Angeline Tan is an analyst at the Institute of Strategic & International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. Her research covers East Asia’s international relations, with a particular focus on China.

Hostage-taking and arbitrary detention by both state and non-state actors are on the rise. The Lowy Institute’s Sean Turnell, ...

Australia’s on-again, off-again affair with supporting a PNG-based team in the National Rugby League has taken another turn ...

Despite raising wages up to 28.5% across the sector, Australia’s workforce shortage in aged care will probably still reach ...

In two weeks, Indonesia’s Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto will officially take over the presidency. In leading the vast archipelago through the treacherous regional waters of great power rivalry ...

In almost exactly one year, Australia’s closest neighbour, Papua New Guinea, will be celebrating 50 years of independence. However, since well before then, since at least the earliest days of European ...

In a belated recognition that China has cornered the construction of ocean-going commercial vessels, those ships crucial to ...

Heavy rains, landslides and flash floods are yet again battering Thailand. Amid the annual monsoon season (July–October), the recent arrival of the La Niña weather phenomenon and the aftermath of ...

Ukraine’s bold naval campaign against Russia in the Black Sea offers crucial lessons for Australia. Despite facing a far superior navy, Ukraine has used innovative tactics, rapid adaptation and modern ...

Running up to the annual United Nations General Assembly leaders meeting, renewed debates broke out in New Delhi about India’s quest to have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Old wounds ...