Yvonne Gill

2 weeks ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |M J Akbar |Tanya Vatsa

Yvonne Gill considers how Asia’s security frameworks and the tenacity and adaptability of regional markets will be tested by changing US policies President Donald Trump’s second term, characterised by a clear shift in US foreign policy, is resonating far beyond the corridors of power in Washington, from the streets of New Delhi and Jakarta to the diplomatic chambers in Tokyo and Singapore.

2 months ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Tanya Vatsa

Bangladesh has told neighbouring India that it wants its former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi in August, back in the country to face‘judicial process’, the acting head of the country’s Foreign Ministry said.Ties between the South Asian neighbours, which have strong trade and cultural links, have become fraught since Ms Hasina was ousted following violent protests against her rule and she took refuge across the border.Dhaka’s request to New Delhi on Dec.

2 months ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Tanya Vatsa |Amit Agnihotri

With previous events having focused on the great power competition between China and the United States, in its latest seminar The Democracy Forum invited participants to view this rivalry through the perspective of a multipolar world. Chinese foreign policy is pursuing different goals from the US, said TDF President Lord Bruce in his introductory address, opening up an entirely different perspective of how to engage with a multipolar world.

2 months ago | asianaffairs.co.uk | Yvonne Gill |Tanya Vatsa |Amit Agnihotri |M J Akbar

In the wake of Indonesia’s regional executive elections,  Yvonne Gill considers the continuing influence a former leader exerts over the nation’s political landscape. Candidates backed by the newly inaugurated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto are set to make significant gains in the country’s regional executive elections held on November 27.

Dec 2, 2024 | asianaffairs.co.uk | Tanya Vatsa |Yvonne Gill |Neville de Silva

China has launched fresh military drills around Taiwan, sending jets and warships in a ‘warning’ to ‘separatists’ on the self-ruled island. The October 14 manoeuvres are the latest show of force by Beijing, which regards Taiwan as its territory and has sworn to take it back – by force if necessary.