Asia and Pacific
More on 'Frank Gehry diplomacy'
Alan Davies, who writes Crikey's invaluable The Urbanist blog, has responded to my musings on Hillary Clinton's call for 'a new architecture for the world, more Frank Gehry than…
China at sea: Wake up, Australia!
For Australia, the principal threat posed by the growth of China's military power is not yet to its direct strategic interests but rather to the US-led order from which much of…
China's navy: Urgent need for new mindset
Rear Admiral (Ret'd) James Goldrick AO CSC is a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute.
Despite the harsh language about China's maritime strategy and ambitions identified in Sam…
Blunt words on China from US Navy
In the context of yesterday's article in The Australian that China was being invited to America's biggest annual Pacific naval exercise, RIMPAC (which wasn't really…
China's domestic focus creates dangers
In this short video I talk with East Asia Program Director Linda Jakobson about the conclusions of her new Analysis paper, launched today, China's Foreign Policy Dilemma.
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Movie trailer: From Up on Poppy Hill
Japan's highest grossing film of 2011, a coming of age story dealing with the aftermath of World War II and the rise of a new Japan, is being released with English dubbing.
Sam…
Analyses
China's foreign policy dilemma
Therefore Chinese foreign policy can be expected to be reactive. This may have serious consequences because of the potentially explosive nature of two of China's most pressing…
Singapore Government loses control of narrative
Dr Michael Barr is a Senior Lecturer at Flinders University and Editor-in-Chief, Asian Studies Review.
Last weekend's by-election in Singapore has inflicted the fourth electoral…
Reader riposte: China training Cambodian army?
Chris Williams writes:
I need to challenge your China linkage reporter for 29 January for drawing the headline directly from the Bangkok Post source article, 'China will train…
China linkage: An anti-Japan protester's tale, New Year migration, smog, corruption and more
Joel Wing-Lun is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program.
A migrant worker describes how he was caught up in the anti-Japanese protests over disputed…