It appears likely that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in-person at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders summit in China later this month. A visit to China would be Modi ...

The AI-generated deepfake is becoming a familiar feature of political debates, but also a potential national security threat, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently discovered. An imitation of ...

The Dalai Lama’s statement this month that his successor would be selected by the traditional process of reincarnation has heartened the millions of followers around the world celebrating his 90th ...

Last week, Japanese media announced a proposal to transfer six of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force’s (JMSDF) Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to the Philippine Navy (PN). Built between 1988 and ...

Across the board, the Chinese state media reported on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to the country last week in a positive light. Even the Global Times, an English language Chinese newspaper ...

Passing through Immigration and Customs at Narita Airport outside Tokyo on Sunday night was the quickest it has been for a few years. The usual winding lines of tired travellers were non-existent as I ...

Richard McGregor is Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute, Australia’s premier foreign policy think tank. Richard is a former Beijing and Washington bureau chief for the Financial Times ...

China is currently undertaking the largest military expansion in its modern history. According to a recent US Intelligence Community assessment, Beijing’s objective is to become the “preeminent power ...

Yet, the balance of power slowly tilts against Vietnam. Chinese leverage grows daily in the South China Sea, manifest in its artificial islands in Vietnamese waters. As the military situation with ...

At an estimated $368 billion cost, a Pentagon review underway and talk of the United States seeking a guaranteed commitment in the event of conflict, Australia’s push for nuclear-powered submarines ...