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Have China-US Relations Turned a Corner? | Johanna Costigan, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI); William Heidlage, Bower Group Asia

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0800

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Johanna Costigan
Research and Editorial Associate, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)
Writer and editor on China technology
Member, Global Editorial Board, Young China Watchers (YCW)

William Heidlage
Senior Director, Bower Group Asia
Global Executive Director, Young China Watchers (YCW)

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China's Challenges and the Challenge of China: Beyond the 20th Party Congress| Ann Listerud, Strider Intelligence; Jason Li, The Stimson Center

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:00:00 +0800

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Ann Listerud
Analyst
Strider Intelligence

Jason Li
Research Associate, East Asia Program
The Stimson Center

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China’s Technology War: Why Beijing Took Down Its Tech Giants | Andrew Collier, Orient Capital Research

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 10:00:00 +0800

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Andrew Collier
Managing Director and Founder
Orient Capital Research
Hong Kong

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India 75 Years After Independence | Vasuki Shastry, Chatham House

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0800

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Vasuki Shastry
Associate Fellow in the Asia-Pacific Programme
Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)

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How Southeast Asia Governs Climate Change | Jens Marquardt, Laurence L Delina and Mattijs Smits

Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:00:00 +0800

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Jens Marquardt
Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt

Laurence L Delina
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Mattijs Smits
Wageningen University & Research

Southeast Asian countries play a pivotal role in the fight against climate change, taking care to balance economic progress with climate-friendly development. Jens Marquardt, Laurence L Delina and Mattijs Smits, editors of the recent book Governing Climate Change in Southeast Asia, outline how Southeast Asian countries have responded to the climate challenge and summarize the lessons learned from climate governance in ASEAN. Read the full article.

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“Fake Foreigner”: Veteran journalist Jaime FlorCruz on his student days at Peking University and China today

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0800

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Jaime FlorCruz
Journalist, China watcher and author of The Class of ’77: How My Classmates Changed China

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Abe Shinzo: Japan’s master politician leaves a void | Leonard Schoppa, University of Virginia

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0800

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Leonard Schoppa
Professor of Politics
University of Virginia

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The Social Impact of the Olympics: The Quest for Unity in Diversity | Yuhei Inoue, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0800

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China and the Gulf Nations in a Changing World: The Opportunities and Challenges of Deeper Engagement | Ebrahim Hashem, 2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow, Asia Global Institute

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:00:00 +0800

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Afghanistan at a Crossroads: Perspectives on the Ground | Jason Yip, 2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0800

With the withdrawal of US military forces from Afghanistan and the collapse of the Washington-supported government in Kabul, the Taliban have moved quickly and effortlessly to retake control of the country. The central Asian nation is heading into a new yet familiar chapter in its tortured history, writes 2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow Jason Yip, who served there from 2013 to 2015 as a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross. He reflects on the unfolding situation and considers the perspectives and concerns of ordinary Afghan people.

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Turn to the East: Russia’s View of the Indo-Pacific | Anna Kireeva, Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0800

Russia is a Pacific power, pursuing its own pivot to Asia. Anna Kireeva of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations examines Moscow’s relationships in the region particularly its growing alignment with Beijing and its skepticism of the emerging “free and open Indo-Pacific” concept promoted by the United States.

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The Most Vulnerable: The Pandemic’s Impact on Bangladesh’s Garment Workers | Nancy Reyes Mullins, Salil Tripathi and Sanchita Banerjee Saxena

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:00:00 +0800

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Nancy Reyes Mullins
Independent researcher

Salil Tripathi
Senior Adviser, Global Issues
Institute for Human Rights and Business

Sanchita Banerjee Saxena
Director
Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies
University of California, Berkeley

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American Foreign Aid and its Consequences for Human Rights Protection in Southeast Asia | Salvador Santino Fulo Regilme Jr, Lecturer, Leiden University

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:00:00 +0800

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Salvador Santino Fulo Regilme Jr
University Lecturer
Institute for History
Leiden University

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India's Covid-19 Crisis and the Failure of the Educated | Preeti Singh, Writer and Communications Strategist

