International Relations

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Tran Van Tho, Waseda University Vietnam is highly integrated into the global economy and since 2017, trade has consistently sat above 200 per cent of GDP. Vietnam has trade…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Editorial Board, ANU The challenges facing the global system and the global economy continue to multiply. The recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is still sputtering, with global inflationary pressure…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Authors: Yose Rizal Damuri, CSIS Indonesia and Peter Drysdale, ANU On 12 and 13 May the leaders of ASEAN will meet US President Joe Biden at the White House for…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Tanya Ogilvie-White, APLN The grim realisation that our world has changed is starting to sink in among strategic analysts. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, hot on the…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Authors: Anil Sigdel, SNSPA and Mani Dahal, Kathmandu On 1 March 2022, Nepal’s coalition government, led by the Nepali Congress party, finally ratified the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)’s Nepal compact,…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Sameer Patil, ORF and Uday Patil, MAHE The world seems polarised between those opposing or supporting the Russian military campaign in Ukraine. Yet India has carefully avoided taking sides…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Author: Alexander Korolev, UNSW As the war in Ukraine drags on, the international community’s accusatory glare has extended beyond Russia to other states that allegedly support the war. China’s diplomatic…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Charlie Barnes, ANU On Sunday 10 April, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that the 2022 Australian federal election would be held on 21 May. In reality, the election…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Author: Gaurab Shumsher Thapa, Nepal Forum of International Relations Studies Nepal occupies a crucial geostrategic location in South Asia. It is sandwiched between powerful and competing neighbours in India and…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author: Gulshan Sachdeva, JNU While addressing the first meeting of the India–Central Asia Summit in January, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised that the region is ‘central to India’s vision of an integrated…