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How Japan Discovered India and Helped Invent the Indo-Pacific

The ‘Indo-Pacific’ emerged through the convergence of Japan's long-term strategic reorientation towards India (‘Japan's India Shift’) and India's eastward engagement.

Strengthening the Nested Geometry of RIC–SCO–BRICS

India’s BRICS Presidency provides an opportune context to strengthen the nested geometry of RIC–SCO–BRICS.

The Iran War and Türkiye’s Emerging Role in Corridor Dynamics in West Asia

Türkiye has positioned itself as a critical logistics and energy hub linking Asia, the Gulf and Europe.

The Iran War and Türkiye’s Emerging Role in Corridor Dynamics in West Asia

Türkiye has positioned itself as a critical logistics and energy hub linking Asia, the Gulf and Europe.

Ten Years of the South China Sea Arbitral Award

The 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea in favour of the Philippines continues to shape maritime governance and strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific.

China’s Elite Politics under Xi Jinping: Governance and Global Security Order

The Communist Party of China (CPC), under the leadership of Xi Jinping, has been strengthening its ideological framework to increase its capacity for governance. This is crucial to the party system, as it increasingly believes it needs to respond to changes in the global order. Through ideological correction, in the form of Xi Jinping Thought, the party leadership believes it can better navigate a world in transition and emerge victorious. In other words, as the leadership theorises about the global order, elite politics under Xi Jinping is transforming. Xi is strengthening governance within both the party and state to respond to the global security order. This impacts elite politics as it navigates the changes within the Chinese political system.