Supply Chains, New Geographies and Canada
By Amitendu Palit COVID-19 has produced a new type of geopolitics, one that is sharply focused on the ability of countries to influence global production.
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February 22, 2022 Neutrality for Taiwan? Why It Remains an Option
By Chenxi Shen The entry of the Taiwanese delegation in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4 served again as a reminder of the largest dilemma plaguing international relations in East Asia today. As the Guardian aptly reported, its “athletes had to march under a banner saying Chinese Taipei and a neutral flag.” De […]
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February 17, 2022 Challenges Beyond the Indo-Pacific Test the Limits of the Quad
By Mark S. Cogan & Vivek Mishra As tensions mount with China and polarization widens the gap between Beijing and the four members of the Quad, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States met in Melbourne on Friday, 11 February 2022, for their Fourth Ministerial […]
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February 12, 2022 Ukraine: Blind Man’s Bluff Posing as Brinkmanship
By Alex Holstein War is imminent. Despite a White House about-face to the contrary, that seems to be the prevailing battle-station consensus among many beltway politicians, television pundits and world leaders alike, as they insist on an aggressive U.S. response to the deepening crisis on the Russian-Ukrainian border. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has denied any “alarmism” at play, but the hue and cry is reminiscent […]
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February 10, 2022 AUKUS and France as an Indo-Pacific Power
By Jose Mikhail Perez & Christian Vicedo On October 26, 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation for the first time since the AUKUS alliance was announced. During their phone conversation, President Xi reportedly advised his French counterpart to maintain autonomy in foreign policy. This advice is indicative of an emerging dynamic in […]
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February 8, 2022 Understanding the ‘Shiite Crescent’ as Iranian Grand Strategy
By Jose Miguel Alonso-Trabanco As a concept, grand strategy refers to the long-range instrumental mobilisation of a state’s combined resources, vectors of influence and capabilities in order to achieve an advantageous position, satisfy vital national interests, enhance national security, and navigate assertively in an environment in which uncertainty and danger are commonplace. As such, it represents […]
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February 7, 2022 Macron ‘worried’ about Ukraine-Russia tensions ahead of Putin summit
French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow this afternoon in an attempt to calm tensions on the Ukrainian border.
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February 1, 2022 Can China’s Belt and Road Open Up Landlocked Laos?
By Michael Hart Around mid-August, the final tracks will be laid on a 420 km high-speed railway in Laos, enabling the first trains to be tested on the Chinese-built line. Work on the project began in 2016, seeking to link the southern Chinese city of Kunming with Laotian capital Vientiane, as part of Beijing’s wider vision for an […]
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January 26, 2022 Beijing’s Mission to Make China’s Youth More Chinese
By James Park* China’s education reform has gained attention lately for its notable intensity. For instance, assigning “Xi Jinping Thought” – the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s highest guiding principle for the Chinese people and nation – as a new mandatory curriculum at primary and secondary schools, barring private tutoring to more effectively deter the influx of foreign ideas, and imposing “online game […]
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January 25, 2022 AUKUS and France as an Indo-Pacific Power
By Jose Mikhail Perez & Christian Vicedo On October 26, 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation for the first time since the AUKUS alliance was announced. During their phone conversation, President Xi reportedly advised his French counterpart to maintain autonomy in foreign policy. This advice is indicative of an emerging dynamic in […]
