After an initial period of diplomatic ambivalence at the United Nations, China now broadly seeks to reform the UN system from within through its “shared future” global governance vision — an agenda ...

Of all the countries on the sidelines of the Hanoi summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un, few were watching more intently than China. Chinese financial and trade support effectively facilitated ...

Jaideep Singh is an analyst with the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. His research interests lie in industrial and trade policy. His public policy experience runs the ...

An expanded US military presence will benefit efforts to stand up to China. But Filipinos are wary of the social cost. Although the agreement does not allow the establishment of permanent military ...

After a combined 265 years in operation, the domination of the two great artificial waterways – the Panama and Suez canals – in global trade is under threat from alternative routes for shipping. One ...

Professor Stacie Goddard is the Betty Freyhof Johnson ‘44 Professor of Political Science and Associate Provost for Wellesley in the World at Wellesley College. Her research and teaching focuses on ...

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The International Energy Agency has released its annual “World Energy Outlook 2023”, a report that tracks the global transition to net zero emissions. The report contains the latest trends from ...

Tiza Mafira is Director, Climate Policy Initiative, based in Indonesia, where she leads a team of analysts to deliver robust studies on climate finance effectiveness and innovations for policy-makers.

Ryan Neelam is Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute and is Project Lead on the annual flagship publication, the Lowy Institute Poll. Prior to joining the ...

Rob Jauncey is a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute, with a background in Pacific and international development issues. As the inaugural chief investment officer of the Australian Infrastructure ...

We finally know the names of the seven men who will lead China for the next five to 10 years. As a group they stand out as a balance of political interests, as was to be expected, but markedly older ...