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Post-Election Analysis of Taiwan’s 9-in-1 Local Elections 2022

Welcome to this webinar: On Saturday, November 26, Taiwan will hold its quadrennial “9-in-1” local elections, during which Taiwanese voters will head to the polls to elect 11,023 public officials in nine different categories of posts. In the polling stations, voters will also decide in a referendum whether to approve of a constitutional amendment to lower both the voting age and the minimum age of candidacy to 18. We will look at the outcome of the elections, unpack the important issues during the campaigns, and assess the implications for Taiwan’s presidential elections in 2024 and U.S.-China-Taiwan relations.

Canada Attempts to Readdress the Indo-Pacific

Historically Canada has maintained relatively positive Indo-Pacific relationships, marked by numerous trade agreements and international cooperation. However, in recent years, China-Canada relations specifically have taken a significant hit. Gabriela McGuinty Cañete explains Canada's strategic choices on building partnerships in Indo-Pacific.

Europe’s Gas Demand Must Follow the Falling Prices – Down

"While at exorbitant prices and in dwindling volumes, EU member-states have ultimately been able to import significant volumes of Russian pipeline gas throughout 2022. Comparable volumes next year appear highly unlikely, if at all possible, with the Nord Stream and Yamal-Europe pipelines either sabotaged or offline." Johannes Nordin describes how Europe will face an inevitable energy crisis to which an immediate solution is unlikely to be found.

One Belt, One Road: Changing Asian Geo-Politics and India

Will OBOR outlast the current leadership in Beijing with the individual stamp of Xi Jinping bearing a huge imprint on this initiative? What about India’s foreign policy decision-making? This new frame has to take into account the closer relations evolving between the United States and India — a relationship by no stretch of imagination without its discontinuities. For OBOR to be explicated, it necessitates the adoption of several approaches to tease the arguments — in favor and against — and this paper by Raviprasad Narayanan will strive to adopt a critical stance in evaluating OBOR theoretically, and in practice with a bearing on generating a prognosis for India.

Caught between Russia and China: Belarus Scrambles for Support

Danylo Stonis analyzes Belarus' changing foreign policy outlook in a shifting regional environment factoring China and Russia. With the continuous decline of the Belarusian economy, it can be assumed that China will be interested in protecting its investments in Belarus. The protection of these investments heavily depends on Russia’s ability to keep its influence on Belarus.

Seoul’s Geopolitical Code on Quad: Imperative or Elective?

Under the new government helmed by President Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea (ROK) has displayed a clear tilt toward and a more open embrace of the Indo- Pacific concept. Interestingly, Yoon has also expressed the need for a review of South Korea’s ties with China, strengthening the United States–South Korea alliance, and an interest in participating in the Quad forum. This article by Jagannath Panda looks to explore such goals and understand the political and strategic imperatives of a Quad plus South Korea framework.

Latest Publications

India and the Quad in America’s New National Defense Strategy

Jagannath P. Panda

This article was originally posted on the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (JFSS) website, you can find the article here. The US Department of Defense issued the new National […]

Seoul’s Geopolitical Code on Quad: Imperative or Elective?

Jagannath P. Panda

Abstract: Under the new government helmed by President Yoon Suk-yeol, South Korea (ROK) has displayed a clear tilt toward and a more open embrace of the Indo- Pacific concept. Interestingly, […]

One Belt, One Road: Changing Asian Geo-Politics and India

Raviprasad Narayanan

Abstract: The ‘One Belt One Road’ (OBOR) has remarkably transformed discourse on geopolitics within the Asian context. As an initiative, the OBOR has embedded within itself a peculiar dynamic that […]

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India-Japan-ASEAN Triangularity: Emergence of a Possible Indo-Pacific Axis?

