Category: Geopolitics
India-China Relations in Modi’s Third Term
By Saniya Kulkarni & Lukas Fiala The world’s largest democracy has gone to the polls. And while Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost their outright majority, the incumbent Prime Minister resigned on Wednesday to pave the way for a ...
Australia Woos Solomon Islands After Pro-China PM’s Exit
Australia touted on Thursday a "much bigger" relationship with the Solomon Islands, further ramping up efforts to woo a Pacific nation that has lurched closer to China in recent years. Foreign Minister Penny Wong arrived in Honiara for talks with new ...
Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Eyes Closer Trade, Political Ties With China
Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan traveled to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang on Wednesday, the latest stop in a three-day tour of China and the first by a senior Turkish official since 2012. Fidan arrived in the capital, Urumqi, and ...
Were Supplies Air Dropped for Filipino Crews in the South China Sea “Seized” or “Lawfully Inspected?”
Two larger China Coast Guard (CCG) boats aggressively blocked Filipino crews from retrieving a batch of airdropped supplies this week, according to a video released on Tuesday by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. While Filipino authorities claim the supplies were ...
Philippine Military Rejects Chinese Allegations Sailors Pointed Weapons at a Coast Guard Crew
The Philippines Armed Forces (AFP) said its sailors aboard the grounded Sierra Madre warship on the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea reacted professionally but did not point their weapons at an approaching China Coast Guard dinghy. "Foreign vessels ...
What Kenya’s State Visit to the U.S. Reveals About Winning Over the Global South
By Lucas Engel Kenyan President William Ruto’s recent state visit to Washington, DC underscored considerable alignment between the U.S. and Kenya. The experience will likely boost U.S. policymakers’ confidence in the ability of the U.S. to compete with China in ...
Jane Perlez on the Global South’s Role in the U.S.-China Strategic Rivalry
With memories still fresh from the first Cold War, leaders in Africa, Asia, and across the Global South have repeatedly said they do not want any part of a second Great Power rivalry. But as tensions between the U.S. and China ...
Chinese Colonel Confronts U.S. Defense Secretary About Whether Washington Plans to Build a “NATO-like Alliance” in Asia
Chinese concerns about the U.S.' vast alliance network in the Asia-Pacific region were on full display at this weekend's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Chinese military officers at the event appeared convinced that the United States plans to establish a "NATO-like ...
Philippine Soldiers Point Weapons at China Coast Guard Patrol, Claims Chinese State Media
Chinese state media published a video on Sunday that purportedly shows at least two Filipino soldiers pointing weapons towards the crew of China Coast Guard patrol that approached the decrepit World War II-era warship ground on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.
WEEK IN REVIEW: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Will Visit Cambodia Next Week
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit Cambodia next week after attending the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore. The visit is widely seen as an effort to counter China's enormous influence in the Southeast Asian country. (THE DIPLOMAT) China’s Premier ...
On Unearned Wins and the Future of the Liberal International Order
Chinese President Xi Jinping this week provided a lesson in how to get the maximum international gain by doing the bare minimum. In his speech at the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, he said the Israel-Gaza war “should not continue indefinitely” and “justice should not be absent forever.” ...
China Accuses the Philippines of Staging Another “Grounding” in the South China Sea
China is accusing the Philippines of using a pair of Coast Guard vessels to claim another shoal in disputed waters in the South China Sea. The Chinese Communist Party tabloid Global Times published the claim on Wednesday when it said that ...