This week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in Russian nuclear doctrine. The new approach permits Russia to use nuclear weapons against conventional attacks. The announcement is ...

Food safety remains a top priority for Chinese authorities and the public. Two significant scandals in China this year have again raised concerns about the quality and safety of locally produced food.

Emirza Adi Syailendra is a PhD Scholar at the Strategic and Defence University, the Australian National University. He is also a Co-Investigator of a Strategic Policy Grant on Indonesia’s Maritime ...

Khalifa Akbar is an Analyst at CPI, based in Jakarta, where he provides technical assistance, project management, and strategic stakeholder coordination for government initiatives. His expertise lies ...

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Daniel Balazs, PhD, is a Research Fellow of the China Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. His research focuses on Chinese foreign policy, ...

China and Indonesia recognise that they have overlapping claims in the South China Sea. However, this should not be construed as Indonesia’s acknowledging the legitimacy of the nine-dash line. Mutual ...

The building that is now home to the Lowy Institute was once part of a much larger building — the New South Wales Club. Founded on 16 March 1883, this gentlemen’s club purchased a large block of land ...