China
![A weaker Europe on China – at the worst time](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-07/Orban%20Xi%20Putin.jpg?itok=NPwSjSpc)
A weaker Europe on China – at the worst time
Murmurs of trade war are getting louder. Not just between China and the United States should Donald Trump be re-elected, but also between China and Europe. Now more than ever it’s…
![Does democracy still matter in the ‘New Cold War’ between the US and China?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-07/Democracy%20speech%20bubbles%20comp.jpg?itok=UUuGZvGt)
Does democracy still matter in the ‘New Cold War’ between the US and China?
Robin Niblett, a former director of British think tank Chatham House, has published a new book that has received high praise from notables such as Hillary Clinton, Kevin Rudd and…
![Moving beyond the grey zone: The case for ICAD](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-07/Grey%20zone%20comp.jpg?itok=MXAW9Kin)
Moving beyond the grey zone: The case for ICAD
There are early signs that a potentially significant change is underway in how Indo-Pacific leaders perceive, describe, and understand the nature of China’s acts in the region…
![The global evolution of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-07/Gl2rh0YKUu1GKUV7sbPSANgxeZfrEyg7.jpg?itok=ZF2Pan1L)
The global evolution of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
The annual meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) – the political, economic, security and defence organisation established by China and Russia in 2001 – have long…
![China-Taiwan, and a Vatican conversion](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-07/GettyImages-1496129547.jpg?itok=SAYU6AuB)
China-Taiwan, and a Vatican conversion
For close to eight decades, the Vatican has maintained formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Despite according de-facto recognition to the People’s Republic of China…
![Putin’s diplomacy roadshow in North Korea and Vietnam](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-07/Putin%20in%20Pyongyang%20comp.jpg?itok=2y6lhl7E)
Putin’s diplomacy roadshow in North Korea and Vietnam
North Korea’s decision to revive a 1961 alliance treaty with Russia during President Vladimir Putin’s visit in June is probably the country’s most remarkable diplomatic feat…
![China’s spluttering growth engines](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-06/Chinese%20overdevelopment.jpg?itok=VKz_s3Xb)
China’s spluttering growth engines
In cities and towns across China, up to 80 million properties sit vacant – the cumulative result of decades of overbuilding driven by speculative demand that is now…
![Putin in Asia: Setting a cat among the pigeons](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-06/Putin%20on%20plane%20comp.jpg?itok=P0J0O1if)
Putin in Asia: Setting a cat among the pigeons
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit last week to Pyongyang and Hanoi captured headlines around the world. But it was hardly unexpected – indeed, a logical step in Russia’s…
![Tariffs, data security and global collaboration: Navigating the geopolitics of electric vehicles](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1257221979.jpg?itok=n98o89qp)
Tariffs, data security and global collaboration: Navigating the geopolitics of electric vehicles
Tariffs have long been wielded as a tool of economic warfare, a means to undercut the advantages of rivals’ exports. The spotlight of global trade disputes has most recently swung…
![How Taiwan fights the disinformation war](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2024-06/Taiwan%20black%20bear%20comp.jpg?itok=SptdJjAw)
How Taiwan fights the disinformation war
In Taiwan, China’s state media and other outlets are increasingly using disinformation alongside more traditional methods to subvert rivals by sowing dissent and influencing…