Asia
The Tejas: Not quite a coming-of-age for India's indigenous defence industry
On 20 December the Indian Air Force (IAF) will induct the country's first indigenous fighter jet, the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), in Bangalore. The Tejas has been many…
Commentary
United States-New Zealand Relations: Where to in 2014?
In this guest post for cogitAsia, Jack Georgieff asks whether a change of government at next year's general election in New Zealand could lead to a cooling in relations with…
Australia-PNG: A partnership of equals
Australia and Papua New Guinea enjoy a special relationship – one of mutual affection, shared history and shared geography. Today, as they have for more than two decades,…
Journal Articles
Indonesian politics in 2013: the emergence of new leadership?
In a new article in the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies journal, Lowy Institute Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae surveys Indonesian politics in 2013, focusing on the impact…
Indian state elections: BJP and AAP rise, but signs are bad for Congress Party in 2014
Over the past two weeks, five of India's states have gone to the polls. Held less than six months ahead of general elections, due by the end of May next year, this round of…
India: Domestic influences handicap foreign policy
As in nearly any democratic country, India’s domestic politics has long been understood to play an important role in influencing foreign policy. This has been an especially…
Thailand on the brink: Election called, but what if Red Shirts march?
In a televised address on Monday morning, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced that Thailand's House of Representatives had been dissolved. The move is a bid to ease the…
Stephen Walt's big question: How long will China tolerate America's role in Asia?
I'm late to Stephen Walt's blog post on this topic, but it deserves your attention. 'The future of Sino-American relations should be on everyone's list of Top 5 "Big Questions"',…
India's civil-military dysfunction
Various Indian newspapers have reported that Indian Defence Miniser AK Anthony has written to all the country's political parties requesting their opinions on the creation of a…
Commentary
China’s SCO Challenges
In this piece for The Diplomat, East Asia Program Research Associate Dirk van der Kley evaluates the difficulties facing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. …