The State of China’s Soft Power in 2025
China’s gains are hard to deny, but five years are not enough to define a new paradigm of attraction in international relations.
Opinion – China’s Expanding Security Footprint in Africa
The trajectory of China as a long-term player in Africa’s security will be shaped by both its global ambitions and the continent’s own agency.
Interview – Jaehan Park
Jaehan Park reflects on how military service reshaped his worldview and inspired a career exploring geopolitics, East Asian security, and great-power rivalry.
All Under Heaven: China’s Awakening
China has become skilled at waging lawfare to advance its interests in the Indo-Pacific through black legal ops, including what has been characterized as a ‘legal blitzkrieg’ in Hong Kong.
Opinion – Changing Frontiers of Sino-US Technological Competition
The future contest will not only centre on who can build the most powerful chips, but on who can set the rules governing their use and exchange.
Opinion – The US-China Tech Hegemony Contest: A Threat to the Neoliberal World Order
US-China rivalry is rooted in divergent political and economic ideologies, giving rise to a persisting struggle playing out on a global scale.
Interview – Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani urges IR scholars to decolonize thought, embrace multipolarity, and rethink Western dominance as Asia and the Global South reshape world order.
Opinion – AI Nationalism and the Multipolar Future
The race for AI supremacy is about legitimacy, identity, and the authority to decide which values will be embedded in infrastructures that increasingly govern human life.
Opinion – How China Is Keeping a British Political Prisoner in Hong Kong
Jimmy Lai’s persecution stems from Deng Xiaoping’s distorted view of sovereignty and his rewriting of Hong Kong’s history.
Is Patriotism Just Obedience? Hong Kong Under the National Security Law
Historical precedents, symbolic instruments and contemporary strategies converge to shape Hongkongers’ understanding of sovereignty, identity, and patriotism.
