Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent visit to three Southeast Asian countries drew widespread headlines — not only for diplomatic pageantry but also for its timing. The visit came on the heels of ...

China is remaking Asia’s security map, but not in the way it intends. From water cannon confrontations in the South China Sea ...

China’s ongoing pursuit of a cross-border pipeline with Turkmenistan in Central Asia has repercussions for both the region and Australia. In October, China’s President Xi Jinping called for enhancing ...

More than most regions in the world, Southeast Asia has found itself in the middle of the intensifying U.S.-Chinese rivalry. Most major countries in other parts of Asia are already spoken for: ...

Beijing's anxiety over the ‘internationalisation’ of the Taiwan issue underpins Taiwan Strait tensions, as demonstrated by large-scale military exercises by the People's Liberation Army in late 2024.