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +0800

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Preeti Singh
Writer and Communications Strategist, Delhi

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Dazed and Confused: In the Philippines, a Divided Administration Confronts and Appeases China | Renato Cruz De Castro, De La Salle University

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0800

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Renato Cruz De Castro
Distinguished Professor in the International Studies Department
Dr Aurelio Calderon Chair in Philippine-American Relations
De La Salle University, Manila

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North Korea-US Relations: Making Progress Down the Hard Road to Denuclearization | Dan Leaf, Lieutenant General (Retired), US Air Force

Fri, 21 May 2021 17:00:00 +0800

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Dan Leaf
Lieutenant General (Retired), US Air Force
Oslo Forum Peacewriter Prize 2017

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Climate Security: Challenges for South and Southeast Asia | Rachel Fleishman, Center for Climate and Security and Sarang Shidore, Council on Strategic Risks

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0800

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Rachel Fleishman
Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific
Center for Climate and Security

Sarang Shidore
Senior Fellow
Council on Strategic Risks
Senior Research Analyst
Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

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To Boost Vaccine Confidence Requires Politics – Alongside Science | Dr Khor Swee Kheng, Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0800

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Dr Khor Swee Kheng
Associate Fellow
Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)
Senior Visiting Fellow
United Nations University-International Institute for Global Health

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Has Asia Lost It?: The Region’s “Eight Circles of Hell” | Vasuki Shastry, Chatham House

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0800

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Vasuki Shastry
Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme
Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)

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Lessons from Women-Led Healthcare Innovation in Africa | Michael Seo, Founder and Director, ReaMedica Health, Kenya

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:00:00 +0800

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Michael Seo
Founder and Director, ReaMedica Health, Kenya

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Technology and Great-Power Competition in Southeast Asia | Elina Noor, Deputy Director and Director, Political-Security Affairs, Asia Society Policy Institute

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0800

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Elina Noor
Deputy Director and Director, Political-Security Affairs
Asia Society Policy Institute

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Going Viral: Cyber Warfare and the Ethic of Cooperation | Yvonne Chiu, Associate Professor, Strategy and Policy Department, US Naval War College

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0800

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Yvonne Chiu
National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Associate Professor, Strategy and Policy Department, US Naval War College

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Philanthropy in Post-Pandemic China: Driving Sustainable Development | Rui Wang, Asia Global Institute and Minne Deng, UNDP

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0800

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Rui Wang
2019 AsiaGlobal Fellow, Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong
China representative, GlobalGiving
Consultant, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Minne Deng
Program coordinator, China, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

During the fight against Covid-19, philanthropy in China demonstrated how it was capable of providing swift and effective responses that were highly sensitive to the requirements of communities most in need, write 2019 AsiaGlobal Fellow Rui Wang of the crowdfunding platform GlobalGiving and Minne Deng of the United Nations Development Programme in China. As the Chinese economy emerges from the pandemic, the sector can build on those achievements and become an important driver in the nation’s efforts to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Social Welfare in China: Poverty Alleviation, Safety Nets and the Pandemic | Joe CB Leung, The University of Hong Kong

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:00:00 +0800

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Joe CB Leung
Honorary Professor
Department of Social Work and Social Administration
The University of Hong Kong

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Asian Corporate Law in a Post-Covid-19 World | Roza Nurgozhayeva, Nazarbayev University

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0800

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Roza Nurgozhayeva
Vice President-General Counsel
Nazarbayev University

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Technology for Social Good: Giving Workers a Voice | Phoebe Ewen, The Mekong Club; Hannah Thinyane and Sophie Zinser, United Nations University Institute, Macau

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:00:00 +0800

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Phoebe Ewen
Program Director
The Mekong Club

Hannah Thinyane
Principal Research Fellow
Migrant Technology Team
United Nations University Institute, Macau

Sophie Zinser
Research Assistant
Migrant Technology TeamUnited Nations University Institute, Macau

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Thailand’s Political Awakening | Thannapat Jarernpanit, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:00:00 +0800

