Did ‘elites’ get the 2016 US election wrong?
Congratulations to Joe Hockey for anticipating Trump's win. But perhaps it was not simply a matter of elites being out of touch, as his analysis suggests.South Korea’s finest hour: Lessons from the impeachment
The scandal that felled Park Geun-Hye has been covered extensively elsewhere. Here are three broader lessons in political science.China’s financial concerns
Solving China's financial sector problems doesn't depend on the fickle global financial sector. Instead, China has to address some domestic issues.Lessons from India on migration’s role in trade policy
Australia would be well placed if it established a set of principles for migration when negotiating trade and other deals.How China and Russia avoided the Thucydides trap
Russia’s adaptation to the asymmetry in relations with China stands in stark contrast to its clash with the EU over Ukraine and Eastern Europe in general.Turnbull’s India visit an opportunity to revive the Quad
Even if it was ahead of its time in 2007, the contemporary strategic logic of reviving the Quad is compelling.Sweden unites in wake of terror attack
Perhaps most telling - and for Swedes, the most heartening - response is the attitude displayed toward police in the wake of the attack.Egypt’s Copts: Caught between the Egyptian State and IS
The structural underpinnings that allowed for the emergence and growth of violent jihadists in Egypt are the result of decades of official and unofficial discriminatory policies against Copts.Economic diplomacy brief: Asian economic outlook, India relations, state investment and more
Trapped no longer: Asia's emerging economies given an out, Turnbull in India, and David Irvine take the reins at the FIRB,The Xi-Trump Summit: Rearranging the furniture
Any progress in terms of trade and investment flows will be incremental, and probably unaffected by politicians posturing.Weekend catch-up: US missile strikes, the Xi-Trump meeting, China-Russia relations and more
CRAs holding back Indonesia, why an Australia-China extradition treaty was always a bad idea, Vietnamese trawlers at Scarborough Shoal, and more.Digital Asia links: PLA QR codes, a new OBOR portal, India’s social sphere and more
The Asia-Pacific is the most dynamic digital landscape in the world.Syria's chemical weapons: Khan Sheikhoun attack may not be the last
The world should expect that Syria will continue to use its remaining chemical weapons against its populace, whenever it chooses and with relative impunity.Missile strikes do not signal US shift on Syria
Trump has set the boundaries back to what they have traditionally been, and put Russia and Iran on notice that Washington's patience has run out.Currents of disruption: Not just a new world order, but a new world
The challenges are tectonic and technological. When and if they are spent, they will leave us with a new world beyond the realms of current-day perception. Four such disruptive developments are most noteworthy.China and Russia: Friends with strategic benefits
Russian cooperation which builds Chinese military capabilities is more important and more detrimental to Western interests than any grand rhetoric coming out of officials’ mouths.The Trump-Xi meeting: A view from China
China would feel more assured if Xi’s American host would repeat his support for the One China policy.Convention likely to win out in Trump-Xi meeting
The issues Trump and Xi do not discuss may be as telling as those they do.How would a President Moon Jae-in approach North Korea and China?
If Moon Jae-in wins the Blue House, his stance on THAAD will be a good indicator of how much influence China can have over South Korea’s foreign policy.
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