When Alfred Thayer Mahan wrote Influence of Sea Power Upon History in 1890, he argued for a ‘theory of security’ that provided a grand strategic initiative and ‘greater wealth through global engagement.’ [1] Embraced by the U.S. Navy and the White House, there’s no question that the Influence of Sea Power Upon History shaped US strategic thinking in the 20th century. Yet, as President Eisenhower said, ‘farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousa

“The decision we will make for our country on 2 December is a choice between the past and the future, between the habits and fears of the past, and the demands and opportunities of the future.” (Gough Whitlam, November 1972)[1]

The Sino-Soviet Split was the culmination of ideological tensions between the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Chairman Mao Zedong, having cut ties with the USSR, embarked on a path towards establishing China as the centre of international communism. This paper assesses the impact of the Sino-Soviet split on China’s strategic thinking and doctrinal development, focusing primarily on the 1960s. The split radically changed ho

1914 witnessed the outbreak of the seminal catastrophe of the twentieth century, a global conflict resulting in seismic international consequences that remain felt to the present....

I'm Judit Pach. I'm the Hungarian ambassador to Singapore and also to Brunei Darussalam and Hungary’s governor to the Asia-Europe Foundation

An interview with Mr. Oktavianto Pasaribu, Deputy Director of the International Labour Organization in Southeast Asia.

“The idea that BRICS countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER,” Trump stated, addressing a...

Possessing the world’s most populated countries and some of the oldest civilizations, Eastern Asia, Northeast, and Southeast Asia have...

The case of North Korea raises critical questions about the effectiveness of sanctions, and how a contextual sanctions approach can lead...

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Sun Tzu’s paradox that ‘preserving the enemy's state is best,’ initially seems far removed from US military strategy often characterised...

"UN peacekeepers from Indonesia patrol the streets of Phnom Penh in an armoured personnel carrier on August 27, 1993, amid the morning...

"Women’s Defense Corps training at Canton, China, 1938" by Cambridge University Before answering whether the war of resistance witnessed...

"North Korean soldiers stage a battle drill" by KCNA The Korean War and China’s involvement stands as a significant flashpoint in Cold...

"Aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, 2024" by Evan Vucci (Associated Press) "Xi Jinping waits to meet with Hong...

"Chinese Girl" by Vladimir Tretchikoff This essay will analyse the role of women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century...

This essay examines how decolonization in the twentieth century reshaped the global order and the international system.