Written by Katharine Adeney and Jonathan Sullivan. Accompanying the launch of the new University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute in June 2018, we are delighted to announce in the coming days the launch of our new online publication: Asia Dialogue. The launch of Asia Dialogue signals the merger and replacement of CPI: Analysis and IAPS … Continue reading Goodbye to IAPS Dialogue
Written by Zachary Abuza Between 13 and 14 May 2018, three families of suicide bombers - all members of the Islamic State-linked Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) - struck in or around the Eastern Indonesian city of Surabaya. In all, 13 of the 16 family members were killed in the attacks that utilised female suicide … Continue reading After Surabaya: Regional challenges for terrorism in Southeast Asia
Written by Niranjan Marjani. Delivering the keynote address at the 17th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined his vision for the Indo-Pacific region. He stressed the need for a free and open Indo-Pacific, both economically and geostrategically. He called for respecting territorial integrity and sovereignty of all the stakeholders and at the … Continue reading In Modi’s Indo-Pacific vision, India needs to assume responsibility
Written by Peter Lehr. When discussing religion and violence in Southeast Asia, the first concept that usually comes to mind is that of jihad or ‘holy war’, waged by Islamist movements such as the rather new Jamaah Ansharud Daulah (JAD) or the older and better-known Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in Indonesia. This makes eminent sense – … Continue reading Preaching hate and violence: The (militant) Buddhist perspective
Written by Liang Tuang Nah. On 24 May, President Trump called off the planned 12 June summit with Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea, to be held in Singapore, due to perceived hostility on the part of Pyongyang. Having invested much political and reputational capital on rapprochement with North Korea, where a successful Trump-Kim meeting … Continue reading Middle powers showing initiative: North and South Korea getting it done
The political energy of LGBTQ movements has often been attacked as a form of transnational ‘collusion’ between domestic political saboteurs and foreign anti-China forces.
It could be argued that the solution to Afghanistan’s problems lie not inside Afghanistan alone but also in the capitals of the regional states.
Sharif's political obituary has been written in the past, but he has bounced back and proved to be a survivor.
Written by C Uday Bhaskar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Indonesia (May 29-31) will seek to review and infuse high-level political traction to the consensus arrived at during Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s visit to Delhi in December 2016. At the time, a comprehensive joint statement identified a wide spectrum of areas for cooperation and engagement … Continue reading The case for closer India-Indonesia ties
The ecosystem of fear considers the prime minister's silence as an endorsement of the perpetuation of violence.
Japan shares common ground with India. The two countries have built a special relationship over the last decade that represents one of the most important recent geopolitical developments, and cybersecurity is one aspect of this blossoming relationship.
The BJP and Amit Shah had devised a strategy to undercut the Congress by supporting the JD (S) in key constituencies, and this in hindsight worked to the advantage of the JD (S).
Written by C. Raja Mohan. Despite their proximity, physical and cultural, the strategic distance between Delhi and Jakarta has been incredibly vast. Barring a brief moment in the mid 20th century, when anti-colonial solidarity brought them together, modern India and Indonesia have barely figured in each other’s mental maps. Efforts in the early 21st century to … Continue reading India and Indonesia’s shared maritime imperatives
Using a new historical dataset of religious violence ... the origins of religious conflict in India are not colonial but precolonial processes.
A greater flow of information from China to Latin America could help address the issue by dispelling outdated ideas about China. A one-way stream of curated state narratives taken at face value, however, could leave LAC countries ill-prepared to deal with their newest partner.
Xi Jinping has a window of opportunity in Latin America to increase trade and investment in the near future, but it will not be easy.
The power imbalance between men and women ... when it comes to the household budget and cooking responsibilities plays a vital role in maintaining a healthy diet.
Written by Tai Wei Lim. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or “the Quad” (US, Japan, Australia, and India), is widely regarded as a counter to China’s rising wealth, power, and ambitions. ASEAN countries are seemingly caught in the middle of this great power tug-of-war. What are their options in this predicament? ASEAN may not be in … Continue reading China and the Quad: challenges for Southeast Asia
Using an Other to make oneself different, and usually superior, is by no means limited to the Japanese alone. It is a general feature of modern nationalism.
The Congress-JD(S) post-election alliance has received a chorus of support from regional parties in other states who see it as laying the foundations for a non-BJP front ahead of the 2019 elections.
Written by Lionel Fatton. Freshly elected for a second term as Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe declared in early 2013, “Japan is back”. The obvious question is: which Japan was he talking about? Japan disappeared from the ‘chessboard’ of the great power game after its defeat in the Second World War. For more than six decades, … Continue reading ‘Japan is back’: but which Japan?
Japan is anything but a monoethnic, monolingual, monocultural nation.
Written by C. Raja Mohan. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi enters the last year of his tenure and prepares for the 2019 elections, there are no signs of a slowdown on the external front. Whether it was the quick dash to Sochi in Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin this week or the lakeside pow-vow with China’s leader … Continue reading India’s diplomacy must adapt in the Trump era
Most importantly, Mr. Khan raised political engagement. He convinced people to leave their homes and actually vote.
During the 2013 election, Khan linked corruption to problems such as inflation and poverty. After the election the PTI got the chance to form the provincial government in KPK. However, its provincial departments are highly politicised and rampant with corruption.
The most important agreement on visa liberalisation remains elusive despite several attempts from the Indian side.
The vacuum at the top of the order has left the door wide open for Beijing to claim the mantle. It has long entertained hegemonic ambitions, but American withdrawal has added urgency to this quest
The BJP also benefited from Amit Shah’s political astuteness in developing the BJP’s political organization in the form of cadre-based politics in the state.
A cursory survey of the stance over CPEC of the major political parties provides evidence for the fact that CPEC will be prioritised even under a different leadership in Islamabad.
Such an irrational understanding of casteism not only distorts the reality of caste-based discrimination in India but also undermines the struggle for dignity against the oppression and the casteist prejudice inherent in the society.
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