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Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 September 2016

Liu was speaking to a Philippines delegation, an illustration of the Duterte administration's initial efforts to forge a new foreign policy and to repair ties with China.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 October 2017

This is the first visit to Washington by a Thai prime minister since 2005. Thai-US relations have been much cooler since the mid-2014 military coup that Prayuth, as an army…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 January 2024

While there is always potential for unplanned escalation, recent incidents in the area are unlikely to change the basic dynamics there: China’s increasing assertion of ‘on-water’…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 October 2022

Except for Myanmar and Cambodia, which are subject to Western arms embargoes, the region is a buyer’s market. South Korea has become its largest supplier of arms. Meanwhile…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 5 November 2020

Talks will be held virtually because of restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. A key focus will be finalisation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 March 2018

They also pledged to work towards finalising the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a long-delayed accord with close trading partners.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 August 2016

The budget was submitted on August 15 and is President Rodrigo Duterte's first. It is mildly expansive, focusing on the new administration's priorities of infrastructure, law and…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 15 June 2017

The quotations refer to the IS-linked Maute group which took control of parts of Marawi City last month. The attack renewed South-east Asian concern about the regional terrorist…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 August 2017

ASEAN-Hong Kong free trade deal prospects.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 21 March 2017

This, along with the reported presence of Chinese survey vessels at Benham Rise, is undercutting Duterte’s foreign policy pivot towards China. Moreover, the Benham incursions…

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