It’s Balikatan (“shoulder-to-shoulder”) season for Washington and Manila. Over the last two weeks, 14,000 troops from the United States, Philippines, Australia, and Japan have been taking part in the ...

Only a year after its re-election, the “OUR” government in Solomon Islands has collapsed. At least ten ministers and backbenchers, including Manasseh Sogavare as finance minister, have resigned from ...

After the serenity of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam in Indian-held Kashmir was shattered last week by a brutal attack, the urgent need is not only collective mourning but honest reflection. But ...

Quah Say Jye is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge. His research interests lie broadly at the intersection of political theory, history of political thought (1945-), and Southeast Asian ...

During this 2025 election season, Pacific issues have been well outside the spotlight in key debates. But Pacific Islands are still closely following the campaign, as they see a stake in Australian ...

If Donald Trump hopes that looming port penalties on Chinese-built and/or owned ships will have the desired effect of reviving America’s ailing shipyards, he is certain to be disappointed. “We’re way, ...

Xi Chen is a Research fellow, Australian Studies Centre, East China Normal University, and a Visiting Scholar at the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney ...

Chinese ship visits to Australia don’t always generate alarm and controversy. Visits by Chinese scientific research vessels are also a reminder that the benefits of such visits might also prove ...

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Dr. Chandarith Neak is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Institute for International Studies and Public Policy at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.

As Donald Trump set about to single-handedly reorganise global trade and supply chain flows, only one headline seems to have given him pause. In times of market stress US Treasuries are the safe haven ...

The condolence messages were immediate and unqualified. Hours and days after the horrific 22 April attack at Pahalgam in India – where terrorists based and trained in Pakistan, according to Indian ...