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Kalos Lau
Jul 29, 20244 min read
Supply Triumphs Demand: China's New Era Approach to Economics
Advancing new productive forces is the direction that the PRC economy is rearing towards under CPC guidance. According to Xi Jinping, the...


Caoimhe Mahon
Jul 13, 20243 min read
Bamboo Diplomacy: Vietnam's Balancing Act
Delicious cuisine, UNESCO heritage sites, rich culture, impactful history, breathtaking mountain ranges and miles of coastline, make it...


Kalos Lau
Jul 10, 20244 min read
China’s Third Plenum: Socialism Does Not Require StimulusÂ
The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s 20th Third Plenary Meeting will be held from July 15 to 18. As a Marxist Party that upholds...


Kalos Lau
Jun 25, 20244 min read
A Sino-Marxist Guide to Finance: China’s Plan for Prosperity Â
In recent years, Western economies have demonstrated certain signs of real-financial disconnection, i.e. the inability of financial...


Devin O'Sullivan
Jun 11, 20246 min read
Climbing the escalation ladder: Ukraine uses Western weapons to strike inside Russia
The leaders of France and Germany announced last Tuesday that Ukraine should be allowed to hit military targets inside Russia. German...


Charlotte Rowland
Jun 8, 20244 min read
Australia's Sporting Advantage: Taking Policy to the People of the Pacific
Politics seems to be becoming increasingly ill-defined in the traditional militaristic, interventionist, and realist fashion of the...


Kalos Lau
Jun 7, 20244 min read
Overcapacity: Eastern Offense or Western Double-Standards?
The US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in early April, deeming the PRC’s industrial...


Devin O'Sullivan
May 27, 20247 min read
Axis of Evil: Moral Frames 101
In political discourse, language is used strategically to legitimise concepts, ideas, and policies in the mind of the listener. A good...


Joshua Edwicker
May 20, 20244 min read
China, Climate Change and CompromiseÂ
As President Putin arrives in China for a two-day visit with President Xi, the Sino-Russo axis appears stronger than ever. The two men...


Dan Sillett
May 17, 20244 min read
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Putin?
The title of this article might be inspired by Dad’s Army but Russian President Vladimir Putin’s leadership style is much more...


Devin O'Sullivan
Mar 30, 20244 min read
NATO’s War Preparations: Cold War 2.0 or Looming Regional Conflict?
There has been a concerning development in the political discourse of European leaders and military commanders throughout the early...


Grace Wilkinson
Mar 26, 20244 min read
Impending Failure:Â The United Nations Security Council
The United Nations (UN) is one of the many legacies of the Second World War; amongst many international lawyers it is considered one of...


Muhammad Qasim
Mar 23, 20243 min read
China's Role in the Red Sea Crisis: Navigating Geo-Political ComplexitiesÂ
In the initial phase of the conflict between Israel and Gaza, China found itself aligned with regional partners Saudi Arabia and Iran....


Nikita Triandafillidis
Feb 26, 20244 min read
Conquest of the Arctic: Defence of the Eagle
The Arctic Circle is undeniably the new battlefront of a 21st century Cold War between West and East. The rise of China as a strategic...


Kashif Anwar
Feb 15, 20244 min read
Taiwan’s Presidential Election: Caught Between China and the Semiconductor Industry
We live in a time of rapidly changing technology and geopolitics. As such, the tech relationships relating to trade, power, and research...


Lucy Gardner
Dec 14, 20234 min read
Snow in Cumbria: White Christmas or Nuclear Winter?
It is a popular pastime in the modern era to imagine how the world is going to end – AI might become a little too intelligent and no...


Kashif Anwar
Dec 6, 20233 min read
There’ll Be Time for War: China’s approach to Taiwan
The Taiwan Strait, which keeps mainland China 81 miles from Taiwan at its shortest distance, has witnessed many crises since the 1950s....


Lance Moore
Nov 28, 20234 min read
U.S.-China Rivalry Remains Fluid Despite Positive Commitments at San Francisco Summit
On the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco on Nov. 15th, U.S. President Biden and Chinese...


Inés Arangüena Aniceto
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Australia’s ‘groundbreaking’ treaty with Tuvalu
Australia has just announced a new security guarantee with Tuvalu, a developing island nation in the Pacific region. The...


Kashif Anwar
Nov 7, 20233 min read
China marginalises India by holding forum in disputed territory
The idea for a Trans Himalayan Forum first emerged in 2014 when the Chinese Ambassador to India, Wei Wei, proposed boosting cooperation...
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