Author: Dennis D. Trinidad, De La Salle University Abe’s recent trips to Southeast Asia show that Japan is turning once again to the region. Abe travelled...
Author: Heng Pheakdey, EISD The China–Cambodia relationship has reached new peaks in recent years. China is now Cambodia’s largest foreign investor, a major donor of aid...
Author: Donald R. Rothwell, ANU The decision handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 19 November 2012 in the Nicaragua v Columbia case...
China made four high-profile foreign policy fumbles in March and the negative repercussions they engender may ultimately come back to harm the country's own interests.
Author: Trevor Wilson, ANU Australia hosted a high-level government delegation from Myanmar this week, led by President Thein Sein. Thein Sein’s ambitious program of economic and...
Author: Miguel Alberto Gomez, DLSU Security experts at Kaspersky Lab — a Russian anti-virus firm — disclosed the existence of a large-scale cyber espionage operation in...
Author: Gary Hawke, NZIER The best headline among the usual profusion of journalistic reviews of New Zealand in 2012 is ‘Trivial Pursuits: The big news of...
Led by China, Asia — the ASEAN nations, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand — was the major contributor to growth in the...
Author: Ryo Sahashi, Kanagawa University Japan’s leadership has just overcome one of the most difficult challenges in a democracy: raising the nation’s consumption tax for social...