China: Xi Jinping Poised for a Third Term with No Plans to Relinquish Power...
By David Law
It is a certainty that the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will be confirmed in office at the 20th Congress of the...
Ukraine War: China’s Lukewarm Support for Russia is Likely to Benefit Kyiv – Here’s...
By Stefan Wolff and Tatyana Malyarenko
Things are not going well for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. On September 30 he announced the annexation of four Ukrainian...
Brazil 2022: Lula’s Comeback Looms, Unless…
By Dan Steinbock
Not so long ago, Brazil’s BRIC economy soared as working people and the poor were able to join the labor force and...
US Takes a Renewed Interest in the Pacific – and China’s Role in it
By Patricia A. O'Brien
If you are trying to find traces of the United States’ long and layered ties with the Pacific Islands in Washington...
A Balancing Power: Indonesia Needs to Focus First on Ensuring G20 Run Smoothly Amid...
By Mireille Marcia Karman
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has threatened the success of this November’s G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
The Indonesian government is under the impression...
War in Ukraine: Has the Time for EU Enlargement Arrived?
By Valon Murtezaj
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has upended the European order as we know it, and that was even before the Nord...
In the Shadow of Taiwan, PH Faces Existential Choices
By Dan Steinbock
The Marcos government does not face a choice between the US or China, amid Taiwan tensions. It faces a choice...
Why Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Puts the White House in Delicate Straits of...
By Professor Meredith Oyen
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Aug. 2, 2022 – a highly controversial trip that has been strongly opposed by...
Taiwan: The US Has Been Strengthening Support for Years – Now it Needs a...
By Owen Greene and Professor Christoph Bluth
The recent visit by the speaker of the US House of Representatives to Taiwan, Nancy Pelosi, was made...
Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan causes an Ongoing Chinese Tantrum in the Taiwan Strait
By Kuan-Wei Chen
The recent visit to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, lasted just 24 hours.
But it vividly...
