Trump’s foreign policy wreckage in Asia 12 February 2019When the Trump administration came to power two years ago, the response by policymakers with a huge stake in the relationship — from […] Read More
Facing China’s wrath, Canada cannot go it alone 30 January 2019With the firing of former ambassador John McCallum and the US raising the stakes in the battle against Huawei, Canada must counter China […] Read More
Israel’s Political Scene Ahead of the Early Parliamentary Election 23 January 2019The coalition government in Israel has called an early parliamentary election. This decision led to numerous changes among […] Read More
Guatemala in crisis after president bans corruption investigation into his government 16 January 2019For months, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales has been trying to stop a United Nations-backed anti-corruption investigation into his […] Read More
Indonesia’s elections and the challenge to its democratic achievement 08 January 2019Indonesian politics in the past year was dominated by one major dynamic: manoeuvring and positioning in preparation for […] Read More
Hardening the hedge: Japan’s security strategy revisited 11 December 2018Strategic commentary has long described Japan’s China policy as a classic ‘hedging’ posture — simultaneously combining the two contradictory policy directions of ‘balancing’ and ‘engagement’. […] Read More