The rise of China as a revisionist power has also marked a return of geopolitics and great power politics in 21st century Asia. Active Indian participation is needed in the unfolding of Asian geopolitics.

Participation in global value chains has been the key factor driving China’s exports and economic development, according to Professor Yuqing Xing. But America’s trade and tech war with China, along with COVID-19, are threatening the global-value-chain development model.

Yes, James Callaghan was an underrated British prime minister. Hickson and Miles present a compelling psychological portrait of a fervent political operator who rose from humble circumstances to the highest office in the land.

Afghanistan’s major regional external stakeholders, Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran, will play a major role in that country’s future. But the five former-Soviet Central Asian republics (CARs or "stans")  are also strategically important and must be factored into the stakeholder mix.

Peter Hartcher’s new book provides a forensic analysis of the deterioration in the Australia-China relationship, with insights and insider information.  He argues that Australia needs to toughen its protections against China.

The Tiananmen Square Massacre offered a violent glimpse into the nature of Chinese politics under a communist government. In his new book, Indian diplomat Vijay Gokhale revisits his first-hand experience of the 1989 event.   

Obama’s account of his movement from lower reaches of Democrat politics to the White House is compelling reading. It is well written, and best digested slowly, chapter by chapter, anecdote by anecdote.

Kishore Mahbubani argues the US has launched a contest with China, while ignoring the advice that geopolitical sage George Kenen gave America during the Cold War. Namely, that it should maintain spiritual vitality at home, cultivate friends all over the world, not insult its adversary, and be humble.

Global demand for rare metals is rapidly rising. Guillaume Pitron explores and exposes the geopolitical, economic, environmental, and societal impacts of securing supplies of these raw materials.

Joko Widodo’s victory in the presidential race in 2014 challenged the previously elitist political establishment. His victory represented change, however Widodo's vision of modern Indonesia has not been realised.