Asia
UAE and India are now the best places to start a business, but western countries still beat them in one key respect
Sreevas Sahasranamam, University of Glasgow and Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Université de Lausanne - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the best place in the world to start a new business, according to the latest...
Bite into Bangkok: A Culinary Expedition through the Flavors of Thailand’s Capital
By Helen Struewn (The Harbinger Press) - Known for its bustling streets, lively markets, and mouthwatering cuisine, Bangkok offers a plethora of culinary delights just waiting to be discovered. From the world-famous street...
How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham - As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted his central...
In China, Albanese might find an economy as uncertain as Japan’s 30 years ago
Tim Harcourt, University of Technology Sydney - When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits China later this year he will encounter a nation whose future is about as uncertain as it was 50 years ago when Gough Whitlam became the...
How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham - As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted his central Asian counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Central Asia is critical to China’s attempts to build an alternative to the US-led liberal order that is unquestionably dominated by Beijing and in which Russia will, at best, be a junior partner. In his opening address, Xi...
Ukraine war: what China gains from acting as peacemaker
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy After more than a year of no direct communication, the Chinese president,...
Why is the South China Sea so important to the US?
Leszek Buszynski, Australian National University - Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made some surprising remarks about China and the South China Sea during his recent Senate confirmation hearings. He...
Ukraine war: what China gains from acting as peacemaker
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy After more than a year of no...
Russia’s economy is now completely driven by the war in Ukraine – it cannot afford to lose, but nor can it afford to win
Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University - Two years after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is still facing an unprecedented number of economic sanctions. It has been excluded from major global financial services, and...
