Publications

This commentary discusses the plan by Southeast Asian states to create the ASEAN Community (AC) by the end of 2015 as well as how the situation in the region has developed since the creation of ASEAN ...chevron_right

This brief discusses the Kuril Islands territorial dispute between Japan and Russia, and in particular Japan's attempts to interpret its relationship with the Island's indigenous Ainu culture in a way...chevron_right

This expert brief examines the economic competition between India and China in South Asia and their attempts to expand their regional influence through trade, diplomacy, aid, and investment. More spec...chevron_right

This paper addresses the role the IAEA will play in monitoring and verifying Iran's compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that was reached in July 2015 between the P5+1 countr...chevron_right

This paper analyzes the economic and security challenges facing the Tunisian government following two terrorist attacks by young Tunisians with links to Libyan jihadist groups in 2015. The author argu...chevron_right

This commentary takes a critical view of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed between the P5+1 countries and Iran agreed in July, 2015. The author argues that rather than preventing Iran from...chevron_right

Why has ASEAN established the Global Movement of Moderates (GMM) Initiative? And more importantly, what can the Movement do to combat the ideologies of the so-called Islamic State and other extremist groups? Today, Kumar Ramakrishna tackles these related questions and others.chevron_right

In light of the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, this brief examines how the memory of the war has affected relations in Northeast Asian countries since 1945. Among other issues, the author discus...chevron_right

This paper discusses some of the complexities associated with Australia's ongoing procurement of 12 submarines. In particular, the author concentrates on the possibility that Australian Prime Minister...chevron_right

Within Crimea, what discriminatory and repressive policies has Russia adopted against those who opposed the annexation of the peninsula in March 2014? According to this report, increased physical hara...chevron_right

This article argues that the traditional dominance of the Atlantic region by the US and Western Europe is starting to erode. The author also discusses how developments in the 21st century may have lai...chevron_right

This commentary discusses the factors that enable the religious groups in Singapore to exist in harmony with one another as well as what approach the country should adopt to ensure tensions do not dev...chevron_right

This is a transcript of a testimony, given before the US Senate Armed Services Committee, by Eric Edelman on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue. He arg...chevron_right

This brief discusses China's assertions of territorial sovereignty in the South China Sea, such as the building of military bases on artificial islands, as well as how the US and ASEAN countries have ...chevron_right

This commentary discusses some of the factors which seem to have prompted Turkey to increase its role in the international coalition assembled to fight against the so-called Islamic State in July, 201...chevron_right