Author: Guy Burton, Brussels School of Governance In December 2021, United States intelligence claimed China was helping Saudi Arabia develop ballistic missiles. Washington feared the Saudis...
Author: Roy C Lee, CIER Following China’s ban of Taiwanese pineapple and wax apple imports in 2021, grouper fish and citrus fruits joined Beijing’s expanding list...
Authors: Francesca Frassineti, University of Bologna, Edward Howell, University of Oxford and Ria Roy, University of Cambridge After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, North Korea capitalised upon...
Author: June Park, Schmidt Futures The United States has unleashed its arsenal to go ‘full throttle’ in the chip war against China regardless of the potential...
Authors: Samuel Hardwick and Adam Triggs In 2018, the United States put Russian aluminium giant Rusal on a blacklist to turn the screws on influential oligarchs....
Author: Marian Seliga, J&T Bank In response to anti-government protests that broke out in Kazakhstan in January 2022, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for reforms...
Authors: Phan Le and Hai Thanh Nguyen, CIEM The CEO of Samsung Electronics met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and announced a US$850 million...
Author: Fan Yang, Deakin University Weixin was launched in January 2011 by Chinese tech giant Tencent. It is now the primary digital platform for Mandarin speakers,...
Author: Samuel Goodman, Washington DC The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have limited the supply and increased the cost of semiconductors. One of the clearest...