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The US and China remain deeply intertwined economically, yet unresolved trade, technology and security divides have created friction and raised fundamental questions about the trajectory of the rel...
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered a pre-recorded keynote address at the ASEAN-Australia Track 1.5 Dialogue held at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat, on 25 June 2026. ...
Europe isn't a bystander in U.S.-China tensions, but often caught in the middle. Center for China Analysis Senior Fellow Philippe Le Corre explains why the EU's voice needs to be part of the conver...
...f growing tensions, 2026 has amplified an uncertain path forward for the Middle East and relations within and outside the region.
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In this special edition of the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents-USA sits down with Evan Medeiros, Director of Asian Studies and the Penn...
The future of Russia-India relations unpacked...
Dr. Raja C. Mohan, distinguished expert in India's foreign relations, sits down with us for a new episode of #AsiaPacificConversations unpacking Canada's diplomatic reset with India and shifting se...
How is China impacting India's relationship with the U.S.?
Dr. Raja C. Mohan, distinguished expert in India's foreign relations, sits down with us for a new episode of #AsiaPacificConversations unpacking Canada's diplomatic reset with India and shifting se...
Assessing Xi’s Visit to North Korea: A Conversation with Victor Cha
In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Victor Cha joins us to discuss Xi Jinping’s recent visit to North Korea, his first in nearly seven years. He examines what the summit reveals about Ch...
June 18, 2026 — With the United States and Iran having reached a 60-day memorandum of understanding aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway is set to begin reopening after nearly four...
What Xi Got in Pyongyang | The Capital Cable #136
On June 8–9, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Pyongyang and met Kim Jong-un, his first visit to North Korea since 2019 and his first trip abroad of the year, timed to the 65th anniver...
China’s activity around Taiwan is shifting from occasional major military drills to a more persistent operational presence. Frequent aircraft and naval deployments, expanded surveillance, and incre...
Asia Pacific Conversations: China's New Strategic Architecture
In this episode of Asia Pacific Conversations, Dr. Lizzi C. Lee, a Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis, discusses China’s geopolitical and economic outlook wit...
Director of South Asia Initiatives Farwa Aamer gives her take on the BRICS and Quad Foreign Ministers' meetings, Pakistan's diplomatic gamble, and China-Bangladesh relations.
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IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2026 | Highlights of Asia’s premier defence summit
Widely known as Asia’s premier defence summit, this year’s IISS Shangri-La Dialogue once again offered unrivalled opportunities for cooperation among the region’s leading defence policymakers, whet...
SYDNEY, May 18, 2026 — As US trade policies, industrial strategy, and security controls reshape the global economy, experts examine how US–China economic dynamics are affecting supply chains, marke...
At our recent conference on the U.S.-ROK alliance, Steve Biegun, former U.S. deputy secretary of state, unpacked what North Korea-U.S. engagement could look like in Trump's second term.
Assessing the Putin–Xi Summit: A Conversation with Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Evan Medeiros
In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Dr. Evan Medeiros join us to unpack President Putin’s visit to Beijing. They discuss what the timing reveals about China’s d...
Implications for North Korea and Global Security | The Impossible State
While "CRINK" is a useful analytical framework for understanding the relationships among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, is Beijing primarily motivated by concerns about being sidelined by de...