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Thannapat Jarernpanit
Deputy Director for Academic Research
Research and Development Institute
Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University

Japan’s premier prime ministers, growing up with Godzilla, and the challenges for higher education | William M Tsutsui, Harvard University

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0800

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William M Tsutsui
Edwin O Reischauer Distinguished Professor of Japanese Studies (2020-21)
Harvard University
Professor Emeritus
Hendrix College

The India-China conflict, Kashmir and life during the pandemic | Dr Amit Wanchoo, Asia Global Institute

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:00:00 +0800

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Dr Amit Wanchoo
2018 AsiaGlobal Fellow, Asia Global Institute
Founder Chairman, HN Wanchoo Trust
CEO, SPACE Communications

Abe’s Legacy: Japan’s trade relations with the Indo-Pacific, China and the EU | Noriyuki Shikata, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0800

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Noriyuki Shikata
Assistant Minister, Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

V-Shaped Recovery?: The regional and global economies in the pandemic and beyond | Manu Bhaskaran, Centennial Asia Advisors, Singapore

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0800

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Manu Bhaskaran
Founding Director and CEO
Centennial Asia Advisors, Singapore

Tech and the pandemic: Why lockdowns are not the only way to confront Covid-19 | Roland Bouffanais and Sun Sun Lim

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0800

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Tech and the pandemic: Why lockdowns are not the only way to confront Covid-19

Roland Bouffanais
Associate Professor
Singapore University of Technology and Design

Sun Sun Lim
Professor of Communication and Technology
Dean of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Singapore University of Technology and Design

Much as combating the scourge of Covid-19 is a global priority, lockdowns are a bitter pill to swallow, given their harsh side effects, Roland Bouffanais and Sun Sun Lim of the Singapore University of Technology and Design argue. They need not be the only solution, and a more calibrated containment strategy can and should be developed using insights gleaned from big data.

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Cambodia-China relations, nation-building and dependency, and escaping the Khmer Rouge | Sophal Ear, Occidental College

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:00:00 +0800

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Sophal Ear
Associate Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs
Occidental College

Chinese influence over Cambodia is pervasive. From banks to casinos, from basic imports to expensive infrastructure projects, Beijing’s shadow looms from all directions. As the West punishes Phnom Penh for human rights violations and backsliding on democracy, China forges stronger ties. The two countries have announced the conclusion of a free-trade agreement. Sophal Ear of Occidental College and co-author Japhet Quitzon outline the economic benefits that the Chinese have brought to the ASEAN member nation, now a low middle-income country. The government of Prime Minister Hun Sen is counting on China to help it handle the immediate task of post-pandemic recovery and overcome longer-term structural challenges for the economy. The question is whether this dependency will be profitable and sustainable.

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How Covid-19 is disrupting higher education | Shai Reshef, University of the People

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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Shai Reshef
Founder and President
University of the People

Education has been one of the victims of the coronavirus pandemic. Given the inherent threat of infection from a precipitate return by students and staff to schools and colleges, countries around the world must rethink the online learning model, argues Shai Reshef, Founder and President of University of the People, a private non-profit, tuition-free, US-accredited, distance-education university.

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North Korea, tensions on the Korean Peninsula, and Covid-19 | In-bum Chun, Republic of Korea Army (retired)

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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In-bum Chun
Lieutenant General (retired)
Republic of Korea Army

North Korea is deploying its usual brinkmanship in its latest conflict with South Korea, observes In-bum Chun, a retired lieutenant general who served in the Republic of Korea Army for 38 years. While recent developments seem to have a familiar progression, Pyongyang’s increasing assertiveness makes the current confrontation more dangerous to regional and global stability than usual.

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Covid-19 & the digital divide, the psychological impact of debt & parenting in the digital age | Irene YH Ng, National University of Singapore and Sun Sun Lim, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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Irene YH Ng
Associate Professor of Social Work
Director, Social Service Research Centre
National University of Singapore (NUS)

Sun Sun Lim
Professor of Communication and Technology
Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

It is time – deep in the global coronavirus pandemic – to realize that access to digital services is as much a need as electricity and water, argue Irene YH Ng of the National University of Singapore and Sun Sun Lim of Singapore University of Technology and Design. Educational and employment exclusions due to the digital divide, they note, have been exacerbated by the lockdowns caused by this unprecedented public-health crisis.

