Donald Trump’s shift from confrontation to engagement with China suggests that US public opinion may be bending the ruler ...
Vietnam’s strategic choices will be constrained by internal military power dynamics and great power competition in 2026.
Ransom Miller is a research associate in the Independent America program at the Institute for Global Affairs. His work focuses on US policy in the Indo-Pacific and the power structures of foreign ...
China is often portrayed in Washington as a revisionist power seeking global dominance, but this view misreads Beijing’s ...
The United States has turned its back on the WTO rules-based international trade system. APEC can help to defend it, while ...
Japan’s New Mogami-class frigate, combined with deeper cooperation with Australia, could help New Zealand secure its maritime ...
Myanmar’s junta-administered elections have revealed how ASEAN’s institutional constraints and lack of initiative are ...
Indonesia’s nickel boom has delivered staggering economic gains, but the industry’s dependency on great powers may be its ...
While the Asia Pacific region has woken up to a changed world order, Australia’s foreign policy discussions are stuck in the ...
Relations with Beijing will also improve considerably. North Korea will seek normalisation of trade relations and economic ...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is seeking to emulate the economic policies of her mentor Shinzo Abe, but this agenda ...
As the 2026 APEC chair, China has the opportunity to lead by example on an enhanced services and digital cooperation agenda ...