South-east Asia is a culturally and geographically diverse region, notable for its proximity and economic ties to China. Though the political structure of the region’s 11 countries varies from ...

On 16 July, not yet two weeks into his term of office, prime minister Keir Starmer announced a “root and branch” review of ...

Focusing on any of Libya’s mini crises would be like trying to stop a collapsing cliff face by pinning individual rocks. Rather, the stabilising intervention that Libya needs is a holistic one: the ...

In American foreign policy debates, prioritisers argue that the US should focus on deterring Chinese expansion, consequently shifting its resources away from Europe and towards the Indo-Pacific. But ...

The Asia programme seeks to help Europe recalibrate its relationship with China and its Asian partners. The programme analyses China’s domestic situation, its role in the region, and its increasing ...

In 2015, it became still more dangerous to be an opposition politician in Russia. In February, both Russia and Europe were shaken by the murder of the opposition politician Boris Nemtsov close to the ...

The US continues to play a critical role in NATO and in reassuring its eastern and northern members The one part of the Russia–Ukraine crisis where the EU was ill-equipped to take the lead was on ...

Ukraine’s audacious incursion into Russia’s Kursk region has changed the narrative of the war – and called Putin’s bluff on ...

In recent years, China has overtaken the United States as the largest trading partner of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Not only has Beijing played a bigger role in region’s ...

Last week, eight Russians imprisoned in the West were released in exchange for eight American and German citizens and eight Russian dissidents in one of the biggest prisoner exchanges between Russia ...