Xi Jinping's Southeast Asian tour exploited US tariff threats to promote nationalist messaging, positioning China as a ...

Trump’s trade talks face a tough finish as the ‘Liberation Day’ tariff deadline nears, emphasising his focus on auto tariffs, ...

Shenghua Zhang completed his PhD in Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London in 2024. He specialises in contentious politics in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on ...

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The stridently progressive Move Forward Party’s victory at the 2023 Thai general election precipitated a ‘grand compromise’ between the Pheu Thai Party and allies in the conservative establishment.

When UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband travelled to China in March 2025 to resume bilateral talks on energy and climate change cooperation, he highlighted two ways in which the Labour government has ...

Myanmar’s youth have been leading anti-military resistance efforts following the February 2021 coup. A political solution is necessary to Myanmar’s crisis, and the youth must play a central role in ...

China’s approach to global rare earth elements (REEs) export restrictions demonstrates strategic restraint rather than aggressive coercion. The restrictions announced on 4 April 2025 — though not ...

Southeast Asian nations are responding to the uncertainty of Trump’s second term by deepening hedging strategies rather than aligning with either the United States or China. Their approach uses four ...

US President Donald Trump’s 46 per cent so-called ‘reciprocal’ tariff on Vietnamese exports, initially intended to be effective from 9 April 2025, has been paused for 90 days. While the pause ...

East Asia is well-positioned to lead the global transition towards sustainable aquatic food systems, or ‘blue food’. Amid climate change and land pressures that challenge terrestrial agriculture, blue ...