Jagannath P. Panda

This book focuses on the scope, potential and future of the India-Japan-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) trilateral. Through this book, contributors examine the strategic and global partnership between India […]

Books & Monographs September, 2022
Quad Plus and Indo-Pacific: The Changing Profile of International Relations

Jagannath P. Panda and Ernest Gunasekara-Rockwell

This book explores how the Quad Plus mechanism is set to reshape the global multilateral economic and security co-operations between Quad partner countries and the rest of the world. With […]

Books & Monographs June, 2022
Japanese Prime Ministers and Their Peace Philosophy

Daisuke Akimoto

This book focuses on the lives and peace philosophy of Japanese prime ministers from 1945 to the present, attempting to extract one consistent political philosophy, namely, the ‘peace philosophy’ that has consistently […]

Books & Monographs April, 2022
Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership

Svante E. Cornell and S. Frederick Starr

Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership, offers an insight-filled account of the evolution of the relationship between the United States and Kazakhstan. Given the U.S.’ interest in nuclear […]

Books & Monographs December, 2021
China’s Energy Security

Jingzheng Ren

China is the second-largest economy in the world yet it faces serious energy security challenges due to the country’s reliance on coal, a fuel with multiple environmental and social problems. […]

Books & Monographs September, 2021
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Lars Vargö

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Books & Monographs October, 2021

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November 23 2022 by Gabriela McGuinty Cañete

November 23 2022 by Gabriela McGuinty Cañete
Canada Attempts to Readdress the Indo-Pacific

On June 9, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mélanie Joly, announced the creation of an Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee entrusted with overseeing Ottawa’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy. The committee is comprised of a wide range of Canadians, including representatives of the private sector, civil society, and government. Both the new committee and overall strategy embody Canada’s attempt to […]
November 21 2022 by Johannes Nordin

November 21 2022 by Johannes Nordin
Europe’s Gas Demand Must Follow the Falling Prices – Down

Due to a record warm fall season, supressed gas demand, and booming U.S. liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe, average gas storage levels reached the EU-mandated 80 percent target ahead of time. Gas futures at the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) were trading at around €100/MWh in early November – less than a third […]
November 18 2022 by Danylo Stonis

November 18 2022 by Danylo Stonis
Caught between Russia and China: Belarus Scrambles for Support

The 2022 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, was marked by several notable actions indicating further organizational expansion. Egypt and Qatar were granted a dialogue partner status in SCO, Iran has signed a memorandum on joining the SCO and most remarkably, the process for granting Belarus full membership in the SCO was announced. […]

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November 16 2022 by Rishap Vats

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India-Pakistan Relations: Is the Chasm Widening?

In August, as floods wreaked havoc throughout Pakistan, the country’s finance minister hinted at the possibility of importing food items from its neighbor India. For many observers, it seemed like a good opportunity for the neighbors to bury the hatchet and revive diplomatic ties downgraded in 2019. But, in what has now become a familiar […]
Taiwan in the European Discourse: Toward Political Consensus?

Zsuzsa Anna Ferenczy

Abstract: The EU’s Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific recognizes that the display of force in the Taiwan Strait may have a direct impact on European security and prosperity. In […]

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2022-09-28

Post-Election Analysis of Taiwan’s 9-in-1 Local Elections 2022

Canada Attempts to Readdress the Indo-Pacific

Europe’s Gas Demand Must Follow the Falling Prices – Down

One Belt, One Road: Changing Asian Geo-Politics and India

Caught between Russia and China: Belarus Scrambles for Support

Seoul’s Geopolitical Code on Quad: Imperative or Elective?

Latest Publications

India and the Quad in America’s New National Defense Strategy

Seoul’s Geopolitical Code on Quad: Imperative or Elective?

One Belt, One Road: Changing Asian Geo-Politics and India

Books

India-Japan-ASEAN Triangularity: Emergence of a Possible Indo-Pacific Axis?

Quad Plus and Indo-Pacific: The Changing Profile of International Relations

Japanese Prime Ministers and Their Peace Philosophy

Strong and Unique: Three Decades of U.S.-Kazakhstan Partnership

China’s Energy Security

Tomhetens filosofi