- February 4th, 2026
As Southeast Asia becomes ever more entangled in great power competition, the region’s most vital — and least visible — infrastructure faces growing peril. The vulnerabilities of undersea cables, which carry nearly all of Southeast Asia’s internet traffic, are becoming...
With the intensifying great power rivalry, middle powers like Indonesia and Australia are increasingly asking a critical question: can economic cooperation provide a hedge against growing strategic vulnerability? This concern shaped the discussions during the Indonesia–Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held...
China has lashed out at the Netherlands following the Dutch government’s takeover of Chinese-owned semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, calling the move an act of “piracy” and warning of possible retaliatory measures, including export restrictions on rare earths vital to global technology...
On Tuesday, October 14, Beijing made clear that it is prepared to go all the way in its trade confrontation with Washington. In a sharply worded statement, China’s commerce ministry asserted: “If you wish to fight, we shall fight to...
In recent months, the discussion around Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan has surged beyond military logistics into the heart of international strategic debate. The former American hub for operations in Central and South Asia is now in the spotlight again...
Beijing’s latest export restrictions on rare-earth extraction technologies have jolted the global minerals market, signaling a new phase in the geopolitical contest over critical resources that underpin modern defense and green technologies. The move comes after Chinese authorities learned that...
Taiwan’s long-anticipated flagship submarine, the Hai Kun — meaning Narwhal — has missed a crucial sea trial deadline, casting a shadow over one of Asia’s most ambitious defense projects and exposing the limits of Taiwan’s industrial and strategic reach in...
The great power contest between Washington and Beijing is playing out not just in trade tariffs and technological rivalry — it is increasingly manifesting in steel and concrete, in pipelines and ports, in the tension between sea lanes and land...
For more than four decades, China was the world’s great economic miracle — a once-impoverished nation that transformed itself into an industrial and technological giant. Since Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms of 1978, China’s GDP expanded at an average annual rate...
In the five decades since its founding, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has evolved from a Cold War bulwark into one of the world’s most dynamic regional organizations. From its modest beginnings in 1967, ASEAN’s ten member states—Brunei,...
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