South China Sea: The Limits of Quiet Diplomacy
[1] Kishore Mahbubani – Singapore’s widely respected diplomat and scholar – recently lauded Malaysia’s quiet diplomacy in dealing with China’s …
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Anwar fosters closer ties with China amid growing distrust of US
Increasingly distrustful of American foreign policy, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to be looking to China to “provide checks and …
Are China’s South China Sea assurances worth anything?
The latest edition of the China Standard Map – which reiterates China’s claims to almost all of the South China …
AUKUS: Restoring the strategic balance
The recent announcement in Washington DC of a new tripartite alliance between Australia, the UK and the US (AUKUS) – …
South China Sea: The Gloves Come Off
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s revelation last week that President Xi Jiping warned him that China was prepared to go to …
Smoke & mirrors in the South China Sea
Stung by criticism that it is behaving aggressively in the South China Sea, Beijing appears to be going on the …
Why China is different
China is unlike any other nation we are engaged with. We must not be so mesmerized by the opportunities that we overlook the dangers, so narrowly focused on tantalizing projects and lucrative deals that we miss the wood for the trees, so intent on private agendas and personal gain that we lose sight of national interests.
Standing up to China
Responding to the latest satellite imagery released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative last week showing that China is …
The Rohingya Genocide: help or hype?
The news coming out of Myanmar’s Rakhine state is grim. Genocide is once again rearing its ugly head, this time …
Malaysia: Changing partners
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s visit to China this week marked a major turning point not just in Malaysia-China relations …
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