Qisheng Wu

Sep 26, 2024 | mdpi.com | Zhifeng Yin |Yuhang Zhang |Huajun Zhu |Qisheng Wu

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Jun 9, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Cheng-Chwee Kuik |Robert G Patman |Him Rotha |Qisheng Wu

The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore has so quickly established itself as the World Cup of one-and-a-half track diplomacy that it’s easy to forget that it started only in 2002. The Dialogue makes headlines for many reasons, including this year via the surprise appearance of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Singapore to drum up support for his efforts to capture the peace initiative in the war against Russia.

Jun 7, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Cheng-Chwee Kuik |Robert G Patman |Him Rotha |Qisheng Wu

Proponents of the United States-led hub-and-spoke alliance system must have been excited by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s visit to the White House on 11 April 2024 and the presidents’ historic trilateral summit with Japan’s Fumio Kishida the same day. It would seem that more spokes are being tied together, anchoring and advancing the hub beyond traditional bilateral links.

Jun 7, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Robert G Patman |Qisheng Wu |Dianzan Li |Gary Clyde Hufbauer

Despite increasingly strong warnings from Chinese officials, New Zealand’s National Party-led coalition government is continuing to actively explore the prospect of joining Pillar II of AUKUS. In September 2021, the governments of Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom announced the formation of AUKUS, an enhanced security partnership intended to bolster the international rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific.

Jun 5, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Qisheng Wu |Gary Clyde Hufbauer |Chansambath Bong |Dianzan Li

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) was established in the 1970s by the US Department of Treasury as a mechanism to address national security risks associated with cross-border capital flows. While historically focused on scrutinising foreign investment activities within US borders, recent developments might precipitate an unprecedented shift in this operational paradigm.