East Asia

The Global-south Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Landscape and China’s Growing Influence

The importance of China's CPEC project in the region and the obstacles it faces. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC, is an international economic...

Five key challenges awaiting Hong Kong’s incoming leader John Lee

Hong Kong’s leader-in-waiting John Lee has officially been appointed as the sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) after receiving...

A Vision of Regional Order by China: Security, Development and Prosperity

Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe delivered a speech on “China’s Vision for Regional Order” at the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in...

Galwan, two years on

15 June 2022 marks two years since the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China saw its deadliest clash in forty-five years,...

The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order – Book review

This book is quite helpful for comprehending China's foreign policy throughout the past four decades. China's strategy and progress as a global force, according...

Parsing China’s policy towards Russia from realpolitik not fantasy

For more than decades, Modern Diplomacy is an invaluable platform for assessing and evaluating complex international issues. Although a leading European opinion-maker, its far-reaching...

Japan’s Claim over the ECS and Role of USA in Dispute

Japan claims that since 1885, Japan has surveyed the Senkaku Islands and determined that the islands were indeed uninhabited and clearly not under the influence...

China Is Not Russia -But Taiwan Could Be Ukraine

“You didn’t get involved in the Ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. Are you willing to get involved to defend Taiwan if it...

South Korea’s Yoon Foreign Policy: The Peninsula Matters and Global Pivotal State Vision

Since assuming the office on 10 May 2022, the newly-elected President of the Republic of Korea or knowingly as South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, is...

How Has the Russia-Ukraine War Affected China’s Worldview and US-China Relations

It is hard to know what Chinese leaders think about the Russia-Ukraine war.  Based on official statements, foreign ministry spokespersons’ comments, and limited discussions...

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