‘Indo-Pacific’ plan lacks substance
For all the high-sounding rhetoric, the IPEF is not an economic initiative, nor is it open or connected.
Are we going to go the Sri Lanka way?
Asia News Network writers review the state of affairs in their countries following the Sri Lankan crisis.
Suspend Myanmar before the Phnom Penh Asean Regional Forum
The writer says Asean foreign ministers should take bolder measures to ensure the junta will not act as a “thorn in the flesh” of the regional bloc.
Worries mount as US conservative hawks say Speaker Nancy Pelosi should visit Taiwan
The visit has not been publicly announced, but most foreign policy analysts deem it as needlessly provoking China.
Pelosi’s Taiwan visit could raise tensions
The Taiwanese government, neither confirming nor denying the visit, stated that it would continue to invite high-profile US lawmakers.
Russia must honor agreement it made and allow grain to reach the world
The attack on the port of Odessa undermines mediation efforts and raises grave questions about whether Russia is willing to seriously implement the agreement.
Myanmar junta’s barbaric act
The paper says Asean will only humiliate itself to the world if it stops at condemning or deploring the general for his brutality.
US being predictably unpredictable on Taiwan
Judging by the way the Biden administration is currently acting, this appears to be the US policy towards the island.
The Sulu case is not a political football
The writer says the legal wrangle, which originated from a 1939 court case, will be long-drawn.
From samurai to AI: How Japan is responding to new security challenges
The war in Ukraine has highlighted the importance of hybrid warfare at a time when Japan faces a regional security environment that it describes as the worst since World War II.