On 16 July, not yet two weeks into his term of office, prime minister Keir Starmer announced a “root and branch” review of ...

South-east Asia is a culturally and geographically diverse region, notable for its proximity and economic ties to China. Though the political structure of the region’s 11 countries varies from ...

In American foreign policy debates, prioritisers argue that the US should focus on deterring Chinese expansion, consequently shifting its resources away from Europe and towards the Indo-Pacific. But ...

The Asia programme seeks to help Europe recalibrate its relationship with China and its Asian partners. The programme analyses China’s domestic situation, its role in the region, and its increasing ...

Ukraine’s audacious incursion into Russia’s Kursk region has changed the narrative of the war – and called Putin’s bluff on ...

In recent years, China has overtaken the United States as the largest trading partner of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Not only has Beijing played a bigger role in region’s ...

Focusing on any of Libya’s mini crises would be like trying to stop a collapsing cliff face by pinning individual rocks. Rather, the stabilising intervention that Libya needs is a holistic one: the ...

Last week, eight Russians imprisoned in the West were released in exchange for eight American and German citizens and eight Russian dissidents in one of the biggest prisoner exchanges between Russia ...

“The best reconstruction is when it is not needed in the first place.” So remarked German chancellor Olaf Scholz to the Ukraine Recovery Conference earlier this summer. He was correct in his ...

The Asia programme seeks to help Europe recalibrate its relationship with China and its Asian partners. The programme analyses China’s domestic situation, its role in the region, and its increasing ...