China’s need for allies is driven by its worry about neighbouring North Korea and concern about western dominance.
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Southeast Asian leaders have made clear their priorities this week. Some want more focus on climate change than geopolitical competition.
China has learned a lot from the Ukraine war that could help it prepare for a conflict with the west over Taiwan.
The two superpowers – and super-emitters – recently put out a joint statement on climate change.
For every one of Kissinger’s brilliant moves, there was a bungling countermove.
It’s good to talk − just don’t expect it to result in a reset in relations between Beijing and Washington.
China’s president Xi Jinping is testing out a “softer” foreign policy approach.
Australia’s decision to manufacture US missiles highlights tensions between our foreign policy stance and our trading interests. Two new books throw light the problem.
When is a dictatorship not a dictatorship? When you’re a New Zealand prime minister and you’re due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, that’s when.
Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the nonaligned movement of yesteryear.
What was behind the latest encounter between US and Chinese military vessels in contested waters?
Papua New Guinea’s relative proximity to both China and Australia could give the US a military advantage in the Pacific region.
The recent Iran-Saudi Arabia diplomatic truce brokered by Beijing heightens expectations of Xi’s visit. But the Ukraine case is vastly different.
There are fears that escalating US-Chinese tensions could threaten the independence of African and other nonaligned nations.
China and Russia’s relationship is complex. But China’s decision to support Russia’s war on Ukraine could ultimately come down to China’s own political interests.
Espionage routinely plays out between countries like the US and China. But a public spectacle like the Chinese spy balloon can change the game.
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Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
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Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Director, China and Asia Security Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and, University of Sydney