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ASEAN’s financial safety net, the IMF, and the global sustainability challenge | Vasuki Shastry, Chatham House

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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Vasuki Shastry
Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme
Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs)

Twenty years ago, Southeast Asian nations and three dialogue partners – China, Japan and South Korea – launched the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) to act as a safety net to help countries manage short-term liquidity crunches and avoid having to rely on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for assistance. Even in the throes of the Covid-19 crisis, the mechanism has gone unused. Vasuki Shastry of Chatham House, who served as a senior official at the IMF, argues that the purpose of the CMI should be renewed and deploying it would be a step towards ASEAN regional financial integration.

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China-Iran relations, Iranian domestic politics and foreign policy | Mher D Sahakyan, 2020/21 AsiaGlobal Fellow

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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Mher D Sahakyan
Founder and Director
China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research

The dismay with which Iran’s political elite greeted the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action rebounded to China’s benefit, argues Mher D Sahakyan of the China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research in Yerevan, Armenia. But both Tehran and Beijing must tread carefully if they want to expand economic and geopolitical cooperation, given the numerous overlapping spheres of interest in a volatile area of the world, US pressure and the impact of Covid-19.

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Hong Kong’s international role, the World Trade Organization and challenges for the multilateral trading system | Stuart Harbinson, Asia Global Institute Fellow

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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Stuart Harbinson
Fellow, Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong,
and the European Centre for International Political Economy

Washington’s threats to end Hong Kong’s so-called special trade status seem exaggerated, given that the US extends little in the way of preferential treatment. But for Hong Kong the stakes are high, writes Stuart Harbinson, a fellow of Asia Global Institute, who represented Hong Kong at the World Trade Organization from 1994 to 2002. If mishandled, this dispute could call into question the Chinese special administrative region’s continued existence as a separate customs entity and international trading hub.

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The need for US-China technology collaboration and the costs of decoupling | Chen Xi, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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On the US-China competition, decoupling, the global impact of Covid-19, climate change and more

Chen Xi
Adjunct Associate Professor
Global Health Institute
Xi’an Jiaotong University
China

The Covid-19 pandemic and the China-US geopolitical and technological (geo-tech) competition constitute two major global security concerns. It is hardly surprising that Washington would adopt stringent sanctions against Huawei and other Chinese companies in the run-up to the US presidential election in November, writes geo-tech expert Chen Xi of Xi’an Jiaotong University. He argues that any accelerated decoupling of the US and Chinese economies is bound to have serious implications for the trading, technology and financial partners of both nations.

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The US-China competition, decoupling, the global impact of Covid-19, climate change and more | Victor R Savage, Nanyang Technological University

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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On the US-China competition, decoupling, the global impact of Covid-19, climate change and more

Victor R Savage
Visiting Senior Fellow
S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore

Graham Allison’s “Thucydides trap” thesis has to be modified from military warfare to an economic paradigm where the levers of capitalism count more. In this regard, write Christopher H Lim and Victor R Savage of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the trap is not a trigger for war but only the pre-condition for hegemonic conflict.

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China’s major-power diplomacy and the national security law for Hong Kong | Yoshikazu Kato, Asia Global Institute

Mon, 25 May 2020 10:00:00 +0800

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On China’s major-power diplomacy, the US-PRC strategic competition, the national security law for Hong Kong and more

Yoshikazu Kato
Adjunct Associate Professor
Asia Global Institute, HKU

The Covid-19 pandemic has generated significant stress and distrust between China and other countries, particularly the United States. While tensions between the two powers are not new, says Yoshikazu Kato of the Asia Global Institute, they have been further exacerbated by the emergence even before the coronavirus crisis of a more assertive China on the global stage and Xi Jinping’s pursuit of his doctrine of major-power diplomacy.

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