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The AUKUS defence pact and the end of the French submarine deal: a blow to France’s Indo-Pacific policy

September 15, 2021 will be remembered in French industry, defence and foreign affairs circles as the day France was stabbed…

3 years ago

Plurilateralism & economic security: the future of the world economy

On August 10, 2021, the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) Graduate School's Security Governance and Diplomacy Cluster (SGDC) conducted…

3 years ago

Russia’s pivot to China: a choice between Scylla and Charybdis?

The sanctions imposed on Russia following the Ukraine crisis gave powerful impetus and made even those who had previously been…

4 years ago

India and China in a tech nationalism tug-of-war

The clouds have returned to the Sino-Indian sky, making the horizon even grayer for the relations between the Elephant and…

4 years ago

HSBC caught in the middle of the US-China tech war

On June 9, 2020, the US Department of State issued a press statement on “China’s attempted coercion of the United…

4 years ago

How China’s spat with Australia could be undoing decades of rise to power

Despite soft diplomacy efforts, it appears that China’s dream of selling its “shared human destiny” narrative is dissipating. The Covid-19…

5 years ago

Japan hits back at Korea over WW2 forced labour row

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) has announced export restrictions on three chip-making components to South Korea, as…

5 years ago

Japanese company’s Korean assets targeted over WW2 row

South Korea keeps waging economic warfare on Japanese competitors by leveraging historical disputes... which were supposedly resolved by the 1965…

6 years ago

Mitsubishi Heavy’s assets seized in South Korea

A timely coincidence... South Korea calls for seizing Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' assets over World War 2 forced labour, just as…

6 years ago