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Trade shifts redefine development
News, Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg & Michele Ruta, Published on 03/02/2025
» Global trade is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by three major shifts. New technologies are redefining countries' comparative advantages and the types of goods they produce and export. The revival of activist trade and industrial policies threatens to distort trade flows and provoke retaliatory measures. And escalating tensions risk fragmenting the global economy along geopolitical lines.
NZ gives Indo-Pacific 'advice' for global dilemmas
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 06/01/2023
» The chief executive of New Zealand's Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) has given some advice to small countries in the Indo-Pacific region on how best to deal with global challenges and issues.
Asean, Beijing agree to resolve disputes
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/06/2021
» The defence minister's meeting between Asean and China has come to an agreement that they will forge ahead to help resolve disputes in the South China Sea peacefully.
Taking strong partnerships forward
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/08/2019
» In a written interview with the Bangkok Post, President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea gives his views on Thai-Korean relations and South Korea's stance on regional issues, ahead of his trip to Thailand on Sept 1-3.
The end of America's China fantasy
News, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 26/10/2018
» A long-overdue shift in America's China policy is under way. After decades of "constructive engagement" -- an approach that has facilitated China's rise, even as the country has violated international rules and norms -- the United States is now seeking active and concrete counter-measures. But is it too late to rein in a country that has emerged, with US help, as America's main geopolitical rival?
Thai geopolitical balancing compromised
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/07/2018
» Thailand is demonstrably famous for its foreign policy balancing. From the era of imperialism and two World Wars through the Cold War, Thailand's gifted geography and diplomatic finesse and skill shepherded the country's sovereignty and independence through the thick and thin of geopolitical headwinds. Whatever happens out there, the Thais (and their Siamese forebears) had a way to diplomatically navigate and geopolitically balance their national interests to stay out of harm's way.
The ideology behind China's global master plan
News, Hal Brands, Published on 15/06/2018
» The 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October 2017 is sure to loom large in future accounts of China's relations with the world. It was then that the party cleared the way for Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely, and when Mr Xi himself advertised China's global ambitions by declaring that Beijing would now "take centre stage" in world affairs. It was also when Mr Xi threw down the gauntlet in an equally consequential way.