The new administration will face some daunting challenges in developing an effective strategy for the Asian Century. Read more...
Who Shapes Infrastructure Development Policy for East Asia?

Book Review: Japan’s New Regional Reality – Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia-Pacific

In her new book, Saori Katada details the country’s shift from being perceived  as a trade villain to an active promoter of an open, rules-based regional trade order, writes John West.
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Silos

Silos

Once again, Glen Robinson, our contributing partner, has some thought-provoking ideas for us all to consider.  It's very much worth the read!
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China

China's rise exposes the 'myth' of the liberal global order

Why do we hear so much about the liberal global order, when the truth is, it never existed? It was never a global order and it was not liberal, argues Stan Grant.
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Joe Biden Elected President

What does a Biden win mean for Asia?

Joe Biden will reverse America’s isolationist approach to global relations, but there will be domestic challenges to deal with first, argues John West. Read more...
R.C.E.P. Re-enforcement of negotiations and opportunities before India

Keep RCEP in perspective

But despite its evident upsides, RCEP is not going to be a game changer, writes Stephen Olson.
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The Australian War Memorial, Canberra Australia

Australia's security partnership with the US

Glen Robinson explores some thorny questions about Australia's security partnership with the US. Read more...
Opera House - 2016

Clouds of precarity brewing over Australia

Australia faces an uncertain economic future if it does not successfully reduce its dependence on China, and resources. Read more...
Chinatown, Sydney

The end of Australia’s China boom shouldn’t be such a surprise

Australians have never been much good at admitting the good times will end, argues Michael Shoebridge.
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Jefferson

Does America (Still) Want to Lead the Free World?

Once again, Julian Lindley-French provides a thought-provoking article.
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Dr. Geoff Raby at Gala Dinner

Book Review: China's Grand Strategy and Australia's Future in the New Global Order

Australia’s very future could be threatened by the deterioration in relations with China. A former Australian ambassador offers some new thinking and clear advice for salvaging the situation. Read more...